Who is pushing for another civil war in Lebanon?

Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has warned that foreign elements and certain political parties are seeking to “exploit” recent protests in Lebanon and “create a political vacuum in the county.” But who are these voices of chaos in Lebanon?

“Some protests have been financed by embassies and suspicious sides. Certain elements are seeking to stir political tensions in Lebanon in a bid to create political vacuum in the country," Nasrallah said on Friday, warning that certain factions seek to take the country to “civil war", a reference to the country’s bloody 1975-1990 civil war.

Nasrallah, nonetheless, did not elaborate what political parties and foreign entities may be seeking to divert the major anti-corruption and economic protests which have continued for ten consecutive days.

The Hezbollah chief had previously lauded the protests as being initially “spontaneous” and independent from any foreign or domestic political influence.

Remarks similar to those by Nasrallah have been echoed among other Lebanese figures in recent days.

Last week, Lebanon's Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil warned of a “fifth column” seeking to provoke further tension in these heady days.

Similarly, Leader of the Arab Tawhid Party We'am Wahhab said that “foreign elements” were seeking to pressure Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri to resign and dissolve the government.

Nasrallah has said the government’s resignation is a “waste of time”.

New elections and the consequently timely formation of a new government will ultimately include the same combination of Lebanon’s various political parties already present in the cabinet, failing to address Lebanon’s “systematic” problems and further destabilizing Lebanon, Nasrallah has argued.

While many Lebanese leaders have warned against foreign and domestic parties seeking to destabilize Lebanon and weaken its government, none have specified the names of foreign entities and domestic parties seeking to benefit from the destabilization.

Certain factions among Lebanon’s political elite have, nonetheless, openly called for the resignation of the current government.

Samir Geagea, leader of the Lebanese Forces parliamentary bloc, was one of first Lebanese figures to call for Hariri to resign. He ordered his party’s four ministers in Hariri’s cabinet to submit their resignation last week.

Geagea and his party are known to have close links with Washington and Riyadh. During Lebanon's bloody 1975-1990 civil war, Geagea led the Lebanese Forces militia which formed an alliance with Israel.

The militias are known to have facilitated the infamous Sabra and Shatila massacre in Beirut, which lead to death of up to 3,500 civilians from Palestinian and Lebanese Shia backgrounds.

In 1994, Geagea was found guilty of ordering four political assassinations, including the killing of PM Rashid

Hezbollah Scores Perfect Hit at Israeli Occupied Border Town

By: Kayhan Int’l 

The recent perfect attack on the Zionist occupied town of Saliha and its environs by Lebanon’s legendary anti-terrorist movement the Hezbollah that blasted to bits an Israeli military vehicle leaving its occupants dead and wounded including a top commander is being hailed as a strategic move that could change the rules of the struggle.
Saliha was the scene of a bloody massacre of its people during the Israeli war of 1948 when its Muslim population was completely wiped out. The structures in the village, with the exception of an elementary school for boys, were also destroyed. Israeli forces blew up the village mosque, killing 60–94 people who were inside.
In 1958 the Zionist occupiers led by General Moshav Avivim changed Saliha’s name to Avivim, and in 1963 settled it by immigrants from North Africa, mostly Moroccan Jews.
An American author and former diplomat says a recent Hezbollah operation against the occupied territories sent a warning to the Israelis that they "cannot hide anymore,” and that the Lebanese resistance group is no longer "on the receiving end” of the Tel Aviv regime’s raids.
Michael Springmann made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Monday after Hezbollah’s al-Manar TV broadcast footage of two anti-tank missiles hitting a moving Israeli armored vehicle, killing and wounding its occupants.
The attack came in response to an Israeli air raid last week that martyred two resistance fighters in Syria.
Commenting on the retaliatory operation, Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned that there were "no more red lines” in the group’s confrontation with the Tel Aviv regime, and that in case of any future Israeli act of aggression, "all your border, your forces and your settlements” would be at risk.
Springmann further said that Hezbollah’s operation "changed the entire game” and sent a warning message to Israel that the occupying entity would not be permitted to launch cross border attacks and violate Lebanese sovereignty with impunity.
Hezbollah signaled that "we’re not going to be on the receiving end forever... We’re going on the offensive, and we will attack you in occupied Palestine, not just in the southern part of Lebanon or the northern part of Lebanon or wherever.”   
The ex-US diplomat also pointed out that Israel is "afraid of” its people finding out about the regime’s "precarious” position and is thus lying about the casualties of Hezbollah’s attack.
"The whole thing is that they are afraid of the people in Israel realizing what a precarious position they are in .... and that their claim to annex the illegal colonies in the West Bank [is] going to create more than an uproar. So, I think in the future the Israelis are really concerned about what the people think of their government and what will happen should [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu push things a little bit too far,” he added.
Springmann further described resistance as the sole option to confront the Israeli regime, saying Hezbollah’s operation conveys a message that "the way you deal with the Israelis is to fight back.”