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There Is a Growing Anti-Hizbullah Movement within Lebanon's Shi'ites
(Ynet News) Ron Ben-Yishai - Current assessments in both Israel and the U.S. regarding the situation in Lebanon are far more optimistic than what recent media reports suggest. There is a growing anti-Hizbullah movement within the Shi'ite sector. Newly released videos show well-known and respected figures sharply condemning Hizbullah's aggressive stance and calling on their fellow Shi'ites, now a majority in Lebanon, to pressure Hizbullah to change course and support a new political framework that would include disarmament. The Lebanese public - particularly the Shi'ite community - is war-weary and deeply wounded. While Hizbullah continues to receive substantial Iranian funding, the group must pay monthly stipends to the families of its "martyrs," and the war added thousands of new casualties to that list. Hizbullah is now also paying rent for Shi'ite families displaced from southern Lebanon. International donors who could help rebuild Lebanon - Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE - are waiting for a green light from President Trump, whose approval, sources say, is contingent on Hizbullah's disarmament.