Head of the Intelligence Corps, Hezbollah wont take over Lebanon

Head of the IDF's Intelligence Corps, Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, delivered a preliminary security briefing to members of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee of the Israeli Knesset (parliament) on Tuesday (Jan. 25) regarding strategic challenges Israel will face in the near future. Maj. Gen. Kochavi addressed growing tension in Lebanon after publishing conclusions about the investigation of the assassination of Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafic Al-Hariri, saying the report will become public in a month and a half to two months. "It's unclear if Hezbollah will take power in Lebanon because it understands this goes against its own self interest, as the position has innate limitations,” explained the head of the Intelligence Corps. Maj. Gen. Kochavi said, "Hezbollah has learned from Hamas that there are many limitations once you are in power.

Hezbollah wants to influence the government but not be the official address." The head of the Intelligence Corps addressed Iran's attempts to obtain a nuclear bomb explaining that from the moment they’re given the command they could build a bomb within two years. “This timetable doesn’t refer to a nuclear explosive in the form of a missile, that will take longer. That is a matter of a few more years. But we must take it into consideration that a nuclear weapon does not have come in the form of a missile,” said Maj. Gen. Kochavi.
According to the head of the Intelligence Corps, "the question isn't when Iran is going to have a bomb, rather how long it'll take Iran's leader to decide to use the tools to make one and turn the centrifuges on to 90
percent production.”
Furthermore, Maj. Gen. Kochavi said that, "the Middle East is heading toward extreme lslamization and exhibiting less of a desire to reach agreements." He also estimates that Damascus is strengthening its ties with the radical axis [consisting of Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah] as well as its cooperation with Turkey. "Transportation of weaponry from Syria to Hezbollah in Lebanon has become a true production line. Damascus still sees in its diplomatic relations with Israel ways to revive relations with the US," said Maj. Gen. Kochavi, adding that at this point there is no fear that Husseini Mubarak will take over Egypt.