Nasrallah Says No Deal over Fakhoury, Slams 'Sectarian' Virus Rhetoric
Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Friday stressed that his party had no knowledge of any Lebanese-American deal to release former Khiyam Prison warden Amer Fakhoury from prison.
“We have no knowledge of a deal to release Amer Fakhoury and what we know is that there was no deal,” Nasrallah said in a televised address.
“From the first moment after Fakhoury’s release, a broad campaign was launched against the Shiite duo (Hizbullah and AMAL),” he lamented.
Nasrallah added: “Ever since Fakhoury was arrested six months ago, the U.S. started exerting strong pressures on the Lebanese state to resolve this issue and release this collaborator without any conditions.”
Noting that Hizbullah had rejected Fakhoury’s release when asked about the case by certain political parties, Hizbullah’s leader slammed the move as “a dangerous development that will allow Americans to impose what they want in the future.”
“We thought that no such ruling would be issued and that the court would not convene amid the current circumstances, but we learned of the collaborator's release from media outlets,” he said.
Nasrallah also revealed that “direct threats were made as to placing some individuals on the sanctions list, halting aid to the Lebanese Army, slapping economic sanctions and preventing world nations from offering assistance to the Lebanese state.”
“A lot of pressures were exerted on the judges and there are judges who issued a travel ban and others who submitted and issued a release order,” he said.
“The Lebanese judiciary persevered for six months in the face of U.S. pressures,” Nasrallah pointed out.
He stressed that Hizbullah “did not face any pressure at all from any political party in Lebanon regarding Fakhoury’s case.”
“The government has never been Hizbullah’s government, the state has never been Hizbullah's state and there are parties who have more influence on the domestic political equation,” Nasrallah added.
Addressing critics, he wondered whether Hizbullah was supposed to “set up an ambush against the Lebanese Army and the forces tasked with protecting Fakhoury.”
“Was Hizbullah supposed to shoot down the aircraft that carried Fakhoury? Is this in the interest of the country and the government?” he asked.
“Is it right to topple the government amid these circumstances for the sake of Fakhoury?” Hizbullah’s secretary-general added.
“How can we ask people in the era of coronavirus to demonstrate and storm the U.S. embassy? How can we subject them to dangers?” he went on to say.
Noting that Fakhoury’s arrival in the U.S. should not necessarily stand for the end of the case, Nasrallah said the file should be followed up by the Lebanese judiciary, describing Fakhoury as a “fugitive.”
Addressing some “friends and allies,” Nasrallah added: “We have swallowed the harm and insults but from now on, we in Hizbullah will not allow a friend or ally to accuse, insult or launch treason accusations against it. They better stop being our friends.”
Turning to the coronavirus crisis and Lebanon’s measures to confront it, Nasrallah said it is “shameful” to deal with the issue in a “sectarian” manner.
“The government should isolate any region it wants even if it's a Shiite region,” he suggested.
An uproar had erupted after Health Minister Hamad Hasan revealed that he had asked the government to “isolate two regions” over a rise in coronavirus cases in them.
Nasrallah also noted that all of Hizbullah’s members who go to Syria or Iran are being subjected to “coronavirus tests and home isolation.”
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20 March 2020, 19:48
Nasrallah: All of our members who come from Syria or Iran have been subjected to coronavirus tests and home isolation.
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20 March 2020, 19:45
Nasrallah said it's shameful to deal with the virus crisis sectarianly, adding the government should isolate any region it wants "even if it's a Shiite region."
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20 March 2020, 19:30
Nasrallah: We have swallowed the harm and insults but from now on, we in Hizbullah will not allow a friend or ally to accuse, insult or launch treason accusations against it. They better stop being our friends.
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20 March 2020, 19:27
Nasrallah: It is not acceptable to question the resistance's credibility and slurs and insults are rejected, especially when they come from friends.
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20 March 2020, 19:26
Nasrallah: The Military Court panel should have resigned instead of dropping the charges.
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20 March 2020, 19:24
Nasrallah: The Americans have influence inside Lebanese state institutions and they have individuals in Lebanon and they sometimes activate this influence, even during the era of Syrian administration.
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20 March 2020, 19:22
Nasrallah: America is not imposing its hegemony on Lebanon and the proof is that there are judges who did not bow to pressures. They issued rulings and those rulings were brave and it is not correct to say that this incident proves the U.S. hegemony over Lebanon.
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20 March 2020, 19:19
Nasrallah: Fakhoury's case should be followed up by the judiciary, because he is a fugitive.
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20 March 2020, 19:18
Nasrallah: How can we ask people in the era of coronavirus to demonstrate and storm the U.S. embassy? How can we subject them to dangers?
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20 March 2020, 19:16
Nasrallah: We do not act according to mood or emotions. We are a party for resistance and a political party. We have a cause, a vision, a system of priorities and we have discussions and studies. The party is not run by a single person; we hold discussions and when we find that there is an interest for the people and the resistance in doing something we do it without hesitation.
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20 March 2020, 19:13
Nasrallah: Is it right to topple the government amid these circumstances for the sake of Fakhoury?
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20 March 2020, 19:12
Nasrallah: Was Hizbullah supposed to set up an ambush against the Lebanese Army and the forces tasked with protecting Fakhoury and was Hizbullah supposed to shoot down the aircraft that carried Fakhoury? Is this in the interest of the country and the government?
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20 March 2020, 19:09
Nasrallah: The government has never been Hizbullah’s government, the state has never been Hizbullah's state and there are parties who have more influence on the domestic political equation.
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20 March 2020, 19:07
Nasrallah: Some asked whether the Military Court could take such a decision without the knowledge of the Shiite duo. I stress that the AMAL Movement and Hizbullah had no knowledge of this decision. We have no knowledge of a lot of rulings that the Military Court issues and we don’t interfere in them.
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20 March 2020, 19:03
Nasrallah: We did not face any pressure at all from any political party in Lebanon regarding Fakhoury’s case.
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20 March 2020, 19:01
Nasrallah: The Lebanese judiciary persevered for six months in the face of U.S. pressures.
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20 March 2020, 19:00
Nasrallah: A lot of pressures were exerted on the judges and there are judges who issued a travel ban and others who submitted and issued a release order.
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20 March 2020, 18:59
Nasrallah: Direct threats were made as to placing some individuals on the sanctions list, halting aid to the Lebanese Army, slapping economic sanctions and preventing world nations from offering assistance to the Lebanese state.
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20 March 2020, 18:57
Nasrallah: We thought that no such ruling would be issued and that the court would not convene amid the current circumstances, but we learned of the collaborator's release from media outlets.
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20 March 2020, 18:56
Nasrallah: We rejected Fakhoury’s release, which is a dangerous development that will allow Americans to impose what they want in the future.
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20 March 2020, 18:53
Nasrallah: Ever since Fakhoury was arrested six months ago, the U.S. started exerting strong pressures on the Lebanese state to resolve this issue and release this collaborator without any conditions.
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20 March 2020, 18:51
Nasrallah: From the first moment after Fakhoury’s release, a broad campaign was launched against the Shiite duo (Hizbullah and AMAL).
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20 March 2020, 18:45
Nasrallah: We have no knowledge of a deal to release Amer Fakhoury and what we know is that there was no deal
20 March 2020, 19:59
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The day this evil iranian sectarian terrorist is brutally and violently murdered is the day we celebrate our true independence.
20 March 2020, 20:09
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I am still amazed on how this guy can talk for so long and say so little.
21 March 2020, 01:24
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Nasrallah: Some asked whether the Military Court could take such a decision without the knowledge of the Shiite duo. I stress that the AMAL Movement and Hizbullah had no knowledge of this decision. We have no knowledge of a lot of rulings that the Military Court issues and we don’t interfere in them.
Bullshite! The Military Court is/was Hussein Abdallah, who's just resigned, was hand picked by AMAL and Hezballah. He's from Khiam and was appointed to by the Shiite duo because of of family relation with official of both parties. Lie #1
21 March 2020, 01:38
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Nasrallah: From the first moment after Fakhoury’s release, a broad campaign was launched against the Shiite duo (Hizbullah and AMAL).
And it was launched by activist, journalists and medias close to the Shiite duo including Al Akhbar and Wiam Wahhab. Hizbullah and AMAL tried sent out their own attack the likes of Ali Hijazi, MP Ali Fayyad's commentator bother (I cannot recall his first name) and Nasser Qandeel in a fail attempt to give excuses. Lie #2
21 March 2020, 01:44
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Nasrallah: We rejected Fakhoury’s release, which is a dangerous development that will allow Americans to impose what they want in the future.
Bullshit#2! Their medias did not even knowledge that Fakhoury had entered Lebanon and was here for month until Journalist Sallem Zahran kept shining a spotlight on the issue and they could no longer ignore it. Hizbullah did not want to upset Jebran Bassil who's a friend of the collaborator and the one who facilitated his return. Lie #3
21 March 2020, 01:51
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Nasrallah: The government has never been Hizbullah’s government, the state has never been Hizbullah's state and there are parties who have more influence on the domestic political equation.
More bull from the Shiite! The only reason Bassil and the FPM "have more influence on the domestic political equation" than Hizbullah is because Hizbullah lets the and covers for them. The president was elected because of Hizbullah's weapons as Nawwaf Mossawi said. Lie #4
21 March 2020, 02:09
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Nasrallah: We have no knowledge of a lot of rulings that the Military Court issues and we don’t interfere in them.
Bull bull and bull! The Hizbullah member who murdered of Captain Samer Hanna was never prosecuted. Hizbullah interred from day one by sending a patsy in his stead and the sentence that was handed down by the Military Court for murdering a LAF officer was laughable. Lie #7
21 March 2020, 02:17
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Nasrallah: We have swallowed the harm and insults but from now on, we in Hizbullah will not allow a friend or ally to accuse, insult or launch treason accusations against it. They better stop being our friends.
HAHAHHAHAHA! STFU, you need Aoun and Bassil as much they need you. So stop threatening you idiot, just stay in the Dahieh sewer and hope non of the infect Shiites that you let in from Iran flushed down some fresh COVID-19 on top of your head.
21 March 2020, 03:49
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عناصر من حزب الله لبنان يقومون بتعقيم شوارع مدينة قم في إيران، لمكافحة فيروس كورونا ويقول مصور المقطع عناصر حزب الله لبنان منتشرين في الأزقة الأخرى من مدينة قم ايضاً وحسن نصر الله من أرسلهم .
https://twitter.com/MohamadAhwaze/status/1240886322891575296
21 March 2020, 04:24
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Nasrallah: All of our members who come from Syria or Iran have been subjected to coronavirus tests and home isolation.
and Lebanon claims it's committed to a dissociation policy!
21 March 2020, 04:38
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God bless hezbollah aka the Lebanese government for protecting us from collaborators and U.S-Israeli-Saudi schemes.
21 March 2020, 06:26
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What this terrorist pos is saying : the head of the military court (A shia appointed by hezbollah) made the decision to release fakhoury without getting hezbollah's approval.
21 March 2020, 06:37
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Nasrallah: All of our members who come from Syria or Iran have been subjected to coronavirus tests and home isolation.
and where ya terrorist where these tests conducted?
