Ahead of Lebanon's 2026 general election, Hezbollah will try to rebrand itself as a more nationalist resistance movement as it seeks to rebalance internally and offset pressure to disarm. But while this will make the group less likely to intervene in future Iran-Israel clashes, the risk of more Israel-Lebanon wars will persist. In the wake of the Israel-Iran war, U.S. and Israeli diplomats have made new attempts to weaken Hezbollah inside Lebanon and improve Israeli-Lebanese relations. The United States has proposed that Lebanon push for Hezbollah's disarmament in exchange for Israeli withdrawals from the south of the country and the end of Israeli strikes on Lebanon, a prospect to which the Lebanese government reportedly responded positively. U.S. special envoy Tom Barrack said on July 7 that he was ''unbelievably'' satisfied with the Lebanese answer, even as he urged for a strategy that would enable Hezbollah to transform into a typical...
