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The Lebanese government has entrusted the care of displaced Shiites to the “BANIN Charity Association” — an organization that presents itself as humanitarian yet is repeatedly linked to Hezbollah. Instead of building a civilian alternative, the state is deepening dependence on Hezbollah and reinforcing the civilian infrastructure that also underpins its military activity. This is not how you weaken Hezbollah — this is how you entrench it. Why is Hanin El-Sayed—the responsible minister and an expert in building formal social protection systems meant to serve as an alternative to Hezbollah’s welfare networks—allowing such a mechanism (“BANIN”) to operate under the approval and legitimacy of the Lebanese government? https://t.co/Wm2n1vKV24