Hizballah anticipates a government of national union

L'Orient Le Jour
Hasan Nasrallah is now anticipating a government of national union notwithstanding the position presently of the opposition. The Daily Star has a more pessimistic line but the bargaining is underway and the reporting is part of the haggling.
Nasrallah continues to sustain the position that Hizballah's weapons are an internal matter for the Lebanese, but as he puts it David Satterfield is not going to spend three weeks in Lebanon to focus on the Lebanese economy. As al-Sharq al-Awsat notes, what is important is that the possibility of disarming is now being discussion by Hizballah.
Anticipate the major dialogue to occur between Nasrallah Patriarch Sfeir, as the Maronite Patriarch said, « si cela est possible ».
Meantime, there have not been two mysterious bombings, one in Jdeideh, one in Kaslik, a popular complex of shops, movies, restaurants and clubs not too far from Jounieh. These are ominous unexplained events that evoke similar episodes from the past, which often occured during a lull in fighting or during a moment when tentative moves toward reconciliation were occuring.