Yoni Ben Menachem's Blog - נושא: Hezbollah

Benjamin Netanyahu and the maritime border agreement with Lebanon

16 November 2022

One of the questions preoccupying the Arab world is whether Prime Minister elect Netanyahu will implement the maritime border agreement with Lebanon.
In Hezbollah they are sure that Netanyahu will not dare to violate the agreement, in Jerusalem inforned sources estimate that Netanyahu will act carefully and find the right way to evade the implementation of the agreement as he did with the Oslo agreement.

Hassan Nasrallah exposed Israel’s weakness

31 October 2022

The Secretary General of Hezbollah claims that the maritime border agreement is a great victory for Lebanon and Hezbollah and denies that it constitutes recognition of Israel and the beginning of normalization.
Israel signed a bad agreement because of fear of war, but in the Arab world there are those who see this agreement as an important precedent that can be used in the future to sign additional agreements.

Hezbollah fears a right wing government in Israel

19 October 2022

Hezbollah is signaling that it has not abandoned the use of military force and that it will use it to verify the implementation of the agreement with Lebanon on the maritime border.
Hassan Nasrallah fears that a right-wing government led by Benjamin Netanyahu will reopen the agreement.

Nasrallah is convinced that Israel only understands the language of force

9 October 2022

The Secretary General of Hezbollah estimates that he has already won the battle and Israel will be forced to sign the maritime border agreement with Lebanon despite its shortcomings.
Hassan Nasrallah will continue to use his military power to achieve political goals and the time has come for Israel to change its strategy towards Lebanon and Hezbollah.

Hassan Nasrallah’s Poker Game

7 October 2022

Hezbollah estimates that Israel is interested in an agreement and will surrender in the end because it is under pressure to produce natural gas, so it should be given time to come down from the tree and not rush into a military action.
Hassan Nasrallah estimates that the American pressure to complete the agreement will have its effect, as will the desire of the Israeli military elite to avoid war.

Hezbollah’s victory

6 October 2022

The Biden administration is putting pressure on Israel to approve the maritime border agreement with Lebanon despite the amendments that Lebanon demands to be included in the agreement.
Lebanon warns of a security escalation if Israel does not ratify the agreement, Hezbollah takes credit for achieving the agreement and presents it as a victory over Israel and the Western countries.

Hezbollah and the agreement on the maritime border between Israel and Lebanon

4 October 2022

Hezbollah sees the draft agreement on the maritime border between Lebanon and Israel as its victory over Israel and the Western countries, as far as it is concerned, it caught the Israeli government in its weakness and blackmailed it to the end through a military threat.
Hezbollah spokesmen are careful to say that they are not a party to the agreement in order to maintain the organization’s freedom of action to violate the agreement in the future.

Hassan Nasrallah’s strategy

31 August 2022

The forceful move made by Hezbollah against Israel brings Lebanon achievements in negotiations with Israel on the maritime border.
This is a dangerous precedent, Israel must take the initiative and not allow Hezbollah to change the rules of the game and establish mafia rules.

Israel is trying to neutralize Hezbollah’s threats

22 August 2022

The leader of Hezbollah continues to threaten Israel with a security escalation if Lebanon’s demands regarding the maritime border between the two countries are not met.
Israel demands guarantees from Lebanon that Hezbollah will not escalate the security situation if an agreement is not reached by the middle of next month, in the meantime the IDF is preparing for the possibility of a military confrontation with Hezbollah.

Israel strengthened deterrence against Hezbollah as well

15 August 2022

Operation “Breaking Dawn” symbolizes the change in Israel’s security policy, which changed from a policy of containment to a policy of initiative and landing a pre-emptive strike on the terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip.
In Lebanon it is said that the new Israeli message is also addressed to Hezbollah in order to neutralize Nasrallah’s threats to attack all of Israel’s gas facilities in the Mediterranean Sea.

Hezbollah

Benjamin Netanyahu and the maritime border agreement with Lebanon

Hassan Nasrallah exposed Israel’s weakness

Hezbollah fears a right wing government in Israel