(Jerusalem Report) Ehud Yaari - Will Hizballah Secretary General Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah be allowed to freeze the implementation of the last paragraphs of UN Security Council Resolution 1559, which demands the subsequent disarmament of the country's militias? There's no doubt that a mood of depression and distress has come over Hizballah of late and has colored all Nasrallah's recent speeches and declarations, including the explicit threats he broadcast during the recent election campaign against anyone who dared demand that he disarm. Only outside intervention can set 1559 in motion again. And that will require Security Council reconfirmation of the resolution, a Western decision to delay dealing with Lebanon's requests for an improved economic package, and above all, a U.S.-EU focus on Iran and Syria. There are already signs that pressure on Bashar al-Asad could force him to stop the weapons transfers from Iran via Syria to Hizballah.
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