Harris, Trump ‘two sides of the same coin’ in Lebanon

The vote is seen as possibly, in some countries, the difference between war and peace stability or volatility,

But for the Middle East, many here believe that, though both candidates may differ on many of their policies, when it comes to this region, they are more aligned than anywhere else.

People here believe that both of the candidates have the same rhetoric that we’ve been hearing that they have unconditional support for Israel and that is likely to continue once they are in office.

There isn’t a lot of hope here that things will change drastically. What we have seen from the Biden administration is failed attempts to try and bring about a ceasefire to end this conflict between Hezbollah and Israel and it hasn’t been successful so far.

The official position here from various government levels that we’ve heard is that the United States hasn’t been strong enough to stand against Israel and to pressure Israel into agreeing to a ceasefire and that is the government position.

What we’ve heard from regular citizens Lebanese is that these two candidates are basically different sides of the same coin.

There isn’t going to be a drastic change whoever is voted in to the White House. There is a clear understanding that the US policy is going to be siding with Israel and things will continue as they are what they are hoping for.