Mustaqbal Hits Back at Hizbullah: It Merely Prioritizes Iran's Interests

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Al-Mustaqbal Movement slammed on Thursday Hizbullah, accusing it of prioritizing its subordination to the Islamic Republic of Iran over the Arab identity and Lebanese interests.

The statement that was published in al-Mustaqbal newspaper, the mouthpiece of the Sunni party, lashed out at Hizbullah, stressing that the party's allegations against al-Mustaqbal movement is merely a new attempt to impose the developments in Yemen on Lebanon.

The statement stressed that Hizbullah's “hatred storm” in response to the Saudi-led Arab coalition against the Huthi rebels in Yemen only serves Iran, pointing out that it will have repercussions on the national interests of the Lebanese.

“Hizbullah condemned itself by drowning the Lebanese in a war of words,” the statement added, justifying al-Mustaqbal movement's counter response by considering it “an attempt to defuse the tension caused by those who are waging a campaign against Arabs and to defend Lebanon's Arab identity and the interests of the expats.”

“Al-Mustaqbal movement admits with pride its allegiance to the Arab nation, identity and unity that was adopted by the international legitimacy.”

The statement said that Hizbullah's “insults only tarnish Lebanon's image,” warning that “the party is turning a blind eye to clearly announcing its loyalty to Iran instead of the Arab nation.”

Hizbullah “is delusional if its thinks that adopting the exclusion and terror policy would shut the mouths of the Lebanese, who believe in Lebanon's sovereignty.”

“Al-Mustaqbal movement will always prioritize the nation and Arab countries over any foreign interest... it will always block the storm of hatred by Iran against Saudi Arabia and the rest to the Arab countries.”

Tensions recently flared between the Mustaqbal Movement and Hizbullah over Saudi Arabia's military operation against Yemen.

The former has backed the campaign, while the latter has slammed it as blatant interference in the country's affairs.

A war of words soon ensued between the two sides, with movement chief MP Saad Hariri declaring Saudi Arabia's right to defend Arab interests against Iran, while Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah vowed that the kingdom will suffer a defeat in its mission.

Despite the tensions, the two officials have repeatedly voiced their commitment to continuing the dialogue.

Tuesday's latest round of dialogue between the movement and party emphasized this commitment.

Saudi Arabia launched airstrikes in Yemen on March 25, announcing that it had put together a coalition of more than 10 countries, including five Gulf monarchies, for the military operation to defend Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansur Hadi's government against Huthi rebels.

It said that it will continue its operation Decisive Storm until Hadi is restored to power and the rebels, backed by Iran, are defeated.

On Wednesday, Hizbullah slammed al-Mustaqbal as a subservient to “the Saudi regime.”

“Al-Mustaqbal movement's attachment to the Saudi leadership and its efforts to satisfy it and defend it will not make us remain silent over an aggression of this magnitude against a brotherly Arab Muslim people” in Yemen, Hizbullah's media department said in a statement.

“The rhetoric of al-Mustaqbal movement gives the impression that this movement supports the extermination operations and mass murders that are being committed by the aggression's warplanes against innocent civilians,” the statement added.

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Comments 55
Thumb Mystic 16 April 2015, 10:37

I don't think Mostaqbals allies the Kataeb and Lebanese Forces care much about Arab identity, I thought they took pride in Phonician culture, yet they have no problem taking greasy arab oil cash.

Missing ArabDemocrat.com 16 April 2015, 10:46

At least they are not causing Fitnas across the Arab world by arming sectarian militias. I am a Lebanese Arab. What are you?

Thumb geha 16 April 2015, 10:56

All Lebanese agreed on the Arab identity of Lebanon including shia.
so what are you talking about? is Lebanon farsi and we do not know it?

Thumb Mystic 16 April 2015, 11:02

Actually I would rather see what someone like phoenix write about it, not you mostaqbali gentlemen.

Thumb ex-fpm 16 April 2015, 11:19

We are part of the Arab world much as Christian Syrians, Christian Palestinians, Christian Jordanians, Coptic Egyptians, etc are. Some Christian Lebanese leaders are part of Iran.

Thumb Mystic 16 April 2015, 11:30

Before the Iranian revolution we were nobody, the bottom of the food chain in Lebanon, working for all sects for minimum wages, those times are over. I believe the Resistance and M8 is more patriotic than all M14 combined, they withstood the Israeli occupation, they are the ones holding the takfiris at bay now.

Thumb Mystic 16 April 2015, 11:30

Alongside the LAF ofcourse.

Thumb EagleDawn 16 April 2015, 12:04

Mystic, you are still nobody. Only in your mind you think you are somebody because you have weapons.

Thumb Mystic 16 April 2015, 13:03

If i am a nobody vulture, then how come I have to see you whine about the people I support every single day? Nobodys do not get that sort of attention.

Missing ArabDemocrat.com 16 April 2015, 14:39

Mystic - you have just admitted your sectarian agenda. So please stop talking nonsense about resistance. Also before the so called revolution, and I know you are too young and too unread to realize, it was the lebanese national movement that fought to correct many of the injustices against Shia including the Baath parties whose member your HA hunted down and assassinated.

Missing ArabDemocrat.com 16 April 2015, 14:43

Baath party whose members

Thumb Mystic 16 April 2015, 15:24

Before the revolution Hezbollah didn't exist, what garbage are you trying to fill out? So you are now going old on me ArabDemocrat? You probaly aren't born in Lebanon to begin with.

Thumb Mystic 16 April 2015, 10:37

Where is the Saudis arab pride for the people of Gaza and West Bank? None.

Missing ArabDemocrat.com 16 April 2015, 10:50

KSA policy has never been a terribly good one on a whole slew of issues. But in the face of the predatory policies of Iran toward the Arab world, I stand against Iran and reluctantly with Saudi Arabia. I know you stand 100 percent with Iran but almost everyone knows you for what you are: a sectarian person whose primary loyalty is to his sect and to the supreme leader.

Thumb Mystic 16 April 2015, 11:21

Wake up, Lebanons whole constitution and politics are based on secterianism, that is the Taef Agreement.

Missing ArabDemocrat.com 16 April 2015, 14:42

Another answer that has no relation to the post it is supposed to answer. But at least you show your sectarian color and it has nothing to do with resistance but sectarian domination.

Thumb Mystic 16 April 2015, 11:45

Fighting the Wahabis, while supporting the real sunnis against them and Israel. Ofcourse for Mostaqbalis wahabis are the real ones right?

Missing peace 16 April 2015, 18:50

miss tic just think he knows better than God himself about who is a true muslim and who is not.... pityful sectarian idiot he is that is for sure

Missing humble 16 April 2015, 10:43

From the Gospel of St John:
"For God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but so that through him the world might be saved.

No one who believes in him will be judged; but whoever does not believe is judged already, because that person does not believe in the Name of God's only Son.

And the judgement is this: though the light has come into the world people have preferred darkness to the light because their deeds were evil.

And indeed, everybody who does wrong hates the light and avoids it, to prevent his actions from being shown up;

But whoever does the truth comes out into the light, so that what he is doing may plainly appear as done in God.'

Missing humble 16 April 2015, 10:56

All those who proclaim wars and violence and encourage hatred are evil souls and will be judged and prevented from the light of God.

Thumb freedomarch 16 April 2015, 19:58

To our friend peace above, what my stic is dowing is the essence of the Tekfiri mentality.

Thumb freedomarch 16 April 2015, 20:00

*doing

Thumb geha 16 April 2015, 10:57

you need people who understand what they read(if they know how to read in the first place) to appreciate the meaning of these words :)

Thumb geha 16 April 2015, 10:54

yemen is lost to iran and they know it. the UN resolution under chapter 7 leaves no doubt about it. even russia did not block it :)
the problem is that iran and its followers have lost their marbles while discovering that their dreams about the farsi empire are gone.
the iranians and their followers seem to forget that Yemen is an Arab country.
the next step will be to recover syria from them, then Lebanon. (maybe Lebanon first?)

Thumb _mowaten_ 16 April 2015, 11:27

Yemen was never Iran's to be lost to it. It was however under saudi domination for decades, and this is definitely over now. Sit back and watch while your kingdom of corruption, greed, hatred and filth collapses.

Thumb _mowaten_ 16 April 2015, 11:34

Are you also a supporter of Saudi-sponsored democracy for Lebanon? Please tell us how you envision it. Would it be achieved through Hariri's willpower alone, or would it require some collaboration with your israeli masters?

Thumb EagleDawn 16 April 2015, 12:03

mowaten, you are not Atheist Secular. Everybody knows you are an Iranian Shia so stop your BS.

Thumb _mowaten_ 16 April 2015, 12:05

lol is that the best you can do eagleyawn?

Thumb ex-fpm 16 April 2015, 12:18

mowaten
did you do better the other day when you decided that @phil was not a Christian but an Israeli? Shameless propagandist

Thumb _mowaten_ 16 April 2015, 12:21

Yes I did do better, because I was right about phil, while you are wrong about pretty much everything :)

Missing ArabDemocrat.com 16 April 2015, 10:57

He actually speak for very many Lebanese who are sick and tired of the stupidity and arrogance of the Hizb.

Missing ArabDemocrat.com 16 April 2015, 10:58

I actually know several supporters of the Hizb who cannot make sense of its position vis Yemen.

Missing humble 16 April 2015, 11:02

Caporal and FPM ministers are willing to quit the Government.
To all Christians : do you understand that the Caporal is destroying further the institutions and creating more void and chaos.
The Caporal is destroying the Christians for the next 100 years.
Christians Wake up.

Thumb _mowaten_ 16 April 2015, 11:24

looooooool coming from the saudi tools this is hilarious.

and hi ArabDemocrat, are you still a big fan of saudi democracy?

Thumb _mowaten_ 16 April 2015, 11:25

And how many "supporters of the hezb" do you know? Can you tell us if they are also supporters of saudi wahhabia spreading democracy in the world?

Missing humble 16 April 2015, 11:39

Ebola is a disease which is spreading hatred among the people of the same country. It is destroying the possibility of living together.

Thumb _mowaten_ 16 April 2015, 12:06

lol. because before that you weren't a sectarian piece of hateful trash, right?

Thumb EagleDawn 16 April 2015, 12:14

mowaten, I noticed lately you are very hurt and holding in a lot of hate and anger. Is it because your huthis are getting hammered in Yemen and for the first time you started to understand how it feels to be on the receiving end of huge aircraft bombs falling on your head? I sense a high level of frustration whereby you jump from one poster to the other and just post nonsense unlike your unbiased secular comments of days past.

Thumb _mowaten_ 16 April 2015, 12:19

Very interesting eaglyawn, how exactly did you "notice" all that, and what made you think I care?

Thumb Mystic 16 April 2015, 13:00

Careful vulture, first you need the victory.

Thumb _mowaten_ 16 April 2015, 12:16

why are you always off topic? and how come you always post at the same time as eagleyawn?

Thumb canadianpaul 16 April 2015, 12:18

Go live in Iran, Hizbos. Lebanon is for Lebanese.

Default-user-icon mowaten.fantoura (Guest) 16 April 2015, 12:34

how come you always have that nervous laugh, mowaten?

Thumb freedomarch 16 April 2015, 12:48

IRAN.O7, Is being truthful to his iranian origins doing what it takes to defenf it against. Any Lebanese that think of Lebanon first. GOOD JOB, G JOB.

Default-user-icon + oua nabka + (Guest) 16 April 2015, 13:23

god bless the venezuelan president and the swedish prime minister
god bless democracy

Thumb -phoenix1 16 April 2015, 13:29

The brewing dispute between Hezbollah and Mustaqbal does lend concern to worry, just a week or so ago we had a dialog that was greeted by all, now this? This just shows that our Muslim siblings will always fight for the non-Lebanese first and very little for Lebanon. Let us have our new president and make sure that at least some institutions still work as our siblings are busy arguing.

Thumb marcus 16 April 2015, 13:55

I see this more of a political strategic dispute not just among our moslem partners. We should all be concerned. What is the meaning of nasrallah's first speech and what will be the meaning of his speech tomorrow other than attacking (insulting) KSA, hurting Lebanese interests in the gulf, and causing us more enemies. Yes, we are all concerned about Yemen, but we have our own problems and people are fed up with nasrallah paralyzing our lives, taking us to wars, and destroying our economy.

Thumb canadianpaul 16 April 2015, 14:06

But you see, Nasrallah doesn't care what you and I think. He takes orders directly from Khamenei, and right now, the Iranian interests in Yemen are at risk, so he's barking louder and louder, at the expense of Lebanese interests in the Gulf.

Thumb freedomarch 16 April 2015, 15:07

Actually, I love Iran, The beautiful, Iran, The artists, the live and contemporary, the classical iranian music, the iranian writers, the free women an men. The educated, the open minded business men and women, the Iran that takes care of itself rather than looking at other countries to export religious beliefs and armed Militias.

Thumb marcus 16 April 2015, 15:34

15:09"رويترز": مسؤول حوثي كبير يدعو الى وقف القصف الذي تقوده السعودية في اليمن فورا وبلا شروط.

Thumb freedomarch 16 April 2015, 18:07

To our brothers in Naharnet,
is it a movie? We disagree but we are not going to fight. AND NO MATTER what, Lebanese are brothers and we should protect each other.
PLEASE REDUCE THE tit for tat, even if trie, here. WE ARE FED by violence, Iran might agree with the west and the KSA, and we are still debating furiously, and hands are on each other necks and you are happy to sit and watch. Hope this gets better in the future.

Again, We love Iran, the free as much the same as KSA the open and prosper, but Lebanon must be first. for lebanese.

Thumb freedomarch 16 April 2015, 18:10

To our brothers in Naharnet, 
is it a movie? We disagree but we are not going to fight. AND NO MATTER what, Lebanese are brothers and we should protect each other. 
PLEASE REDUCE THE tit for tat, even if is true, here. WE ARE FED up by violence, Iran might agree with the west and the then KSA, and we are still debating furiously, and hands are on each other necks and you are happy to sit and watch. Hope this gets better in the future.

Again, We love Iran, the free as much the same as KSA the open and prosper, but Lebanon must be first. for lebanese.

Missing peace 16 April 2015, 18:48

mustaqbal is merely stating facts: hezbollah works for the interests of iran not Lebanon, never Lebanon....

Thumb beiruti 16 April 2015, 19:15

This is what benefactors do. Hezbollah, on behalf of Iran, attacks Saudi Arabia in the Lebanese media over Saudi involvement in Yemen. Mustaqbel responds, in defense of Saudi Arabia, in the Lebanese media, to the Hezbollah (Iranian) attacks with regard to Saudi involvement in Yemen.
Meanwhile, in Lebanon, where Mustaqbel and Hezbollah hold parliamentary seats, there is a boycott on electing a president, the roads are not safe for driving, the food not safe for eating, raw sewage pours into the Mediterranean from Beirut and Israel is horizontally drilling into the Lebanese oil reserves offshore.
This is what happens when political parties are beholding to foreign patrons rather than to the resident citizens of the country.

Thumb freedomarch 16 April 2015, 20:06

Maroun, you mean to Qom in Iran? Nooooo they are still brothers even after all what the did and doing and will do, it will all be done, and at one dawn all will be sitting down and having fun at the down town ..one day.