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While the ceasefire proposal brokered by the US between Israel and Hezbollah would allow a temporary cessation of hostilities, a more permanent solution could be found within Lebanese politics,  Middle East expert, professor Amatzia Baram told Radio 103FM on Friday. 

While he affirmed that the proposal was “not bad,” Baram added, “From a more analytical perspective, the implication is that within a year or two, Hezbollah will return to what it was, and it will be better, more updated, more technological, with leadership that is less experienced, but a leadership that will receive support from Iran.” 

In such a case, a more difficult round of conflict would ensue, Baram stated. “We need to understand what this means – we will go to a much harder war in a few years. This is something very difficult to accept,” he said.

According to Baram, “It is possible to reach a better solution, even without extending the war by much.” For Baram, the solution lies within Lebanon. 

“There are almost a quarter of a million Lebanese Shiite refugees who fled to Syria, where they are not wanted. They fled to Iraq, and they are not wanted in Baghdad. They fled to southern Iraq, which is a Shiite area, and there they are accepted,” Baram explained. 

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