lebanon does not yet have the ability to secure the areas it is demanding israel withdraw from and is acting against it's own self-interest in making those demands. lebanon should be seeking to work with israel to entirely eliminate hezbollah from the south of lebanon.

i would support a regional cooperation agreement between lebanon and israel once hezbollah is thrown out of the area, but that's up to them. lebanon is not like the other countries in the region; it is more like israel than syria or egypt.

while it would be helpful if netanyahu could clarify which villages are seeking annexation by israel, the premise is plausible and a contrasting report by al jazeera, which constantly presents false information, is hardly a valid source to contradict his claims. you can't believe anything they say. they're serial liars. i'd like to see a vote in the area before i take it seriously. but i'd rather see the regions that have recently been overrun by shia immigrants from syria annexed by israel than continue to be colonized by syrians under iranian domination. the indigenous inhabitants have largely evacuated the region and are now a minority in it. there's no answer that doesn't involve demographic overhaul, but the shia refugees should not be allowed to permanently settle there, they should be pushed back out.

in the short run, continued lebanese refusal to cooperate with israel is just going to result in dead lebanese people, a weaker lebanese state and a stronger iran. it's not smart.