Force must be used to liberate South Lebanon, because Israel will never be convinced to withdraw through negotiations alone. That was the message of senior Hezbollah official Nawaf Moussawi in a wide-ranging interview with Middle East Eye in Beirut, during which he insisted that Lebanese-Israeli negotiations would remain fruitless as long as President Joseph Aoun goes to the table lacking any sort of leverage over the Israelis.
Moussawi, who as head of Hezbollah’s border and resources department is responsible for many Israeli affairs, said the Lebanese armed movement will continue to fight the occupying troops until they completely depart from his country. “Is there international pressure that would compel the Israelis to withdraw? So far, there is not, just as there was not in Palestine,” he told MEE. “Therefore, we have no choice but to continue fighting the Israeli occupier until it withdraws.”
