During this evening we will focus on the Israeli patterns of repeated violations of international law and sovereignty. It explores how successive military interventions, massacres, and prolonged occupations of Lebanese territory shaped local and regional political dynamics, contributing to the emergence of various forms of resistance, including Palestinian armed groups, Lebanese leftist movements, and, most prominently in later decades, Hezbollah. With a particular focus on the post-1982 period, the discussion analyses the social, political, and geopolitical conditions surrounding Hezbollah’s formation, its role in confronting Israeli occupation in southern Lebanon, and the ways in which its trajectory has been shaped by, and has reshaped, regional conflict.

Rather than offering a normative account, the dialogue aims to provide historical depth and critical insight into how cycles of violence, occupation, and resistance have evolved and continue to structure contemporary conflicts in Lebanon and the wider Middle East.