Weak Hezbollah speech shows who is really in charge

Hassan Nasrallah keen to please Iran paymasters as he keeps options open with 'nothing to do with me' speech

In the end, as one social media user noted, it was a “nothing burger”.

The Palestinian receptionist at my hotel breathed a deep sigh of relief, along with many others in the region.

That so much could hang on one man’s word is truly terrifying. 

Nasrallah kicked off by distancing himself, Hezbollah and - most crucially - his paymaster, Iran, from having anything to do with the Oct 7 massacre.

It was “100 per cent Palestinian,” he said, and it was planned in “great secrecy”.

“This great, large-scale operation was purely the result of Palestinian planning and implementation”.

In short, “It had nothing to do with me, guv,” he seemed to be saying.

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