The video reviews MP Gebran Bassil’s positions over the years regarding the “Understanding Paper,” and how his statements shifted from emphasizing that it would remain in place for hundreds of years to a later change in tone and positions.
The video highlights the differences in political priorities. Bassil says that the absolute priority of the Free Patriotic Movement is to build and reform the Lebanese state, while Hezbollah places resistance and its weapons first, with the aim of protecting the state before building it later.
In one interview, Bassil points to a fundamental disagreement, arguing that Hezbollah’s weapons are no longer capable of stopping the war or protecting Lebanon. He also holds the party responsible for dragging the country into a war that it should not have entered, and for being unable to bring it to an end or help Lebanon recover from its consequences.
