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The word Bishara Al-Ra’i, the Maronite patriarch in Lebanon, can be summed up as saying all there is to say about “Hezbollah” and what the party represents as a “coup”. He said all this, in the presence of Christians, Shiites, Sunnis and Druze, but without naming the party, he settled for indicating that no two countries can live in one state.
Al-Ra’i’s speech revealed at the same time the existence of a real Lebanese resistance to the attempt of the party, and behind it Iran, to change the nature of Lebanon and its Arab and regional position and the nature of its open society. .
The Maronite Patriarch affirmed through his speech that he delivered, in the presence of tens of thousands of Lebanese gathered in the courtyard of the patriarchal headquarters of Bkerke, that the President of the Republic Michel Aoun and his son-in-law Gebran Bassil, the head of the Patriotic Movement Free, “they are isolated from their Christian environment and isolated from the Lebanese reality and what is happening in the region and the world … and they are only affiliated with” Hezbollah. “
This not only confirms the absence of the Aounist Movement in the meeting that Bkerke attended, but it also confirms that neither Aoun nor Bassil issued any denial of the voice and image of former Minister Pierre Raffoul saying that “the President of the Republic and the Patriotic Movement He is on the front of resistance and resistance, ”that is, on the Iranian axis. Pierre Raffoul is not an ordinary person in the circle close to the president and his son-in-law, but rather the old, new and permanent envoy of Michel Aoun to Damascus …
The Patriarch’s speech, regardless of whether it was in coordination with the Vatican or not, was very important. The word expresses the existence of a Lebanese sect that rejects Iranian hegemony. Most important of all, Al-Rahi said a lot about Lebanon’s “active neutrality”, or about the international conference that must be held under the auspices of the United Nations to save the country and allow it to regain its sovereignty and defend its interests. The Maronite Patriarch realizes that a formula is needed to save Lebanon and that it takes courage and courage not to fall into the trap of empty slogans about resistance and opposition and the like. Al-Rahi found nothing better than to declare “the active neutrality of the country” and the “international conference sponsored by the United Nations” so that the Lebanese can regain some hope that their country is viable and that there is another way outside of emigration. , poverty, misery, backwardness and living under the “era of Hezbollah.”
From this point of view, the Maronite Patriarch considered: “We are facing an attempt to carry out a coup in all areas of public life, against society and the cultural peculiarity of our country, and the National Agreement document approved in the Taif Agreement. for an international conference to renew support for the democratic system, And declare that Lebanon’s neutrality is no longer a victim of conflict and war and a land of divisions, but is based on the force of balance and not on the balance of forces that threaten wars. “He noted that” the objective of establishing the state of Lebanon is to create a neutral entity in the East that constitutes a link and a bridge of communication between East and West. Had our political group been able to conduct a responsible dialogue, I would never have asked for an international conference sponsored by the United Nations to help us resolve the contract that we have “Crippling Constitutional Institutions”. The Patriarch had no qualms about saying: “We want the international conference to confirm the Lebanese entity in grave danger and reestablish its international borders.”
Criticizing the armed party (Hezbollah), he said: “We want the international conference to implement international decisions in a way that allows the Lebanese state to extend its legitimate authority over all of Lebanese territory without association or competition. We want the international conference to provide support for let the Lebanese army be the only one capable. ” Defend Lebanon and restore the capacities of the people through a defense system that contains the decision of war and peace. We propose solution projects, not problem projects, and the solutions are for all of Lebanon and for all Lebanese and Lebanese. The real solution is a solution for all people, not just a group of them. “
Is it possible to take advantage of the word of the Maronite Patriarch, who did not leave an issue of interest to the Lebanese, but raised it? Raising the question of “politicizing the judiciary”, the banks confiscated Lebanese and non-Lebanese funds and did not form a government. He did not especially forget the bombing of the port of Beirut on August 4. His speech was already complete. He wanted to assure the Lebanese that hope had not yet been completely lost.
In fact, the Patriarch’s speech was a roadmap out of the deep crisis afflicting Lebanon. The alarm rang. It showed that the Lebanese still resist the domination of “Hezbollah” and Iran. This domain is not destiny. But the question that will arise sooner or later is the following: Is there a desire among the influential powers, starting with the new American administration, reaching the Vatican and Pope Francis, who will soon go to Iraq from the angle of their interest in Christians ? from the East, do something to bring Lebanon out of the state of collapse?
The patriarch announced the culture of life. Perhaps the most important phrase of his speech was the one in which he said: “We were born to live on the meadows of permanent peace, not on the permanent battlefields.” The summary of the historical word of the pastor is that Lebanon must choose between the culture of life and the culture of death. This is the battle for Lebanon, which is paying the price of its departure from neutrality and its transformation, for more than half a century, into a “battlefield” for others. This has happened since the signing of the Cairo Agreement in the late 1960s. Palestinian weapons destroyed the Lebanese fabric. It was inherited through Syrian mediation, which led to the current Iranian hegemony. The Lebanese cannot be absolved of everything that has happened to their country, but it is proven that they are in a situation that they cannot envy with the fall of their country and its transformation into a failed state.
It will soon become clear whether the word “Bishara Al-Ra’i” is just a word … or is it much more than that, and it will depend on the Arab, European and international levels. The Patriarch was very clear when he stated that he would not have gone to convene an international conference if the Lebanese leaders had not been able to find an internal settlement. All that matters is that he put the Lebanese up to their responsibilities, no more, no less.
