Eli Lake, Columnist

Congress Forces Pentagon to Come Clean on Aid to Lebanon

What is the U.S. getting in exchange? Apparently not a safeguard against Hezbollah.

June 4, 2018 at 5:59 PM UTC

Eli Lake is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering national security and foreign policy. He was the senior national security correspondent for the Daily Beast and covered national security and intelligence for the Washington Times, the New York Sun and UPI.

The relationship between Hezbollah and Lebanon’s military remains murky.
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Last month, following the first Lebanese elections since 2009, Israel's defense minister made a grave observation. Speaking at an annual conference in Herzliya, Avigdor Lieberman said that Hezbollah – the Iran-backed militia, political party and terror group – had effectively taken control of the state.

To emphasize the point, Lieberman added that Hezbollah was now "in complete control not just of the Lebanese [government], but also its army."