Arabic → English transcript

The first to return to the stricken south

were the flags of Hezbollah and Amal, even before the people. As if the two parties,

in feverish competition, wanted to say to everyone: We are here.

So is what is wanted the return of the flags or the people? The people will

not be able to return easily. They left standing homes and came back to

destroyed homes, so how can they live in them?

It is not enough for them to see a flag of Amal and Hezbollah fluttering by

the roadside, for that flag does not form a tent to shelter their heads.

They return to the south to the sound of victory anthems, but

what kind of victory is this,

steeped in the blood of two thousand three hundred martyrs and more than seven

thousand five hundred wounded? It is a heavy price to pay in forty- five days.

As for the losses in property, it is enough that you look at the destruction in

the capital, the southern suburb, the south, and the Bekaa. This is not a victory,

this is a resounding defeat! How steep is the cost of those six rockets.

America and Iran are reaching an understanding,

and the Pakistani mediator is active on the Tehran– Washington line,

and the first fruits are the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran hinted

that it reopened the Strait of Hormuz after the cease- fire in Lebanon,

forgetting that this illusion fools no one, because keeping the strait closed

backfires on its allies, not on its foes.

What matters to us as Lebanese is not opening the Strait of Hormuz,

but opening the“ strait of the impasse” that Lebanon fell into as a result of

two supports, one for Hamas and a second for Iran,

and hardly had it tried to get out of the repercussions of the first support before

it was hit by the repercussions of the second support. Between the two supports,

more than five thousand martyrs fell, and the result is: supporting Gaza did

not help it, and supporting Iran did not save it. In the actual facts and

diplomatic data, what was achieved

came as the fruit of American- Iranian talks through Pakistan,

Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, in line with the fifteen points put forward by Washington.

One of the outstanding points was Iran’s arms, especially Hezbollah and its weapons.

Information says that Iran pledged to solve this problem. This pledge did not win

Israel’s approval, and it is not known how it will act, and it may make use of

clause three. from the agreement that gives her full disposal rights. In any case,

the ten days that one day of which has passed, may be enough to provide

the answer.