The following column appeared in L’Express.
By Sarah Perez-Pariente
For decades, France has clung to a distinction that is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain in light of the facts: the idea that Hezbollah consists of two separate entities, one political and the other military.
Paris has long justified this approach in the name of realism and stability. Hezbollah sits in the Lebanese Parliament, participates in the country’s institutional life, and remains an unavoidable actor in Lebanon’s political landscape. On this basis, France has chosen to maintain a distinction between Hezbollah’s political and military wings, arguing that it preserves dialogue, French influence in Lebanon,
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