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Lebanon will not take part in next talks with Israel unless demands met: Report

Hey Watchmen, You see this and you think it's about a road talk. It's not. It's about Lebanon telling the whole region that Hezbollah's guns aren't on the table — no matter what Beirut's own government or Washington wants. My friends, I've been telling you this for a long time: the Lebanese Gov't does not have the power to actually disarm Hezbollah, and this is exactly what that looks like playing out in real time. A government making demands it can't enforce on a militia stronger than its own army. That's not a peace process, that's a stall tactic dressed up in diplomatic language while Iran keeps its proxy fully loaded on Israel's northern border. Here's what I want you to see prophetically — Psalm 83 paints a picture of a coalition of neighboring peoples conspiring together against Israel, saying "let us cut them off from being a nation." Lebanon has always been part of that ancient hostility, and what we're watching now is the modern version of that old grudge refusing to die. Every time you see one of these "no talks unless demands are met" headlines, understand — it's not really Lebanon negotiating. It's Hezbollah, and behind Hezbollah, Iran, deciding the terms. The players change costumes, but the spirit behind the enmity toward Israel has been running the same script since Genesis 12 — Elohim blesses those who bless Israel, and curses those who curse her. Lebanon's leadership keeps choosing which side of that verse they want to stand on. So don't get distracted by whether "talks" happen or don't happen — watch who's really pulling the strings, and watch how quiet, unresolved tension like this has a way of igniting fast. Stay in the Word, stay close to Yeshua, and keep your eyes open, Watchmen — the fig tree isn't done budding yet.
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