Lebanon Finally Moves on Hezbollah. Is It Too Late? | Jonathan Elkhoury

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For years, the world treated Hezbollah as a problem to be managed... or ignored. Now Lebanon is being forced to confront what that evasion has cost.

In this episode of EylON the Record, Eylon Levy speaks with Jonathan Elkhoury, a Lebanese-Israeli and the son of an officer in the former South Lebanon Army, about Hezbollah’s grip on Lebanon, why the Lebanese state failed to dismantle it after the November 2024 ceasefire, and why Israel no longer believes diplomacy alone can remove the threat. Together, they examine whether Lebanon’s sudden moves against Hezbollah are genuine, whether peace talks with Israel are serious or tactical, and what this means for Israel, Lebanon, and the wider war against Iran’s proxy network.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Why the 2024 ceasefire failed and how Hezbollah rearmed despite diplomatic guarantees
• Whether the Lebanese government truly could not confront Hezbollah — or chose not to
• Why Israel sees renewed diplomacy as a way of freezing the threat rather than removing it
• Whether Hezbollah’s defeat could create a real opening for peace between Israel and Lebanon

This conversation goes beyond the latest strikes and ceasefire talk. It is about the long-term cost of letting armed proxies outgrow the states that host them — and about what happens when diplomacy becomes a substitute for enforcement instead of a path to peace.

🎯 Key moment:
“If the Germans and French were able to make peace the day after, then there’s hope for everyone to make peace.”

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