Berri Accuses EU of Serving Israel in Decision on Hizbullah
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Speaker Nabih Berri urged on Tuesday the European Union to retract its decision against Hizbullah, saying it underestimates justice and serves Israel.
“The EU should back off from its decision and the measures that without any doubt would target all the Lebanese and their interests in Europe,” Berri, who is also the head of the Amal movement that is allied with Hizbullah, said in a statement.
On Monday, 28 EU foreign ministers unanimously voted to blacklist Hizbullah's military wing.
Such a decision would “paralyze the European partnership … and cause more tension and instability in the fragile situation in Lebanon,” he warned.
The statement said that the move underestimates justice after judicial bodies failed to make outright accusations against any Hizbullah member.
Monday's EU decision came after some of its 28 foreign ministers overcame reservations in some member states that such a move would further destabilize Lebanon.
To do so, ministers agreed that EU political and economic links with Lebanon would be maintained.
They also highlighted the fact that it is the military wing alone that is blacklisted after Hizbullah was blamed for a deadly attack on Israeli tourists in Bulgaria last year.
The party was also accused in March of plotting attacks on Israelis in Cyprus after a criminal court found a Hizbullah member guilty of helping to plan the plot.
Both Bulgaria and Cyprus are EU members.
Berri accused the EU of bias towards Israel, of “providing it a free service” and “covering up” the crimes committed against Lebanon.
He also slammed the Jewish state for its continued violation of Lebanese sovereignty and of its occupation of Lebanese territories.
Amal's politburo also issued a statement condemning the decision, which it described as “racist.”
It said the move subjects the EU body to the “Israeli will and represents a type of mass punishment for Lebanon's resistance against the Israeli aggression.”
23 July 2013, 14:08
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Yislam Timmak ya Barrri for speaking words of wisdom! Yes, the hasty EU (Expired Useless) measures taken against HA (Hussain Army) would certainly target all the Lebanese and their interests, which in-itself is an act of un-called for aggression on the peaceful people of this country. I know some of you (but not all of you) might say " But HA does not consult with us when it takes its decisions, yet as Barrri rightfully said, the consequences of its actions target all the Lebanese". To those infants and less politically savvy, I repeat: " In matters of national security the Islamic Secular Resistance cannot share its plans and strategies while it is sacrificing itself to defend "lebanese inhabited" villages in Homs, Aleppo, Damascus, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Nigeria, etc. Thank you....
23 July 2013, 14:55
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The death of Hariri serves Israel, anyone against the resistance serves Israel, the war in Syria serves Israel, the weather serves Israel, ... we know the song, we know the tune, change the record!
23 July 2013, 14:56
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Incompetent as usual, The Lebanese ministry of foreign affairs should have been lobbying intensely in Brussels, the last year or so. Instead, it just just woke up!! and expects the EU to overturn a decision that has been in the make for years?? Israel won this round, a round even more important than the 'Divine victory "of 2006. Anyone playing down the importance of this decision by the EU is simply fooling himself and the Lebanese public opinion. We deserve what we get. We shall remain a banana republic until all those at the top are EJECTED once and for all.
23 July 2013, 16:12
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The roar, very try; however this has been our status since the beginning of the 1980s..
23 July 2013, 16:39
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Sly Berri sees a starring role for himself similar to the one he played back in 1985 when the terrorist Iranian mercs hijacked TWA flight 847 and killed a passenger. Every Lebanese person living or traveling abroad has been paying the cost of the terrorist operations of the "Iranian Légion Etrangère®" Lebanon branch since. Anyone wondering why there are no direct flights from North America to Beirut can thanks the Jihadist Iranian mercs.
23 July 2013, 16:46
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Roar thinks people only celebrate and offer Baklava when there is an assassination, not when terrorists are branded as such!
PS: "Now its the Lebanese citizens of the world to be branded Terrorists"... yeah...thanks to whom?
23 July 2013, 16:46
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Roar thinks people only celebrate and offer Baklava when there is an assassination, not when terrorists are branded as such!
PS: "Now its the Lebanese citizens of the world to be branded Terrorists"... yeah...thanks to whom?
23 July 2013, 16:47
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Naharnet.... your web site is extremely slow!!! Do something about it!! Posts should not be repeated 2, 3, 4 times!!
24 July 2013, 10:29
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roar, you're the one who should upgrade that retarded teenager brain of yours...
23 July 2013, 19:08
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Wow everything that happens around the world is specificaly made to serve israel. But we want to be friends with Iran, Assad, n Korea and Venezuela . Hmmmmm and berri his Allah is making that decision for all of us? Hmmmm is that OK with the rest of us how? Are we going to wake up and tell these losers that that's not acceptable?.we need to join the civilized world, prosper be happy and build our country to be the best in the world and not give a damn about the resistance this, the access that. Wake up
24 July 2013, 03:22
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Of course it does serve Israel. But more so, it serves NostraGabbyMarch14, NostraPeace, NostraGeha, NostraBenzona, NostraThePatriot, NostraHelicopter, NostraAllouchti and pretty much all the warrior Nostra Damsels, i.e. Farts 14 and Sanni First. These warriors have been bleeding floods of ink while conducting the fiercest battles from behind their laptop screens AND without wearing any protection! Talking about model warriors who were nowhere to be fighting but their ebn baladon while the Syrians were crushing our skulls! These warriors have been bombarding the screens with you know what, and more so since their orgasms started when the EU announced their drat 3a blat "revisable" (ya 3ein chou be3sha2 el revisable) decision. Keep hope alive, hopeless hopefuls.
24 July 2013, 10:32
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@freedom: I'll give you a hint, this genius is hairy and has bad breath...
24 July 2013, 13:20
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Yes ... the same way you accuse everyone else of being Israeli or Saudi zionists.
You're really a moron. And your accusations against M14 ALL apply to yourself so just shut up or say something intelligent for a change.
There is nothing heroic or honorable about the muqawama.
And Baby Assad (Roary), would you trust me with a gun to your head ? Hezbollah will never gain respect or trust as long as they have weapons. If you're happy bending over for the very honorable muqawama and their every wish, then good for you. But real lebanese are the real moukawam against Hezbollah's weapons and terrorism of Lebanese citizens.
