{"id":25436,"date":"2025-06-03T15:00:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T12:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=25436"},"modified":"2025-06-03T17:30:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T14:30:49","slug":"lebanese-shiite-voices-push-back-against-hezbollah-and-amal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/lebanese-shiite-voices-push-back-against-hezbollah-and-amal\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanese Shiite Voices Push Back Against Hezbollah and Amal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past Sunday, a rare conference was held in Beirut bringing together Shiite opposition activists in Lebanon, organized under the banner of the \u201cMeeting of Lebanese Shiites.\u201d According to journalist Roi Kais, the event was intended as a challenge to the political and social dominance of Hezbollah and Amal\u2014the two groups that have long controlled the Shiite community in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cEnough with the monopoly on our representation\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nOpening the conference, journalist Jad Al-Akhaoui laid out a vision for national reform. \u201cThis is an alternative national path that emerges from within the Shiite community,\u201d he said. \u201cIt does not seek separatism, but rather aims to redirect the compass toward the state, justice, and participation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the participants were not seeking protection or patronage. Instead, they were taking responsibility and showing the courage \u201cto say enough with the monopoly on our representation. Enough with pushing capable individuals to the margins.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25439\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25439\" style=\"width: 864px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25439 \" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2-12.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2-12.webp 2048w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2-12-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2-12-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2-12-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2-12-1536x1025.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25439\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amal activists in Lebanon | Photo: crop media \/ Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a scathing critique of Hezbollah, Al-Akhaoui argued that the group has become a \u201cregional player\u201d involved in conflicts unrelated to Lebanon. As a result, he said, the country has experienced \u201cdeepening political divisions, isolation from the Arab and international community, and a transformation into a battleground for score-settling instead of a bridge between civilizations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The conference also saw the launch of a new initiative called \u201cToward 2030.\u201d It aims to serve as a civilian political alternative to existing movements, with a focus on strengthening the connection between the Shiite community and the Lebanese state, and fostering integration into the broader national framework\u2014instead of being drawn into foreign regional agendas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pressure from across the political spectrum<\/strong><br \/>\nAt last week\u2019s Arab Media Summit in Dubai, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam delivered a forceful speech. He declared that the Lebanese state-building project requires \u201cliberation from the duality of weapons\u201d\u2014a direct reference to Hezbollah\u2019s continued armed presence outside the state\u2019s control.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur project is based on the link between reform and sovereignty, which demands exclusivity in arms,\u201d he said. Salam warned that the current situation \u201chas led to dual decision-making and the loss of the national state project.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rare gathering of Lebanese Shiite opposition activists took aim at the dominant Hezbollah and Amal, launching a new political initiative aimed at returning Shiites to the embrace of the Lebanese state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":25438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2276,8,85,6,65],"tags":[6317,1544,1539,4929,1578,5184,6130,6318],"class_list":["post-25436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","category-politics","category-positive-moment","category-security","category-world","tag-amal","tag-hezbollah","tag-iran","tag-lebanese-politics","tag-lebanon","tag-middle-east-affairs","tag-nawaf-salam","tag-shiite-opposition"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - 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