The Dar al-Fatwa Iftar:

Protocols of Impotence and Proxy Wars

When political masks fall, "spiritual" banquets transform into arenas for petty score-settling. The Saudi Embassy's deployment of a security team to Dar al-Fatwa—solely to demarcate "seating boundaries" for Ambassador Waleed Bukhari to avoid Saad Hariri—is not a routine protocol. It is a blunt declaration of the collapse of Saudi "paternalism" over a leadership that no longer meets the criteria of the current regional era.

Strategic and Social Significance:

• Fragmentation of the Sunni Community: This spectacle reinforces the political "orphanhood" imposed on the Sunni community in Lebanon. While the "street" clings to Hariri as a symbol—despite the failures of the past—Riyadh insists on "disciplining" him through a humiliating isolation that transcends diplomacy into personal vendetta.

• The Leadership Vacuum: Saudi hostility toward "Political Harirism" offers no viable alternative. Instead, it leaves the Sunni arena vulnerable to fragmentation among minor projects (Makhzoumi, Saniora, etc.) that lack the weight to balance the national equation, ultimately weakening the community as a foundational partner in Lebanon's strategic settlements.

• Shift in Agency: The Embassy in Beirut has ceased to be a unifying "tent" and has become an "operations room" for screening and exclusion. This behavior validates the conviction of the Axis of Resistance: relying on foreign powers is nothing more than trading sovereignty for degrading subservience.

Historically, only those rooted in their own land with sovereign decisions have survived in Lebanon. Those waiting for signals from across the borders to sit or stand will find themselves excluded from the table altogether as history accelerates.

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