“Hezbollah is Far From Defeated, It Remains an Effective Fighting Force”: Lebanese Security Analyst

"Hezbollah is far from defeated, it remains an effective fighting force; Hassan Nasrallah's killing could be a strategic mistake for Israel": Ali Rizk, Lebanese Political and Security Affairs Analyst, to Karan Thapar for The Wire.
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The well-known and highly regarded Lebanese political and security affairs analyst, Ali Rizk says “Hezbollah is far from defeated, it remains an effective fighting force”. Ali Rizk says whilst the killing of Hassan Nasrallah was a major blow it could end up being a strategic mistake on Israel’s part because, as a result, support for Hezbollah could grow if only as a way of revenge against Israel.
In a 35-minute interview to Karan Thapar for The Wire, Ali Rizk, speaking from Beirut, explains that Prime Minister Netanyahu’s call (on Tuesday) to the Lebanese people to rise up against Hezbollah because otherwise they could face the same destruction as Gaza, has not had any effect as far as he knows. He points out that several Christian Maronite political parties, several Sunni groups, who were earlier opposed to Hezbollah, as well as Walid Jumblatt’s Druze organization stand firmly with Hezbollah. There is, therefore, little chance of the Lebanese people rising up against Hezbollah. More importantly, Hezbollah is a Lebanese organization and not foreign to the country and it has deep roots in the Lebanon.
If you want to know about and understand the impact on the Lebanon and, in particular, Beirut of the persisting Israeli airstrikes and land incursions, if you want to understand how the Lebanese view Hezbollah, if you want to understand the impact on Hezbollah, both politically and militarily, as well as what we can expect from Iran as a response and, specifically, how Iran is likely to respond to any Israeli retaliation for the 1st October missile attack, then, this is an interview I recommend.
Mr. Rizk also speaks about the impact on Lebanon, a country of 5.5 million where already 1,400 have been killed and, possibly, up to 1.3 million displaced. What future does Lebanon today face?
Mr. Rizk speaks clearly, analytically, with great attention to detail and with great knowledge of the politics and history of this part of the world. All of this is delivered in flawless English.
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[@s.m.p.72]

Mr. Rizk spoke very well and effectively conveyed the ground situation.. Thank you Mr. Thapar for calling such guests

[@512_Test]

Mr. Ali was pinpoint and rational in his response. ❤

[@same_rules]

Ali Rijk is well read and spoken.

[@muhammadmujahidalikhokhar6262]

Ali Rizq reveals the ground realities.what a great interview. During this interview Mr Thapar doesn't interrupt like in a previous interview with Professor Mirandi.

[@DanishKhan-mt8ds]

Mr. Thapar -- thank you. Your ability to bring guests from around the world and ask them probing questions that bring out nuances for us all, is really admirable. Mr. Ali Rizk was clear-eyed and impressive. Hope he stays safe and this conflict ends soon. And hope you continue doing stellar interviews like these, the occasional connection glitches notwithstanding.

[@bendybruce]

The problem with Israel is that to a hammer everything looks like a nail..

[@TechnicalGuruKazmi]

Best journalism

[@nad918122]

Karan, please try to get Marwa Osman to your program, a very renowned and vocal journalist from Lebanon 🇱🇧.

[@rajenlama.6850]

Good afternoon sir. The remarks made by Ali Rizk gives immense light about Lebanese people's support to Hezbollah. Furthermore Mr Ali Rizk also added beautifully they can not be categorised in religion or in community anyway whatsoever in Lebanon. Very educative channel on burning issue.

[@azeezmd6879]

Thank you for showing True Lebanon Point of view

[@MohdFarhan-li6hn]

Thanks Mr Thapar for showing the real story

[@nowonami2524]

thank you thaapar, for avoiding further thappad from guest

[@mdshamimshaikh687]

Excellent interview

[@hammad_633]

Thanks Karan for this interview

[@sputnik1744]

An amazing objective analysis by someone on the ground.

[@Harishchander-vh7cl]

Karan Thapar You are among top 5 journalists presently India has got. Congratulations for true journalism. Plz convey our message to Congress top brass that, the secular voters came to know about congress' comedy (helplessness) in Haryana results.

[@512_Test]

Wire souds more like Iran wire & daily wire sponsored by Israel as part it's Hasbra campaign! 😅

[@s.m.p.72]

i suggest you must look at media other than western to get a real picture before presuming Iran's attack didn't achieve much.. Just yesterday it was on press tv that an independent journalist was detained by Israel for uploading a video showing a little bit of the damage caused..

[@Suresh_Kamath]

Exactly. He always quotes article written by western sources

[@soumenguha9856]

But not for a moment the speaker refers to the Hamas attack on 7th October last...which started the mayhem.

[@rocketshoot3027]

He has also failed to mention the 1948 European invasion of Palestine. Sad

[@andrewtate6594]

Just a kind reminder, history didn't start on october 7. Just try to realize why, they attacked on October 7. Try to Learn what was happening before October 7. Extreme hindutva killing your humanity. Don't know if sanatan religion teaches this, but certainly hindutva does. Zionism & Hindutva not very different...

[@nowonami2524]

$@T@N' s objective is the opposite of LIVE. Always.

[@neerajsinghbhar966]

Dahiya or Daheya is the area which was once ruled by Dahiya clan ,there r many Dahiya Jats in haryana,

[@nowonami2524]

33:00 why will a US Iran war be restricted to the iran region. targets are global and weapons are not limited to tnt.

[@AbdullaSiddique-xz3py]

Jangh karo duniya tabahi ki tarf

[@Ivan-jd5to]

Just like hamas, 80 percent of Palestinian supported hamas. What happens to gaza now

[@airgasm7260]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣stupid snd lie news

[@nad918122]

Karan, great to see Ali Rizk at The wire.

[@nad918122]

We don't expect from Godi media to show the other side, at least we have some platform like the The wire and especially you who try to show the real picture by allowing people from all sides.

[@nad918122]

Karan, at least you advanced yourself better to listening the guest rather than blowing questions from your last interview with Mr. Marandi.

[@Suresh_Kamath]

This interviewer constantly interrupts guests. For many years this has been the case. But he did interrupt Marandi more than his other guests.