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Now observe the tactics in the comments bringing up criticism (mostly valid BTW) of Jumblatt and Hezbollah to divert the attention from the point: Israel is a danger to Lebanon and we need to protect our society from it.

In 1919, the World Zionist Organization presented a map of “Israel” that included southern Lebanon. Chaim Weizmann returned and demanded this from France in the same year. Then, in 1937, Ben-Gurion confirmed that the Jewish state would expand to the Litani River after its establishment. In 1948, he (unsuccessfully) proposed that the Zionist government do so. In 1952-55, the occupation government discussed a plan that involved igniting a Lebanese civil war that would enable them to occupy southern Lebanon. During the 1967 war, it focused on the occupation of the West Bank, but emphasized the need to occupy southern Lebanon at a later date.

The colony then occupied Lebanon in the 1970s and 1980s, was gradually forced to retreat from Beirut, then Sidon, Tyre, Nabatieh, and the Western Bekaa, leading to the near complete liberation of Lebanese territory in 2000. However, it did not give up on its goal. In 2024, Minister Smotrich stated that Israel would expand to Damascus. In 2025, Minister Eliyahu stated that the colony should “shout it out” that it seeks control of Lebanon. In the same year, Netanyahu stated that his mission was to realize the dream of “Greater Israel” and that the war was not only in Gaza but would “redraw the map of the Middle East.” In 2026, he repeated this statement, while the leader of the opposition, Lapid, affirmed that Israel’s borders are the biblical borders, extending to the Euphrates, and that the entity will expand as much as possible.

Also, the claimed legitimacy of the “State of Israel,” that is, its raison d’être, is that it is a Jewish state. In this respect, it differs from countries such as Syria and Iran, whose current regimes have chosen religious legitimacy but who can choose other paths. The Baath regime fell, but Syria remained; and if the HTS regime falls, Syria will remain. The Shah’s regime fell, but Iran remained; and if the Islamic Republic falls, Iran will remain. But if the Jewish occupation state falls, Israel will not remain—Israel itself is this identity-based entity, and not merely a regime or system of government. Therefore, the colony desperately needs to be surrounded by religious entities. That is why it has weaponized the identities of the Druze and Bedouins in Palestine, the Maronites in Lebanon, the Kurds in Syria and Iraq, the Christians in Sudan, the Shiites in Azerbaijan, the Amazigh in the Maghreb, the Hindus in India, and even participated in the extermination of the Maya in Guatemala. Therefore, the mere existence of the Jewish state poses a threat to the cohesion of Lebanese society.

In light of all the above, is it logical to believe that there is something we can do to quell the Zionist threat to Lebanon, its land and its society? There is no point, then, in searching for compromises. The only solution is to build the capacity to confront this project until it is completely defeated. This conclusion does not come from an Islamic, nationalist, or leftist ideology, but from an analysis of the reality of the Zionist project.

Link to the original video shortly after harb tammouz:

https://youtu.be/-fpuPce46yI