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A sovereign Lebanon and national unity are high among Hizbullah's priorities in post-war Lebanon, Ali Fayad of Hizbullah's politburo tells Omayma Abdel-Latif in Beirut

Recently prominent Lebanese writer Onsi Al-Haj wrote in his column in the daily Al-Akhbar newspaper; "One month after the "Israeli" war, the onus is now on Hizbullah. The party has one of two options: either it turns its achievement into a source of threat and intimidation for the rest of Lebanese society, or utilizes it to rebuild national unity. It is a historic opportunity before Hizbullah, and we call upon it to make the utmost of it; not out of pity for Lebanon, but out of the heroism of the brave."

Al-Haj's words truly captured what many described as one of the biggest challenges that confront Hizbullah which not only fought the most powerful army in the Middle East to a standstill but emerged victorious in the eyes of millions of Arabs, its enemies, and undoubtedly its Lebanese constituency.

Hizbullah's moment, both domestically and regionally, has arrived. But with it comes the heavy burden of introspection. Signs of this were apparent when a week ago Hizbullah's Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised interview that had Hizbullah known beforehand of the human cost of the operation of capturing the two "Israeli" soldiers they would not have embarked on the operation. Many read this statement to mean that Hizbullah was acknowledging its miscalculation, which Nasrallah denied in an interview with As-Safir newspaper.

While the defensive war against "Israel" may have ended, at least for now, the Islamic resistance movement continues a battle of a different kind on a number of fronts domestically. There is the issue of reconstruction, where the party wants to preserve the social fabric of the southern villages that constitute the bulk of its constituents. Meanwhile, the political battles in which the party is engaged with other Lebanese forces -- particularly those belonging to the 14th March alliance -- are not any less important than the actual conflict fought with the "Israelis". Thus far, Hizbullah has avoided entering into a war of words that could exacerbate sectarian tension and has been working towards preserving national unity. …

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