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Hezbollah, Future Movement find 'delicate stability' for now

The dialogue between Hezbollah and the Future Movement continues despite the limited results it has yielded so far.

Men take down a picture of former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri in the mainly Sunni Beirut neighbourhood of Tariq al-Jadideh February 5, 2015. Lebanon has begun removing political posters and party banners from neighbourhoods of the capital in a move to unify a country still divided from a civil war, following an agreement between the militant and political Hezbollah party and its rivals. Picture taken February 5, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY) - RTR4OHK4
Men take down a picture of former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in the Beirut neighborhood Tariq al-Jadideh after a decision to remove political posters and party banners, Feb. 5, 2015. — REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

After the Quneitra attack that Israel launched Jan. 18 and Hezbollah responded to in Shebaa Farms Jan. 28, it appeared that Hezbollah and Israel have one thing in common — neither of them wants an escalation.

Hezbollah proved that it still can fight fire with fire and that its power of deterrence still stands.

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