Lebanon is on the verge of collapse, and according to Caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab, who spoke with ambassadors stationed in the country this week, "everything could collapse in a matter of days."
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Even Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri has given up trying to form a government after being rejected by President Michel Aoun time and again.
And since there is no government in Beirut that could initiate economic and social reforms that would get Lebanon out of the quicksand, its demise seems closer than ever.
The scenario in which the Lebanese government, which is rooted in political corruption, loses its legitimacy to rule would bode well with Hezbollah. And even though the terrorist group's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, claims that the Shiite organization is a patriotic Lebanese movement, in practice, he and his ally – Aoun – are doing everything in their power to prevent the creation of a new Lebanese government.
Hezbollah is not looking to start a civil war. But it is seeking a political transformation in Lebanon, whose government system has not changed since the 1930s.
Back then, the Christian community was more prominent in the country, and many top government positions were reserved for members of this ethnicity. According to this system, the office of the prime minister would always be reserved for a Sunni Muslim, the offices of president and chief of staff to a Christian, and only the speaker of parliament to a Shiite.
However, as the years went by, the oppressed and prosecuted Shiite minority became the most powerful voice in Lebanon, thanks to Hezbollah, which in turn, was supported by Iran.
There is no doubt that the collapse of the Lebanese government will create a political vacuum that Hezbollah and Iran will rush to fill.
Meanwhile, it is also evident by now that due to the change of the administration in Washington and the formation of a new coalition in Jerusalem, Moscow is changing the strategic plans for its security forces in the Middle East.
The personal connection between former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin, which allowed for close security coordination with Russia on Syrian soil, is no longer an option, according to various Arab media outlets.
They even quoted top Russian security officials, who claimed that Russia's military air defense had recently intercepted Israeli missiles targeting Iranian sites.
The collapse of the Lebanese government will not only create a serious security threat to Israel, but will also put an end to a relative period of calm along the northern border.
That might rush in the era in which Iran controls Lebanon and provides arms to Hezbollah, which as the group in power, will implement the ayatollah rule in Beirut as well, the number of agenda of which is to wipe the Jewish State off the planet.
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