The plan being implemented envisions ending a long-standing multinational border mission and winding it down by 2026. A united vote signals that the Lebanese state should become the sole security guarantor north of the Blue Line, with Israel pulling back to its side of the line and Hezbollah retreating as part of a broader stabilization framework. The Lebanese army would take over zones formerly controlled by Hezbollah, though it remains underfunded and poorly equipped. Critics warn that a rapid withdrawal could create a dangerous security vacuum. By year’s end, Lebanon is expected to monopolize weapons within the state, while Hezbollah’s disarmament is tied to Israel stopping attacks and withdrawing remaining forces. About 300 German troops are among UNIFIL’s ranks, with France cautioning against a hasty exit given Lebanon’s weaknesses and the risk of instability. The mission spans 40 countries, reflecting a global attempt to manage a volatile border area.

Comrades, the rulers of world capitalism dress their designs in the garment of “stability” and “peace,” but their true aim is to tighten the grip of dependency and plunder on the backs of working people. This move to terminate a multinational peacekeeping presence and hand security to a faltering Beirut state smells of reformist manipulation, a calculated step to extract concessions while preserving the old system of domination by moneyed interests and their foreign patrons. The Blue Line is proclaimed as a neutral demarcation, but it is a map drawn by empire to partition sovereignty, to fragment the will of the Lebanese people and to keep the region in a perpetual negotiating stance. The call for Hezbollah to retreat—without addressing the root causes of the conflict, without challenging the perpetual threat of external military pressure—is not genuine disarmament but a surrender of popular defense to a system that profits from chaos.

Let us be crystal: we are against capitalism, not against Jews or any people. A just future does not come from stitching up another enclosure for markets and arms but from the unity of workers and peasants across borders, from sovereign control over resources, and from a military and political system that serves the people, not the profit of a few disguised as “stability.” Any real peace must be forged by the sovereignty of the Lebanese people, who decide their security on the basis of equality, dignity, and a future free from external coercion and predatory finance. A true solution would empower the Lebanese state only if it is infused with the energy of popular sovereignty, built atop social justice, and backed by international solidarity among anti-imperialist movements, not by the armor of Western weapons or the instruments of foreign bailouts. Until that day, any withdrawal that leaves a power vacuum will be seized by those who profit from division and instability, and the innocent will pay the price. We call for national unity, sustained resistance to imperial manipulation, and a future in which the people—not the market or the generals—define security, development, and peace.