Instead of taking a decisive national stance against the Iranian terrorist and jihadist gang Hezbollah, which dragged Lebanon into a devastating war against Israel and plunged the country into destruction and ruin, Nawaf Salam, tasked with forming the new government, continues to adopt a policy of appeasement and surrender to this militia. He also kneels before Nabih Berri, the Speaker of Parliament, who has imposed his rule by force, backed by occupying powers, for the past 30 years.
So far, Salam has wasted valuable time in cowardly negotiations with Berri and Hezbollah, allowing them to dictate their conditions. Their primary demand: control over the Finance Ministry—a key tool for obstructing and sabotaging the government. The new government is supposed to oversee the implementation of the ceasefire agreement with Israel and enforce international resolutions that mandate Hezbollah’s military dismantling, its complete disarmament across all Lebanese territories, and the removal of its affiliated militias. Additionally, and more importantly it will be tasked for appointing over 600 senior state officials, including the Army Commander, the Central Bank Governor, the Director of the General Security Directorate, and heads of various security agencies.
Yet instead of fulfilling his duty to reclaim the state, Salam—well-known for his leftist, Arab nationalist background, a remnant of Nasserist-era ideology, and his deep-rooted hostility toward Israel—is bending over backward to appease Hezbollah and Berri. His actions prove he is politically impotent, weak-willed, and incapable of making sovereign decisions. He has allowed Hezbollah and Berri to humiliate him, with Berri outright dismissing him by declaring: “Don’t ask me for names for the Finance Ministry—I want Yassine Jaber, and I will accept no one else, period.”
Meanwhile, in a desperate attempt to intimidate President Joseph Aoun and Nawaf Salam, Hezbollah launched barbaric, mob-like invasions into Beirut, deploying hundreds of armed militants on motorcycles, waving sectarian banners and chanting inflammatory slogans. Yet Salam remained a mere spectator, too afraid to confront this terrorist provocation.
The truth is clear: Hezbollah and Amal Movement have suffered a humiliating defeat. Their era of unchecked dominance is over. They do not represent the entire Shiite community, and they have no legitimate right to monopolize Shiite representation in the government. Moreover, the appointment of Joseph Aoun as president and Nawaf Salam as designated prime minister was not a Lebanese decision—it was imposed by the United States, Arab states, and Western powers to break the corrupt political establishment’s submission to Berri and Hezbollah.
The Defeated Must Not Be Rewarded with a Place in Government! If Nawaf Salam is incapable of forming a sovereign government free from Hezbollah and Berri’s grip, then he must resign immediately and disappear from Lebanon’s political scene. This critical phase in the country’s history requires strong, decisive leaders—not weak bureaucrats who bow to terrorists and criminals.
As long as Hezbollah maintains its stranglehold on Lebanon’s deep state, the country will inevitably be dragged back into war. Israel will not hesitate to finish what it started—to completely annihilate the Iranian terrorist Hezbollah and eradicate its existence once and for all.
