Libanons premiärminister avgick i protest mot Irans inflytande

Libanons premiärminister Saad Hariri avgick oväntat under ett besök i Saudi Arabien i lördags.Han sade att han fruktar att bli mördad precis som hans far Rafik Hariri mördades 2005. Det anses allmänt att det var Hizbollah som stod bakom mordet på Rafik Hariri. Trots det har Saad suttit i samma regering som Hizbollah i snart ett år och det kanske har varit mer förvånande än hans avgång.
Saad Hariri beskyllde i hårda ordalag Iran och Hizbollah för att sprida förstörelse inte bara i Libanon utan i hela den arabiska världen.
Man kan säga att Saudiarabien och Iran i dagsläget är fiender och det är därför naturligt att Saad tillkännagav sin avgång i Saudiarabien.

Lebanon’s PM resigns, says he fears for his life, slams Iran and Hezbollah (The Times of Israel)
Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri resigned from his post Saturday during a trip to Saudi Arabia less than a year after taking office, in a surprise move that plunged the country into uncertainty amid heightened regional tensions.

In a televised address from Riyadh, Hariri said he feared for his life: “We are living in a climate similar to the atmosphere that prevailed before the assassination of martyr Rafik Hariri” — Saad’s father, a former prime minister who was assassinated in 2005, allegedly by Hezbollah. “I am aware of what is being plotted to target my life,” he said.

“The evil that Iran spreads in the region will backfire on it,” Hariri said, accusing Tehran of spreading chaos, strife and destruction throughout the region.

“Iran has a grip on the fate of the region’s countries… Hezbollah is Iran’s arm not just in Lebanon but in other Arab countries too,” he said.


“In recent years, Hezbollah has used the power of its weapons to impose a fait accompli,” he said, reading a speech from behind a desk.

En analys av Avi Issacharoff:
With Hariri’s resignation, Lebanon now a full on Iranian proxy for all to see
"Over the last 11 months, Hariri became a fig-leaf for Hezbollah. As one of the main leaders of the opposition, his appointment as prime minister ostensibly proved Lebanon was maintaining its independence vis-a-vis Iran.

Now, however, the charade is over, and Lebanon remains as it was without the disguise — pro-Iranian, pro-Syrian, and with Hezbollah firmly in control. The Lebanese president is considered to be an Iranian and Hezbollah appointment, the Lebanese army is cooperating and coordinating with Hezbollah, and the Shiite terror group does whatever it likes in Lebanon.

It is likely that the Saudis had an influential role in Hariri’s decision to resign. To put it mildly, the Saudis were not enamored with Hariri’s choice to accept the post of prime minister less than a year ago."

NETANYAHU: LEBANESE PM’S PLEA TO HALT IRAN AGGRESSION MUST BE WAKE UP CALL (Jerusalem Post)
The international community must heed outgoing Lebanese prime minister Saad al-Hariri’s harsh words against Iranian regional aggression and act against Tehran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday night.
This should be a “wake-up call to the international community to take action against the Iranian aggression" that aims that "to turn Syria into a second Lebanon,” Netanyahu said.