Lebanon: Those who resist Israel are now called internal enemies of the state

Lebanon: Those who resist Israel are now called internal enemies of the state Submitted by Amal Saad on Thu, 05/21/2026 - 18:48 US-brokered talks are not about securing peace. They are about providing cover for ongoing Israeli aggression A banner bearing the image of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah hangs near the site of an Israeli air strike in Beirut's southern suburbs, on 25 March 2026 (AFP) Off As with previous rounds of negotiations, the latest US -brokered talks between Lebanon and Israel , held in Washington earlier this month, signalled the laundering of war through diplomacy. Their function was to normalise Israeli aggression as the background condition of the political process, converting demands for a ceasefire from the prerequisite for negotiations into just one item up for discussion.