It’s not just Israel that wants to discover Hezbollah disarmed.
The Gulf Cooperation Council ( GCC ) is scheduled to hold its annual summit in Kuwait on December 1st to announce that Hezbollah’s disarmament will be the responsibility of their reconstruction aid money. A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah was signed on November 27. Rebuilding Gaza will likely be akin to a GCC requirement for Hamas disarmament.  ,
Since Hezbollah , ceasefire-reaction” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>launched , its battle on Israel on October 8, 2023, the Jewish position has turned the Iran-backed military from a local army into a nearby army. As part of the , agreement, an police mechanism was negotiated to ensure that Hezbollah is emasculated and remains suppressed.
The Israel Defense Forces ( IDF) will leave south Lebanon by late January if everything goes according to plan, with the LAF establishing strong control over the area between the Litani River and the Lebanon-Israeli border and ensuring Hezbollah’s rearmament.  ,
When 1.2 million  , displaced , southern Lebanon people return to their settlements, most of them will get their homes have been razed and will be in desperate need of reconstruction support.  ,
In the 2006 conflict with Israel, Lebanon lost a fraction of the enclosure products it did this day. The economy of Lebanese and Iran had comparable economic performance at the time. And with generous , aid , from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates ( UAE), Kuwait, and Qatar, Lebanon was able to reconstruct quickly and thus diffuse a ticking socioeconomic bomb.
But the Gulf now suffers from , donor stress. These rich countries are just consulted after wars end, always before they begin, and they have also been repeatedly asked to pay high reconstruction costs.
The GCC countries have now decided to draw a line in the sand and never provide rebuilding assistance without a guarantee that Beirut may end all war in the future. Money for golf restoration today has cords attached.
Jassim Boodai, the editor of Kuwaiti regular Alrai,  , wrote , that” yesterday’s time is different for us, in Kuwait and Gulf nations”. He noted that today’s Gulf countries rely on “reason rather than feelings,” especially in the wake of unsuccessful tests that have squandered a lot of time and resources.
Boodai added:” Lebanon has apply UNSC decisions” that include neutralizing Hezbollah, “preserve its balance” and live “what remains of property border demarcation” with Israel,” just as with maritime demarcation”. Weapons, he concluded, may be entirely in the arms of government forces.
Gulf states have been racing to , wean their economies off energy , imports and rely on companies instead. The Gulf states are currently working to create awareness markets, which are dependent on the rule of law and good governance, as measured by signals, benchmarks, and pattern ranges. The Gulf is now trying to compete for control of the world’s software market.
The UAE endorsed this liberal business model with effective management for the first time. Kuwait has been attempting to do the same while Saudi Arabia has followed suit. It marks a break from the “resistance state”  , model championed by Islamist Iran and replicated in Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen and Gaza – all of them failing states with shattered economies.
Over the past decade, economists have debated the causes of the financial loss of energy-rich state like Iran, Iraq, Algeria and Libya. According to one theory, oil revenue has enabled powerfulmen to experiment with nationalist and innovative policies.
Ultimately, though, the citizenry explodes and with it the expenses of maintaining large police states and swollen bureaucracies. Alternatively of reforming and liberalizing, these dictators engaged in wars and international invasion, hoping to march their populations around their banners. Economic development was further hampered by war.
Arab Gulf nations ‘ significant oil revenues helped them maintain cultural harmony, which is a good thing. Throughout Persian history, whenever the nations lived in peace, industry thrived. Socialism started rolling but fast-paced people growth , outpaced , strength revenue.  ,
Gulf states have therefore embarked on a process of transforming their markets from energy-reliant to knowledge-based. The Gulf now expects its Muslim neighbors, particularly recipients of its ample support — Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and the Arab Territories — to follow coat and embrace the same democratic, knowledge economy model.
In response to Hamas and Hezbollah’s existential threats, Israel decimated both militias, thus inadvertently giving both Lebanon and Gaza an opportunity to think of” the , day after” and build from scratch not only their war-devastated communities but their entire government models.
The Gulf appears to be eager to take advantage of this once-in-a-generation opportunity. If the Gulf plan pans out, a thank-you letter to Israel would be in order.
The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies ( FDD ) is working with Hussain Abdul-Hussain on research. Follow him on X , @hahussain