it's a chilling speech to the people of lebanon but to go back back to where you started with sinioray blunt that hezbollah was pointing the gun to their heads and the army needs to be supported but hezbollah, the phrase that was used, a state within a state backed by iran and there was little it seemed that the leaders of lebanon were able and indeed willing to do. maybe this will focus their mind but not when they're coming under this kind of bombardment. christian: thanks very much. let's pick it up with chuck, the former national security adviser and senior fellow at the i.n.s. for international studies in tel aviv. welcome to the program. what does mr. netanyahu respect the other sects in lebanon to do about hezbollah? chuck: i don't know they have the power to achieve a significant change in the situation. lebanon is a state within a state and mr. siniora was talking about a gun to their head, in reality lebanon was conquered or occupied by iran and hezbollah decades ago and they basically have a chokehold over the country and are by far the military source much more than the le

that is fouad siniora, the former prime minister of lebanon speaking to me here in beirut for that he country in 2006 when the last war happened. i think crucially he was saying there is you heard, he feels that what the leadership here today has not done is what he did back in those days, which is make a very early and very clear public statement dissociating themselves with hezbollah and the choices that hezbollah have made over the last year or so. also reflecting on the political vacuum here in lebanon, the problems that is causing when it comes to actually trying to have some sort of diplomatic discussion in the background for them it is only a caretaker government in place here in lebanon, it's been that way since the last elections a couple years ago. there's no president in place at the moment in lebanon. one of those really key figures in a top level of lebanese politics of the sort of person who right now should be having those diplomatic conversations, should be trying to work towards having those sort of discussions with up that role is also empty. that is what the former

rice went to beirut, with fouad siniora, the prime minister at the time, who was strongly against hezbollah's operations. kurd, unfortunately, this has been recorded. a reporter asked her how long this war is going to last. with a very bitter smile , she said with pride . hizbollah defeated the new law there, then we discussed it again when the ground operation in gaza started netanyahu said that we are drawing the future of the region . we saw again that the same zealous, oppressed and unclaimed youth of hamas and islamic jihad broke the goals and conditions that netanyahu put forward in relation to gaza . hazrat agha, after sadiq's promise, almost all high-ranking military commanders, whether from the islamic republic army or the islamic revolutionary guard corps, and other security officials , arrived there to serve him. a very important sentence was said by hazrat agha, because the enemy networks, the los angeles network, the arab network, hadath al-bcm bcbc all start, the most important thing is the will, courage and strength the people of iran and... now he was only honest , here the sa

fouad siniora said it was unacceptable to leave lebanon to fall, and that there was a lack of initiativece. the bbc�*s anna foster sat down with the former prime minister and asked him if he felt the world had failed to step up and support the lebanese state. somehow, yes, it has been abandoned. at the same time, there has been a certain laxity, and lack of initiative to be taken. and brave initiatives i would say. practically, the lebanese is a state, has been kidnapped by hezbollah. and behind hezbollah is ran. this pistol or this gun that was had by hezbollah instead of being pointed towards israel, it started to become pointed towards something else, domestically, as a way of being used by iran to interfere in syria, and iraq, and yemen.- to interfere in syria, and iraq, and yemen. there is a real vacuum _ iraq, and yemen. there is a real vacuum with _ iraq, and yemen. there is a real vacuum with lebanese | real vacuum with lebanese politics at the moment? as you say nobody stepped forward and clearly articulated the difference between the lebanese state and hezbollah, why didn't the

fouad siniora said it was unacceptable to leave lebanon to fall, and that there was a lack of initiativeto trying to restore peace. the bbc�*s anna foster sat down with the former prime minister and asked him if he felt the world had failed to step up and support the lebanese state. somehow, yes, it has been abandoned. and at the same time there has been a certain laxity and lack of initiatives to be taken and brave initiatives, i would say, brave initiatives. practically, the lebanese as a state has been kidnapped by hezbollah and behind hezbollah is iran. this pistol, or this gun that was held by hezbollah, instead of being pointed towards israel, it started to become pointed towards something else. towards domestically as a way of being used by iran to interfere in syria, in iraq, in yemen. there's a real vacuum in lebanese politics at the moment. but as you say, nobody stepped forward and clearly articulated the difference between the lebanese state and hezbollah. why didn't they do that? they've surely let the people of lebanon down by doing that? exactly, exactly. what has been goi

fouad siniora said it was unacceptable to leave lebanon to fall, and that there was a lack of initiatived had failed to step up and support the lebanese state. somehow, yes. it has been abandoned. and at the same time, there has been a certain lack of initiatives to be taken, and brave initiatives, i would say. brave initiatives. the lebanese as a state has been kidnapped by hezbollah, and behind hezbollah is a run. this pistol, this gun that was hezbollah, instead of being pointed towards israel, it started to become pointed towards something else, domestically as a way of being used by iran to intervene in syria, in iraq, in yemen. there is a real— syria, in iraq, in yemen. there is a real vacuum _ syria, in iraq, in yemen. there is a real vacuum in _ syria, in iraq, in yemen. there is a real vacuum in lebanese . is a real vacuum in lebanese politics at the moment, but as you say, nobody stepped forward and clearly articulated the difference between the lebanese state and hezbollah. i didn�*t they do that because what they let the people of lebanon down. exactly. what has been going on

about seniors the elites the landholders controlling the jury like there wasn't a jury trial and the siniora's the system was kind of stacked in favor of this the yours towards the end it's looking like it's about assemblies. assemblies begins to become a bigger issue on that being said, part of the challenge i faced was trying to identify the lowest sorts of why they're joining in the front boys. maybe helps a little bit and it just seems to be like this idea of liberty and they kind of are buying into it. it's not as much about like, oh, well, assembly and, all that, it's the specifics, it's more these broader ideas that seem to be kind of hitting the courts. but then again, like it's a little bit hard and in response to this, the other question reminds you quickly remind me of the role of catholic role catholicism. so that actually played another role towards the end. a lot of americans are about this is the catholic priest basically say if you join americans at the end right as carlton is moving down from quebec, down towards montreal you're seeing canadians still enlisting. the catholic p

the former prime minister fouad siniora, has told the bbc he is frustrated with the war hezbollah hasn them, and does not entirely disagree with neta nyahu's characterisation of what is at stake — but this is not an internal fight the opposing groups can win on their own. the lebanese as a state has been kidnapped by hezbollah, and behind hezbollah is iran. this pistol or gun held by hezbollah, instead of being pointed toward israel, it was being pointed toward something else, it was domestically as a way of being used by iran to interfere in syria and iraq and yemen. lebanon cannot afford to continue to be hijacked by the iranian government, by iran. i hope that something can really happen in order to really save lebanon. lyse doucet, our chief international correspondent. is live in tel avi for us tonight. mister sonora was the prime minister in 2006 when you and i reported on the 2006 lebanon war. ~ reported on the 2006 lebanon wan. ,, reported on the 2006 lebanon war. ~ , , reported on the 2006 lebanon war. ., war. we probably could have -la ed war. we probably could have played t

about seniors the elites the landholders controlling the jury like there wasn't a jury trial and the siniora's the system was kind of stacked in favor of this the yours towards the end it's looking like it's about assemblies. assemblies begins to become a bigger issue on that being said, part of the challenge i faced was trying to identify the lowest sorts of why they're joining in the front boys. maybe helps a little bit and it just seems to be like this idea of liberty and they kind of are buying into it. it's not as much about like, oh, well, assembly and, all that, it's the specifics, it's more these broader ideas that seem to be kind of hitting the courts. but then again, like it's a little bit hard and in response to this, the other question reminds you quickly remind me of the role of catholic role catholicism. so that actually played another role towards the end. a lot of americans are about this is the catholic priest basically say if you join americans at the end right as carlton is moving down from quebec, down towards montreal you're seeing canadians still enlisting. the catholic p

the former prime minister of lebanon, fouad siniora bemoans the lack of any international initiative.mericans have just given up on the ceasefire proposals. his country, he says, has been abandoned. now, many of those who were electing to be silence and not to speak up their minds, now they are speaking up their minds. that lebanon cannot afford to continue to be hijacked by the iranian government, by iran. i hope that something can really happen to save lebanon. i strongly believe — strongly believe — that it is very important to keep lebanon alive. brian taylor, that was a stark statement tonight from benjamin netanyahu and i am trying to get to the bottom of what he expects the other communities in lebanon to do, because we reported tonight, hezbollah is a state within a state and for as a security vacuum in lebanon. the other groups do not really have either the military power or the political power to get rid of them, so what does he expect the people of lebanon to do? he what does he expect the people of lebanon to do?— of lebanon to do? he painted exects of lebanon to do? he pa

about seniors the elites the landholders controlling the jury like there wasn't a jury trial and the siniora's the system was kind of stacked in favor of this the yours towards the end it's looking like it's about assemblies. assemblies begins to become a bigger issue on that being said, part of the challenge i faced was trying to identify the lowest sorts of why they're joining in the front boys. maybe helps a little bit and it just seems to be like this idea of liberty and they kind of are buying into it. it's not as much about like, oh, well, assembly and, all that, it's the specifics, it's more these broader ideas that seem to be kind of hitting the courts. but then again, like it's a little bit hard and in response to this, the other question reminds you quickly remind me of the role of catholic role catholicism. so that actually played another role towards the end. a lot of americans are about this is the catholic priest basically say if you join americans at the end right as carlton is moving down from quebec, down towards montreal you're seeing canadians still enlisting. the catholic p