Hazem Saghieh

When it comes to the Arab Levant, it is difficult to take a sentence in a single direction or have it convey a single emotion. The immense relief at Lebanese Hezbollah being weakened is born coupled with fury at the Israeli war machine’s crimes against the people of Lebanon, particularly the…

Those awaiting an Axis of Resistance critique that addresses Hezbollah's war and the reasons for its defeat, or that merely acknowledges this defeat, will likely be disappointed. Despite the catastrophic developments that have just unfolded, "declaring victory" remains the narrative on this front…

We have been seeing a new term for a few years now, especially since Al-Aqsa Flood: "anti-Rejectionism;" it suggests that the thoughts and actions of the two opposing sides are governed by the same logic. Those who use this term are implying that their stance represents a synthesis of the two that…

Lebanon marked its 81st Independence Day two days ago. However, the “celebrations” were cool, reserved, and almost apologetic; or rather, there was no celebration. Just one week earlier, mind you, the people of Lebanon had shown, with everything they wrote and said in celebration of Fairuz’s…

Binary thinking has defined much of contemporary Arab political thought. Of course, every notion has a binary opposite: colonialism is the opposite of independence and liberation, occupation is the opposite of resistance, reaction is the opposite of progressivism, fragmentation is the opposite of…

Going over the history of the relationship between Lebanon’s state and society and Hezbollah, which is now over four decades long, one cannot fail to notice the upward trajectory of the costs that the militia has imposed on this state and society, and that this rising trajectory has been almost…

In the most recently broadcast speech of new Hezbollah Secretary General, Sheikh Naim Qassem, and in Resistance Axis supporters’ comments on the ongoing catastrophe, there is a loneliness that induces pity but also induces fear. This loneliness is not just a matter of isolation, as their rhetoric…

"Civil war in Lebanon"... Is now on the lips of Lebanon’s politicians and journalists, and Arab and foreign diplomats are warning against it. This major and grave threat should not be taken lightly, though exaggeration that leads to panic should also be avoided. On the one hand, there are a few…

After Sheikh Naim Qassem was appointed Hezbollah Secretary-General, some showed an interest in the man's ideas and values in the media and on social media. He has a reputation, because of the things he has written and said, for his exuberant conservatism that places him on the further end of the…

Amid a pressing need for new arguments following the collapse of the theory that Hezbollah provides Lebanon with "protection" and "strength," a talking point is being echoed by those who defend this same party: The Lebanese did not build a state, and they did not do so because of sectarianism and…