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⭕️ Study: Nearly Half of Lebanese Oppose Hezbollah Disarmament 🔸A King’s College London survey of 2,000+ Lebanese citizens found that while only 18% express political support for Hezbollah, 45% oppose its disarmament — and the driving factor is not sectarian loyalty or dependence on Hezbollah’s services, but deep moral grievances against the Lebanese state itself. 🔸Those grievances center on three things: the perception that the government distributes resources through political favoritism rather than fairness; the absence of accountability — most visibly the obstructed investigation into the 2020 Beirut port explosion; and pervasive corruption, including elites shielding assets while ordinary people lost their savings in the banking collapse. Fewer than one in four Lebanese said they trust the government. 🔸Citizens who felt most wronged by the state were 29 percentage points more likely to oppose disarmament — the single strongest predictor, outweighing security fears about Israel as a factor. 🔸The authors argue that U.S. and Israeli policy — premised on sanctions, military pressure, and funding alternative service providers to substitute for Hezbollah — is targeting the wrong motive. What would move the needle, they argue, is rebuilding Lebanese state legitimacy: delivering services fairly, pursuing accountability. A state “worth disarming for” is one that has earned enough trust that citizens would accept its monopoly on force. 🔸Importantly, the authors note that repeated Israeli strikes destroying Lebanon’s schools, hospitals, and local institutions make that goal harder to reach — reinforcing the grievances that sustain support for Hezbollah keeping its weapons. Details ⬇️






















