14.01.2011                     9.Shevat, 5771

Analyse:

Hizbullah will keep turning up the heat

As long as Hariri resists capitulation, it is likely that Hizbullah and its allies will engage in mass protests and a gradual escalation of violence.

The resignation of 11 ministers associated with Hizbullah from the cabinet of Prime Minister Saad Hariri raises the curtain on the next act in the permanent political drama that envelops Lebanon.
Wednesday’s action marked the first time in Lebanon’s turbulent history that a cabinet was brought down by the withdrawal of the required one-third-plus-one ministers from it. London-based Lebanese analyst Nadim Shehadi called the latest development a “leap into the unknown.”….