According to Mr. Robert Wood, “as President Biden emphasized to the General Assembly, a diplomatic solution consistent with UN Security Council Resolution 1701, remains the only path to durably reverse the cycle of escalation and to enable displaced people in both Israel and Lebanon to return to their homes” (https://shorturl.at/p2TwO). Very well said. While thanking Mr. Wood and Mr. Biden for their expressed good intentions, Bambi is praying for a diplomatic miracle to stop the nightmare of war in her birth country.
However, it is sadly well known that history risks repeating itself, again and again, when we do not learn from it, especially if conflicts are kept unsolved for too long. As a result, the double fiasco of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the one of the Hezbollah-Israeli one are heart-breaking for all the innocent people enduring war.
Indeed, as Ambassador Wood himself reported: “ Hesbollah’s buildup of weapons, many of which are supplied by Iran, and its presence along the Blue Line in defiance of Resolutions 1559 and 1701, has long been a source of instability“. Bearing the latter in mind, how would the above reality change now given the UN and/or US apparently failed diplomacy in the Middle East? Will this change be sufficient enough to halt the INSANE wider war in Lebanon?
And beyond the current war, if the conflict remains unsolved once again, will the region experience another regional round of war, like in 2023 and in 2006, in 18 or 20 years from now?
Related to the above, Bambi does not only want a temporary ceasefire. Instead, like so many others, she needs to see a drastic solution that will finally bring safety, peace, dignity, and prosperity to Lebanon. Same for its entire neighbourhood, on all sides of the borders, and in the world. More specifically, Bambi is not only for a two-state solution in the bloody Middle East (i.e., Palestine and Israel), but rather for a 3 state-solution, starting with a (truly) sovereign official Lebanon.
If elected democratically, Hezbollah could be/remain part of the Lebanese state, as a useful political party, like all the others. It can even be the vast majority, no problem. However, it can no longer continue to also be the heavily armed militia that calls itself (Islamic) resistance. It must stop dragging Lebanon into regional wars, in the name of foreign so-called divine causes, serving the interests of Iran while endangering the lives of its fellow Lebanese people as well as the innocent folks living on the other sides of the borders (whether in Israel or Syria). All this while pretending to speak in the name of the sadly often used and abused Palestinian people (by everyone). Last but not least, and most importantly, when will Hezbollah stop giving Israel excuses to cruelly destroy the beautiful Lebanon as it did in 2006 and right now under the hopeless eyes of the entire world?
Unfortunately allowing 2 neighbours to keep firing rockets into Israel became normalized, and should never have been. Imagine if Americans did that to Canada. It would never be acceptable. Sadly, it appears that this confrontation has been many years delayed and likely inevitable. In its place, both neighbours need moderates who want to prosper and benefit from modernity, to take over.
This is Bambi sharing a thoughtful comment from out of Beirut. It comes from her cousin, Elie. She thanks him for having enriched her blog and prays for his safety, him and his family. She loves him et al. so much!
لا دولة في لبنان ( لبنان الطبيعة ) . لبنان الوطن ( الكيان ) عبارة عن مزرعة طوائف منذ تأسيسه…من حينها تكمن المشكلة…و كل فريق أو طائفة تعمل بما يحلو لها . الله يرحمنا.
This means: “There is no state in Lebanon (natural Lebanon). Lebanon, the homeland (the entity) has been a farm of sects since its founding… Since then the problem has arisen… And each group or sect does what it pleases. May God have mercy on us”.
One solution is to target Khamenei and anyone replacing him along with all heads of sepah and Hassan Nasrallah. Till they are alive or not arrested and brought to the prisons in Israel the cycle is not going to stop.
Another potential solution is boycotting the so called Islamic regime both economical and political meaning removing all their diplomats and associated persons from all countries all over the world.