The Financial Times of London says a unity government that includes Hizbollah is a possible outcome of Lebanon’s upcoming elections and could be an improvement over the country’s current political paralysis. “Giving Hizbollah shared responsibility instead of a spoiler’s role – talking to the IMF about debt or dealing with the electricity crisis – is more likely to force them into making the choice they have managed to evade ever since Israeli forces withdrew from Lebanon under attrition in 2000: whether to become part of the solution in Lebanon or continue to be part of the problem in the region.”

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