Posted on 06/07/2026 9:46:39 AM PDT by Twotone
The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has emphatically rejected the terms of a US-backed ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon.
In a strongly worded statement, the Iran-backed group's leader Naim Qassem said negotiations had been "futile" and "humiliating" for Lebanon, and rejected categorically by "broad segments of the Lebanese people".
It comes after Israel and Lebanon announced a renewal of their fragile ceasefire with the creation of "pilot" security zones inside Lebanon in which Hezbollah operatives would be banned. It also required Hezbollah to stop attacking Israel.
Donald Trump later said he had spoken to Hezbollah and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and progress was being made.
Trump added "I think you're going to see things happen over there".
"It would be really nice if Lebanon could have some peace. Lebanon's been under attack for so many years and always like an underdog, and it would be really nice if it could end," he said.
Before Trump's comments, the leader of Hezbollah - which was not part of the talks - said the "supposed ceasefire", interpreted as Hezbollah halting fire and withdrawing fighters from the southern front with Israel, amounted to surrender and would fulfil Israel's objectives.
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send the terrorists and their enablers straight to Jahannam (Moslem Hell) and let’s be done with these blood-thirsty agents of Satan... once and for all. Civilized human beings deserve to be free of these gangsters. The prime duty of government is to protect individuals not negotiate with terrorists.
Hezbollah signs its own death warrant. The IDF would be wise to execute that death warrant on any an all Hezbollites.
Keep the tanks rollin!
Wipe them out....All of them!
Once again proving there is no functional “Lebanese” government.
Make Lebanon Christian Again
IRAN JUST ATTACKED ISRAEL.
It’s Go Time!
Doing everything half-assed is not going to get it done.
Amir Tsarfati news feed: A senior political figure to Channel 14: "If Iran attacks us, there will be a response that will reopen the war." t.me 1h All schools in Israel will be closed tomorrow t.me 27m The IDF is preparing a massive retaliation which will be carried out soon! t.me 24m
LFG!
CENTCOM: U.S. forces across the Middle East remain vigilant and ready. t.me 1hI expect Israel will stand alone.
Crazy talk. Time is on Trump's side.
Iran is shuttering producing wells, not only damaging their existing wells, not only storage glut (which none other than the CFR tried to beat on Trump with in 2020), but permanently reducing Iran’s oil production capacity.
If you are buying the media's "SQUIRREL!" agitpropaganda about the tiny amount of Iranian oil that is escaping via other methods, don't.
FFS, look at how minimal oil they actually produce!
This war has gone exactly as planned - it was all about the Strait of Hormuz. Trump is pre-empting a scenario where Iran would have gone all-in on nuking the Strait after nuking Israel, to summon the Mahdi.
Think about this very carefully -- the same moongodders who are 100% invested in bringing back the 12th Imam and the end of the world, are the same people that have seized the power vacuum in Iran.
Frankly, most people are incapable of the grok required to understand Trump's reshaping of the global order -- not only destroying the mostly-infantile New World Order, but ensuring "The spice must flow!" for another 50 years.
Trump will prevail. History has proven him out.
There should be a "Trump of Rhodes" statue straddling the Strait when this is finished.
Trump: I am explicitly telling Israel not to attack, it will lead to retaliation and counter-retaliation, we are very close to a great deal t.me 38m
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