Lebanese MPs Call for State of Emergency in South Lebanon to Avoid War

A group of opposition and independent members of the Lebanese parliament have called for a state of emergency in southern Lebanon in order to prevent a possible war with Israel.

“A roadmap is needed to reduce tensions and spare Lebanon a war that the Lebanese do not want and that the legitimate Lebanese authorities did not decide to wage,” the parliamentarians said.

The army is expected to take control of southern Lebanon. “It will have to put an end to all unauthorized military activities,” said MP Ashraf Rifi, referring to the activities of the Hezbollah group.

Expressing solidarity with the residents of Gaza, he stressed that the majority of Lebanese are against participating in a war in which they have no connection, and called for separating the Palestinian and Lebanese arenas.