{"id":11683,"date":"2024-12-16T10:14:12","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T08:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rega.news\/?p=11683"},"modified":"2024-12-16T10:14:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T08:14:12","slug":"former-assad-supporter-makes-a-surprising-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/former-assad-supporter-makes-a-surprising-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Assad Supporter Makes a Surprising Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Assad supporter and head of the Lebanese Al-Tawhid Party, Druze leader Wiam Wahhab, made several particularly surprising statements today (Monday), including an acknowledgment of the axis&#8217;s defeat and a call for peace with Israel, as reported by the X account of Jewish-American blogger <em>JewishWarrior13<\/em>.  <\/p>\n<p>Wahhab declared that the Lebanese people do not want war, emphasizing, &#8220;If you ask me, it\u2019s better to make peace with Israel.&#8221; He also urged Lebanese Shiites to normalize and establish peace with Israel, saying, &#8220;Let us live in peace.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>Regarding the Iranian axis, the Druze leader stated, &#8220;The axis ended with the deaths of Qasem Soleimani and Hassan Nasrallah.&#8221; He concluded by emphasizing, &#8220;There is no winner here except for Netanyahu.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>The Lebanese Al-Tawhid Party, led by Wiam Wahhab, was until recently known for its support of the Syrian regime and Hezbollah. Wahhab often voiced pro-Syrian positions and publicly backed former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Hezbollah. Wahhab had also previously expressed support for Hezbollah&#8217;s activities in the Syrian Golan Heights. However, his recent remarks suggest a much more softened stance toward Israel.  <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wiam Wahhab, the Druze leader who heads the Lebanese Al-Tawhid Party (formerly an Assad supporter), made some particularly surprising statements today: <\/p>\n<p>1\u20e3&quot;The nation [Lebanon] is not interested in war, and if you ask me, it would be better to make peace with Israel.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>2\u20e3&quot;I\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LleikOhAd1\">pic.twitter.com\/LleikOhAd1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Raylan Givens (@JewishWarrior13) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JewishWarrior13\/status\/1868448930024853873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Netanyahu Won&#8221;: Lebanese Druze Politician Calls on Shiites to Normalize Relations with Israel  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,6],"tags":[2267,1576,1539,2030,2354],"class_list":["post-11683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-security","tag-assad","tag-druze","tag-iran","tag-syria","tag-wiam-wahhab"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - 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