Hezbollah's Economic Mismanagement Sparks Anger as Iran Abandons Lebanon Amid Crisis
Lebanon’s economic crisis has plunged the country into an
abyss, with many Lebanese and analysts blaming Hezbollah, the Islamic group
classified by the US as a terrorist organization, for a large part of the
crisis, especially since the group has a large financial stake in both the
public and private sectors in the country.
While Hezbollah is considered the main military arm of
the Iranian regime and an executor of Tehran's expansionist agenda, whether in
the Arab region or elsewhere in the world, the economic crisis remains the
biggest obstacle to the party's dominance and control over Lebanon, to use it
as a launching pad to implement the aforementioned agenda.
Tehran abandons its Lebanese baby
As the economic crisis in the Land of the Cedars
intensifies, the world witnessed what everyone expected except Hezbollah
leaders, which was Tehran abandoning its Lebanese baby and not supporting it
financially, which increased anger on the streets against Hassan Nasrallah's
policies, the leader of Hezbollah.
These policies that aim to rule Lebanon with an iron fist
were met with fire from political actors representing Lebanon's main religious
groups, namely the Sunni, Druze, and Christians.
Difficult economic conditions
Meanwhile, Karim Emil Bitar, Director of the Political
Science Department at St. Joseph University in Beirut, said that Hezbollah has
managed to expand its influence and extend its arms throughout Lebanon, but
today it is going through difficult conditions due to the failure to manage
economic files, which has cast a shadow over the party's popular base in the
country, in addition to the tension and weakness of relations with Nasrallah's
political partners.
Bitar added in statements that Nasrallah's speeches are
no longer populist as before, and they do not have a positive impact on the
Lebanese people, pointing out that there is a sense of arrogance in Hezbollah's
leadership, which leads to major mistakes that Lebanon suffers from.
He further pointed out that the continuation of the
deteriorating conditions, especially the economic ones, will lead to an
increase in Lebanese opposition to Hezbollah, in addition to the rise of voices
opposing the party internally.
