’Israel’ Behind the Saudi Grant

Ali Janbin

Over the past 3 years, the Lebanese people have been hearing news of the so-called Saudi grant for the Lebanese army. However, it was not destined to come to existence. After all the pledges and the show of the armament and the sudden denial, facts prove - after the efforts to pave the way for the grant and undermine local obstacles - that any grant coming from Saudi Arabia is agreed upon by all Lebanese elements in which nobody rejects and Hizbullah doesn't interfere or object.

On the contrary, the opposite happens in case Iran suggested any aid. That's why days made clear that the Saudi grant was but a media bubble.

"Israel" is not really into the idea of arming the Lebanese army. This must not be ignored when discussing such issue. Had the grant had a chance to pass, and had Saudi Arabia been serious, it was very likely for "Israel" to hinder it. Therefore, "Israel" appears today, for so many reasons, to be the most welcoming side for canceling the grant.

The problem is not about the 3, 4 or more billions. The problem with "Israel" is that its goals intersect with that of the Saudis; that it is necessary to show Hizbullah as the side that only harms Lebanon. "Israel" wants to damage this legendary image drawn during the 2000 liberation and the 2006 victory by resistance fighters, which represented a painful strike the "Israelis" are still paying the price for whenever the sun shines.

There is a suspicious intersection between the similarity of interests and the efforts between Riyadh and Tel Aviv to defame the Resistance in whatever means, and erase all its achievements that used to benefit and protect Lebanon. The aim is to display Hizbullah in front of the public opinion as an Iranian party that functions within a foreign Iranian agenda, in addition to the project of spreading Shiism and building its own Iran-like Muslim State.

It is a basic issue that cannot be a mere coincidence. It is set to blacklist Hizbullah and some of its leading members before and after the events in Syria, and since the assassination of late PM Rafik Hariri and the "establishment" of the Saudi-supported International Court, in addition to all the attempts and bets on the terrorist groups to defeat Syrian President Bashar Assad and the Resistance.

Saudi Arabia and "Israel" decided to cancel the grant and break relations with Lebanon in an effort to cause unrest among the Lebanese people and hold Hizbullah full responsibility, showing it the first cause of harm, as if Hizbullah doesn't want the Lebanese army to be armed and well-equipped to manage the country's battles, which is very controversial.

All such steps are Saudi; perhaps it was hoped that unrest breaks out in the country when explosions take place by some Saudi groups or some Takfiris who are aware now that Lebanon is not a fertile environment for their growth. Had Saudi Arabia been keen on Lebanon's safety and coexistence, it shouldn't have made such huge decisions at a time the Middle East is suffering from terrorism that would reach Saudi itself if it underestimated all what would positively influence the battles.

Today, the Saudi Kingdom faces a pure white history of the Resistance's party; the defamations and delusions won't help change the facts. And threatening to cause security unrest isn't but a bubble that is unable to decide the identity of the field where Hizbullah has deeply set its roots.

Source: al-Binaa Newspaper, Translated and Edited by website team