PREVIEW - HEZBOLLAH Colleague Jonathan Schanzer of FDD (Foundation for Defense of Democracies) analyzes the unknowns of the failed state of Lebanon. More details tonight.
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🗓️ 7 January 2025
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| 0:54.4 | everything secure. This is John Batchelor, speaking with colleague Jonathan Shanzer, executive |
| 1:00.4 | director, Foundation for the Defense of Democracy. It's about Hezbollah, what's left after the |
| 1:06.1 | decapitation. In a ceasefire right now, Hezbollah has not lived up to the ceasefire bargain, which is surrendering weapons below Lottani River in exchange for continuing the ceasefire. |
| 1:19.9 | Israel now has to look at the possibility of a restart of the offensive against Hezbollah in order to secure at least the northern border of Israel from |
| 1:29.6 | raids, similar to October 7th. However, Jonathan Shanzer here speaks to a possible change in |
| 1:37.9 | the weather in Lebanon if the government were to take charge in order the Lebanese armed forces |
| 1:43.9 | to oblige Hezbollah to surrender. |
| 1:47.8 | Is Hezbollah still powerful the way it was before the war? Is Hezbollah capable of intimidating |
| 1:54.1 | the civilian leadership that needs to take bold action in order to save what looks to be a failed state of Lebanon. |
| 2:04.0 | Jonathan speaks to that matter right now and what might happen, what is happening, what is not |
| 2:11.8 | acceptable. More of this tonight. Well, that's the big question, John. And I think it's right now |
| 2:17.4 | it's unknowable how powerful his Bella is. Well, that's the big question, John. And I think it's right now it's unknowable, how |
| 2:18.8 | powerful Hizbollah is. What we know is that they still have a significant amount of financial |
| 2:25.0 | influence. They still have the political levers that they were able to gain control of |
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