Once a supporter of Iran’s “axis of resistance” to Israel, a Lebanese Druze leader thinks that it’s time for Lebanon to make peace with Israel. In a recent interview on Lebanese TV, Wiam Wahhab explained that he doesn’t want his country to continue to be a battlefield, where Hezbollah is barely hanging on, and physical destruction has been great. Its leaders should recognize that their battering by the IDF will not stop. It’s time, he argues, for Hezbollah to give up its insensate and hopeless war against the Jewish state and allow peace to prevail in Lebanon. Most of the Lebanese are sick of the endless war with Israel that Hezbollah insists on continuing, tired of being pushed around by Hezbollah, which itself is the dutiful agent of the Iranians. More on his public volte-face can be found here: “‘Shi’ites should make peace with Israel,’ Lebanese party leader says,” by Ohad Merlin, Jerusalem Post, December 16, 2024:
Wiam Wahhab, a Lebanese Druze party leader and former minister, called to make peace with Israel, in a long interview on the show Whala’ Shu on Lebanese TV. Wahhab, who was known to be a supporter of the Islamic Republic’s axis, gave a series of unexpected remarks, including stark criticism of the Iranian axis and a careful call for normalization with Israel. He was quoted as saying, “I advise the Shi’ites to go to peace with Israel and let’s all live happy.”
“I’ll be frank with you. The topic of Israel and the Arabs needs to be discussed. The nation does not want a war with Israel; it’s been 70 years of war with Israel,” said Wahhab in the interview. “If they were to ask me, I would say: take [United Nations Security Council Resolution] 1701 as a guarantee… I think they should go to make peace. The nation does not want to go to war.”
Wahhab recognizes that most of the Lebanese, not just the Christians and Sunnis, but even many Shia, are tired of Hezbollah’s continuing war against Israel that has led to so much destruction, not only in southern Lebanon between the Litani River and the Israeli border, but elsewhere as well — especially in southern Beirut, most of which has been leveled by Israeli airstrikes. And Hezbollah has also been responsible for other destruction that did not involve Israel. Think of the “Beirut blast” of August 4, 2020, that resulted from Hezbollah’s faulty storage of ammonium nitrates in a hangar at the Port of Beirut. That huge explosion — the largest non-nuclear explosion in history — caused 218 deaths, 6000 wounded, and $15 billon in damages. Lebanon has only suffered from Hezbollah’s dominance, its killing of so many of its political enemies, including Rafik Hariri, Samir Kassir, George Hawi, Gebran Tueni, Pierre Amine Gemayel, and Walid Edo.
Hezbollah turned south Beirut into its stronghold; that stronghold has now been reduced to rubble by the Israeli Air Force, as have other areas where Hezbollah held sway, including the Bekaa Valley.
The anchor, Georges Salibi, appeared stunned by the proposition and asked him to clarify: “Do you call to normalize relations with Israel?”
Wahhab answered by arguing that Lebanon cannot be the only one left in the state of war. “The ‘axis’ sacrificed much for Palestine. My parents went after Gamal Abdel Nasser. We went after the Palestinian resistance and the Lebanese resistance to free our land. The nation does not want to fight. Let’s follow the majority. Will you fight for them? The Muslim Brotherhood, which are Iran’s allies – they don’t want to fight. So we have to fight for them?”
Bashar al-Assad himself was among those criticized by Wahhab. According to the Lebanese politician, Assad’s fall came as a result of a number of reasons, including his misconduct toward his supporters, which included Alawites, Sunnis in the big cities in Halab and Damascus, and some Druze.
Wahhab’s criticism of Iran and its proxies
Wahhab claimed that Assad managed to disappoint, starve, and steal from all his supporters, and he also relied on the Russians and neglected his own army. Wahhab also claimed that Assad had some problems with the Russians, since he did not want to settle with Recep Tayyip Erdogan over their occupation in northern Syria, and the Russians were too busy in Ukraine….
Assad did not receive the military and diplomatic support he expected from the Russians in his attempt to prevent Turkey from occupying a large part of northeastern Syria.
Wahhab suggests that the downfall of Assad was due to his embrace of Hezbollah. He had allowed Iran to use Syria as a conduit for the delivery of weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon. In return, Assad assumed that Hezbollah would help him to suppress any uprising. It didn’t work out that way. When the rebellion erupted, not a single Hezbollah operative appeared to help Assad. Hezbollah was in no position to help; it had for months been battered by airstrikes conducted by the Israeli Air Force.
Hezbollah has been defeated militarily. Its charismatic leader, Hasan Nasrallah, was killed by Israel, as was his likely successor, Hashem Safieddine. So were ten of the twelve members of Hezbollah’s Jihad Council. So were several dozen of the group’s most senior commanders. The IDF has confiscated 155,000 weapons from Hezbollah depots. It has destroyed 80% of Hezbollah’s store of rockets. No wonder Hezbollah begged for a ceasefire with Israel.
And now it is losing support even from those who stood by it for so long, such as Wiam Wahhab. As Hezbollah has been so weakened by the IAF airstrikes, Lebanese who were earlier afraid to attack it publicly have lost that fear. Fuad Siniora, who was Lebanon’s prime minister during the last major war between Hezbollah and Israel in 2006, told NBC news in an interview this week that “This [Lebanon] is a failed state. The state has been hijacked, hijacked for quite some time by Hezbollah. And behind it Iran. We have to get back to having a functioning government.” Before Israel’s current devastation of Hezbollah, neither Fuad Siniora, nor Wiab Wahhab, would have dared to criticize the Shi’a terror group. With Hezbollah so weakened, Lebanon is up for grabs. At long last the democratic majority in Lebanon, consisting of Christians, Sunni Arabs. Druze, and many Shi’a, too, have the possibility to reclaim their country — thanks to Israel’s weakening of their common enemy, Hezbollah.
joanofark06 says
And so, I DO HOPE that this country (Lebanon), is the first of many, that will sign Trump’s peace document, which he, himself, had made, while in office LAST time.
He only got a few signatures from a few certain leaders, in the Middle East, but didn’t get all the signatures, from all of the “rich and powerful” leaders of the Middle East, that he needed to get, as he had to return to the White House, and to leave that office. I believe that was a “time-out” period from God, as He hoped that the world would change to good, but by the time OBiden’s time was up, the world had gotten much worse. Therefore, He (God) had to bring back the man, Trump, whose name could be short for “trumpet”, as many of these are blown during the the Book of Revelation!
Most Christians can honestly say (as I can also, ask if you want to know how that was deciphered), that Trump is NOT a Christian, but then, every president, since Pres. Carter, has publically announced that they were a Christian, when they were not. They only stated this, to get the votes from that group of people, and so as Trump did it too. So as a sinner, as we all are, God will use him to bring in the 7 year Tribulation.
Since Pres. Carter, every president has tried to reach for the gold, of bringing these two cerain leaders of two certain countries, together, to make peace with each other. But every president failed. Why its been so important for each one of these presidents, to take the time out of their very busy schedule to try to get these two, to come together in peace, I’ve always wondered why they all figured it was very important to try to get these two leaders together.
Well, now Trump has got the ball rolling, and it can’t be stopped.
This leader of Palestine, and the leader of Israel, WILL come together to sign a document to basically say that there will be peace between them. HOW could this actually happen, as many people have said that it’s impossible, or would never happen. But then, if they say that, they don’t know bible prophecy. Because when you realize, that when these two leaders, sit down and sign a peace plan, or treaty, which has to be. and most definitely WILL BE, for 7 years, this will be the sign that God hasn’t given to to the world, to show the world, what has been written for centuries, ;that this will begin the 7 year Tribulation. Or the “beginning of the end”.
Imagine the world hearing this news! It’ll be a HUGE world event, with many newscasters joshling around to be the closest to this action!
What these two leaders won’t think about, or know, is what every theologian, every person who has studied bible prophecy, will be in shock about this peace event, because so many dedicated Christians know, that once that 7 year peace plan is signed, between these two leaders, then the “beginning of the end”, starts.
Back to that peace plan, that both of those leaders signed, came about as I was looking at Trump’s last day in office (before the evil OBiden stepped in, of course), and that is when I felt I was shown, what was to come very soon.
First off, I feel I was shown, the vision that Trump would be coming back in office again. And I thought “ok, easy enough, and nothing to hold him back from this happening. And that was when I almost fell off my chair, and choked on my drink, for the announcement came by Trump himself, that he was going to run for president again. One vision announced! It’s really something when you know that Trump HAD TO come back in office again, and then Trump actually makes the announcement that he was running for Pres. again, well that was quite a feeling that I don’t believe I could even describe!. What I didn’t realize though, was the hatred and anger toward this man from SO MANY people, and all around the world too! What evil did this man commit, I asked myself. I’d say that there’s nothing about Trump that deserves that! Then there was a few someone’s actually trying to keep him from even being on the ballot! And then there was the shooting, that sure could have killed him. By this time, I was biting all my nails off, and pulling my hair out! With all of that, that man kept going…AGAINST ALL ODDS!!
I was sure trying to hold on to the vision I was shown, of him being president. But I knew that if God wanted to use this sinner of a man, then NOTHING would get in the way of that happening. Talk about some stressful days and months!! I can’t hardly think back to those months now, without feeling nauseous! But again, he finally made it.
What will happen next, is between now, and a few days before this term is up for good, he will pick up his old peace document, and head to the Middle East again, and for the final time!
Because THIS is where he gets many more signatures, from many rich and powerful leaders over there, who are in agreement of wanting to have peace with Israel. Once he has all the signatures that he feels is enough, he will pass this document over to them, and say goodbye, and returns. to the White House. This is all God needed Trump for. I mean, who wouldn’t want to use a person, whose name could be short for “Trumpet”?? Of which, many are blown during the Book of Revelation!
But before I move on, everyone should understand that Trump had publicly said he was a Christian, but by some actions he did, and words that he used, any true and dedicated Christian could see that he was NOT a Christian. Just like EVERY Pres. since Pres Carter ALSO publicly mentioned this.
But the sign that I felt was shown to me, was how he could have used ANY name, for his peace document, BUT what did he name it? Very surpriseingly, he named it as an important person in our bible!! What are the odds?? Just like the “Against all Odds” sign that I felt, while watching him survive all means of attacks that were directed heavily, against him, since the day he reportinng that he was running for President, again.
joanofark06 says
I forgot to add the spectacular ending, or what happens after Trump hands over his peace plan/treaty, to all these rich and powerful, Middle Eastern leaders. I believe I’ve already mentioned that he hands over his peace plan to all of those men, and goes back to Washington.
Now, all of these men, are looking over this document, and realize quickly, that there is a leader of a certain country, that is not listed.
And this is a leader who has said NO to peace with Israel, for decades, or since President Carter days.
And as all of these men know this fact, they will expect him to say NO to peace again, but this time, they’ll be ready for him. So as they all go to visit him, and explain to him, that they ALL have signed for peace with Israel, and they are all tired of the fighting that has been going on for way too long, and demand he sign.
Again, this Palestinian leader nervously, takes his last chance of never saying No to Israel again, for peace, but THIS TIME, these rich and powerful group of leaders, take this Palestinian leader’s arm, and twist it around to his back, but seriously, no, they really don’t do that, but they’ve all decided to hurt him financially or economically, or both, until he screams for them to stop, and that he will sign for peace with Israel.
So, with the world watching (as I believe, this will be BIG news), these two leaders sign what has become, and is now, a 7 year peace treaty. They both sign, and the next thing that happens, as it is written in God’s word, is the “beginning of the end”, or the 7 year peace treaty, with the horrors involved are told within the Book of Revelation.
And will someone go and tell Trump, what the worldly event is, that he started?