While Hasan Nasrallah, the head of Hezbollah, repeats in Beirut the threats of his puppet-masters in Tehran, who have described the massive destruction they are prepared to visit on the “Zionist entity,” many Lebanese, horrified at what they see as a march toward war with Israel, have been filling social media with both their anguished calls for peace, and with denunciations of Hezbollah for dragging the country into a war that almost all Lebanese, save for the members of Hezbollah, do not want, for they remember what happened to the country in the 2006 Lebanon War. More on their on-line campaign to stop Nasrallah in his dangerous tracks can be found here: “‘Lebanon doesn’t want war’: Online campaign targets Hezbollah,” by Ohad Merlin, Jerusalem Post, June 23, 2024:
As Israel and Hezbollah exchange deadly blows at the border and threats of an imminent war are sounded daily, some activists and media personalities in Lebanon who oppose the Iranian-backed terrorists of Hezbollah have come out with a series of videos and online campaigns in what appears to be a last-ditch effort to turn public opinion in the Land of Cedars against the prospects of war with Israel.
One salient example of these efforts is the hashtag “Lebanon doesn’t want war,” which had almost 40,000 appearances over the last month alone, garnering roughly 100,000 engagements and a potential reach of almost 30 million users. The hashtag was also accompanied by a series of infographics and other hashtags, such as “Disarming Hezbollah is vital” and “Resolution 1701,” [the UN Resolution which required Hezbollah to withdraw its forces well north of the Litani River] which were shared by a wide array of Lebanese activists on social media.
Some commentators directly addressed Hezbollah and its leader, Hassan Nasrallah. Nancy Nessrine Lakiss, a Lebanese journalist from Elsharq press, posted a picture showing a white dove with the slogan “We shout for peace, not for war,” adding: “Hezbollah published a video from its military media provoking Israel, so Israel decided to threaten us with bombing the airport. Please have mercy on us! How can you bear this much blood and death? Who will build Lebanon again? And if it is built, who will live in the houses after all this destruction and killing?”
In another viral post, Lakiss turned directly to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, demanding: “Mr. Nasrallah, you negotiate for the rights of the Palestinians, but have you forgotten their actions during our civil war, such as violating our women? [a reference to rapes of Christian women by Palestinian women during the 1975-1990 civil war between Christians and Muslims]. Do you value the blood of the Lebanese in your decisions regarding the war? Justice must begin with our country first!
A Christian user named Chris shared a video showing the testimony of an elderly displaced lady who left her home in Southern Lebanon with her family, adding: “Do you want to liberate Jerusalem? You want to destroy Lebanon, displace its people, and kill them … You are worse than the enemy … You are the devil himself… Just let this people live … let these people raise their children in a country in peace and security!”
Another user taunted Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah: “Lebanon has gone underground…in the image of Nasrallah. From a country that is friendly and open to countries around the world: American, European, Arab, Gulf, and others, a Lebanon towering above the cedars of the mountains – It is now ruled from underground!” [where Nasrallah is thought to be cowering]…
These are the anguished of Lebanon. Their country is again being pulled by Nasrallah and his goose-stepping bezonians into a war they do not want, for they know the result will be devastation of the country by Israeli airstrikes, setting it back — after the Lebanese had laboriously built up its infrastructure after the 2006 war — by many decades. Such a war will also lead to a colossal brain drain: the young and educated Lebanese will not want to remain in a country where Hezbollah continues to hold sway, and does the bidding of a malignant Iran that is indifferent to the wellbeing of the Lebanese.
Hassan Nasrallah won’t listen to their online outcries, their videos, their cartoons, but perhaps France, the traditional supporter of the Lebanese Christians, with the diplomatic and financial backing of the other members of the European Union, will be able to convince Nasrallah not to drag the Lebanese into yet another disastrous military adventure, that this time might lead to the permanent undoing of the state.
Frank Anderson says
TO ME, if there is a lesson in history, when one side WANTS a war, the other side which WANTS to AVOID the war makes it worse when the war happens. Gutless, milquetoast appeasers stall preparation while allowing the aggressor to grow stronger. I admire the Dale Carnegie collected wisdom, which includes the guidance, “Cooperate with the inevitable.” War with Islamic terrorists is inevitable and never ending.
mike says
‘Lebanon doesn’t want war. REALLY! WHERE WERE you years back and that the threat is at your front door it’s a concern
to little to late
Yabbadabadoo says
I’d suggest that it’s Lebanon’s responsibility to remove the threat that Nasrallah poses. Maybe the police can arrest him for fomenting war, then following arrest, he dies of a fast case of lead poisoning.
Taffy says
Nasrallah and Hizb’allah have more strength than the Lebanese army, so that is no5 happening.
Nasrallah and his troops will face a very not nice war. Israel is already preparing the Willie Pete bombs which are designed to cause massive burn injuries. Hisb’allah will wish that they did not provide
One a war when a consuming fire rains down from the skies.
Levy says
It is true that the Lebanese people do not want war. They never wanted. This. Lebanon was the Paris of the Middle East, and then came the so-called Palestinians to kill to murder to terrorize
And now it is Iran who is dictating Lebanon
And who is making a deal with the Iranian regime this murderous these killers it is the Biden administration
Nobody has seen protesters or supporters for the Iranian people who have been murdered in masses for 40 years
They have killed the women and their ongoing protests in Iran did not concern the Americans
Because they want to make a deal with these murderers, who want to wipe out Israel off the map who are taking over the whole Middle East like Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq Yemen
Nobody in the Middle East trust America,
And we in Israel do not trust them either. At least not the Democrats.
Holding back weapons from Israel that Israel has paid for with millions of dollars and made the mistake to produce in America to employ thousands of Americans in the weapons industry
The media is not saying this everybody thinks that America is giving Israel a present
Transmaster says
It is reported that the IDF is looking for Hasan Nasrallah, and as soon as they get a good location they will kill him. He is terrified and is moving from house to house on almost a daily basis. It is only a matter of time before he is spotted in a car moving to a new safe house, and he will get a Ninja Hellfire in his lap.
Ty Ader says
That filthy muffinhead should be cornholed and imprisoned.