Hezbollah makes up an ISIS threat in Lebanon to justify keeping its weapons ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Sunday, July 06, 2025

Hezbollah makes up an ISIS threat in Lebanon to justify keeping its weapons

Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem said last week, "We will not allow anyone to threaten us for concessions, because we will never relinquish our rights, nor will we ever agree to surrender our weapons to the Zionist enemy."

Of course, no one is asking them to give their weapons to Israel, just to give up their weapons. A year ago this request was unthinkable but now the government of Lebanon is insisting.

Hezbollah's justification for having a separate army used to be that it was to dissuade Israel from attacking. After the war, however, the Lebanese are no longer believing it - since if there was no Hezbollah shooting at Israel, Israel would not have attacked any part of Lebanon.

Hezbollah needs to find another justification for existing. So it made one up, starting rumors that a resurgent ISIS is threatening Lebanon and Hezbollah is the only force that can stop them.

A small group named Saraya Ansar al-Sunna popped up in Lebanon this year, coincidentally shortly after Hezbollah's defeat, and now Hezbollah is using it to stoke fear in Lebanon. L'Orient Today quotes analysts who are skeptical:

In circles opposed to Hezbollah, there is a belief that the reported resurgence of Islamist terrorism is exaggerated and intended to create a climate of fear. A military strategist and former army officer, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, described it as a new "maneuver" by Hezbollah, which is facing mounting local and international pressure to relinquish its weapons. "It's a farce entirely staged by Hezbollah," he said.

Several anti-Hezbollah analysts from Tripoli said they have never heard of this group before and believe it is likely "manipulated by Iranian agents or former officers of Bashar al-Assad's former regime."

On Wednesday, Akkar MP Walid Baarini (Sunni) suspected a possible "plan to justify keeping Hezbollah's weapons under the pretext of combating terrorism." He added, "What is being said about the entry of foreign groups into Lebanon is a major exaggeration."

Hezbollah is floundering.