Laith Marouf

LAITH MAROUF—Blurred Lines Between Journalism and Political Activism: Sweeney’s experience highlights the dilemma faced by journalists reporting from conflict zones involving non-state actors labeled as terrorists. The state’s refusal to recognize journalistic necessity of contact with such groups weaponizes routine professional practices into evidence of complicity or support. This conflation undermines objective reporting and restricts the public’s access to a fuller understanding of the conflict.

FPTV—Laith Marouf & Hadi Hotait travel to the town of Naqoura, the last Lebanese village on the Mediterranean Sea before the borders of Occupied Palestine. The town survived the war almost unscathed, but after the “ceasefire” came into effect, the Zionists in a frenzy of unadulterated satanism bulldozed or blew up almost all standing structures. The two talked to locals about the reconstruction efforts, spoke to fishermen about their plight, and visited the historic Roman water-walls on the limestone beachfront.

LAITH MAROUF—This extensive dialogue offers a comprehensive view of the complex, multi-layered conflict unfolding in Lebanon and the Middle East. It highlights the interplay of domestic political crises, regional power struggles, historical legacies, religious ideologies, and proxy warfare. The conversation stresses the dangers of escalation and the profound consequences of disarming Hezbollah, painting a picture of a region on the brink of a potentially catastrophic war.

DW—Lebanese Military’s Limited Capacity and the Risk of Renewed Conflict: The Lebanese army is structurally designed more as an internal policing force than a conventional military capable of repelling invasions or militant incursions. This weakness was starkly revealed during past attacks by extremist groups like ISIS and HTS, when Hezbollah and allied militias had to assume frontline defense. This dynamic raises the stakes of the current disarmament push and suggests that any attempt to forcibly disarm Hezbollah could provoke civil war or military mutiny.

D. LASCARIS—Last month, Lebanon’s military intelligence arrested and interrogated Laith Marouf, the Executive Director of Free Palestine TV. Laith was held for three days. He was released when the consul general of Canada’s embassy in Lebanon intervened. In his first interview since emerging from the custody of military intelligence, Laith Marouf tells Reason2Resist what happened to him. Laith and Dimitri Lascaris also discuss the recent liberation of Lebanese revolutionary Georges Abdallah, who spent 41 years in a French prison. They also examined the recent announcements of France, Britain and Canada that they plan to recognize the state of Palestine.