Hizbullah Fears Lebanese Protests Diverting Attention from Israel (AUDIO INTERVIEW)

Expert notes that Shi’ite group’s followers, once willing participants in anti-government rallies, are now actively trying to break them up

Lebanon has been seeing weeks of anti-government protests over taxes, foreign debt and corruption. The demonstrations led prime minister Saad al-Hariri to resign, and there are now efforts to establish a new government.

At first, the protests were peaceful, even joyous. But lately there has been violence, much of it provoked by followers of the Shi’ite group Hizbullah, who have been attacking both demonstrators and security forces. To learn why, The Media Line spoke with Dr. René Wildangel, a policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations.