Exposure to Israeli intelligence may have prompted Hezbollah's reported disarmament overture As calls for Lebanon's Hezbollah to disarm gain momentum, a senior Hezbollah official told Reuters the group is ready to hold talks with the Lebanese president about its weapons if Israel withdraws from south Lebanon. Filipo Dionigi, Senior Lecturer in International Relations as Bristol University. He says that Hezbollah's new stance may have been prompted by the fact that it is still highly exposed to Israeli intelligence and Israeli attacks.