Bangladesh, June 29 -- The latest US-brokered agreement between Israel and Lebanon has reignited one of the Middle East's oldest and most volatile debates: Can peace be achieved by demanding that one side surrender its military leverage while the other retains overwhelming strategic superiority? Hezbollah's outright rejection of the agreement as "humiliating" reflects not merely ideological opposition but also a deeper struggle over sovereignty, national security, and the future political order of Lebanon.

The preliminary agreement, signed in Washington on June 26 by Israeli and Lebanese delegations, seeks to halt months of destructive fighting along the Israel-Lebanon border. Under its framework, Israel would gradually withdraw from po...