After around 180 people were killed and more than 6,000 were wounded in a massive explosion that hit Beirut’s port, a quarter of a million Lebanese citizens were left with homes that were unfit to live in.
Following massive protests, Lebanon’s government resigned. However, even following the resignation of the government, the Lebanese people continue to protest and are now demanding the removal of their entire political elite. They are hanging dolls of Hassan Nasrallah and burning pictures of him. The question remains, what happens next in the Land of the Cedars?
The ICC gives its verdict next week on the brutal 2005 assassination of Rafik Hariri, and Hezbollah is likely to be held accountable for the Hariri assassination if there is a just verdict. At this time Hariri’s son Saad Hariri is sitting in the opposition. Lebanon’s present health minister in the care-taker government announced the need for a two-week lockdown to stop the recent spike in coronavirus cases and the country is overtaken by anti-Hezbollah protests following the horrific Beirut explosion,the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Achronot reported.
For the brutal terror organization, this can potentially be a game changer that weakens their grip over the country.
Boaz Ganor told the Jerusalem Post that this could lead to Lebanon either entering into an emergency care-takers government without Hezbollah, Hezbollah becoming the de jure rather than the de facto ruler of Lebanon, or another civil war in the country. Nevertheless, since Hezbollah is unlikely to step aside for the greater good and the Lebanese people will most likely not give up their struggle, a civil war may be the most likely option. READ MORE
