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Expert: Hizbullah Seeking to Avoid Civil War in Lebanon
(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel - After a recent battle in the streets of Beirut, Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Dr. Shimon Shapira from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs says Hizbullah has no desire to bring about a civil war. "Iran and Hizbullah are continuing to pursue the same strategic line. They are preserving the achievements they have already recorded - control of the ports and growing influence in the army, the other security branches and in parliament - but are taking care to operate through the legitimate institutions, not to topple them." In August 2020, an explosion in Beirut port, where thousands of tons of explosives were stored negligently, killed more than 200 people. "The disaster in the port showed them for what they are. They didn't expect such broad public support for the work of the investigating judge. Hizbullah's display of force is intended to thrust him aside, but without completely dismantling the system that holds the state together."