The head of Hizbullah’s parliamentary bloc, MP Mohammed Raad, claimed Tuesday that political rivals want to win the parliamentary majority “in order to secure laws that would allow them to normalize relations with the Israeli enemy.”
“All parties want to keep us away from the parliamentary action arena in order to implement their agendas,” Raad added, at a political rally in the southern town of Yohmor.
As for the issue of offshore gas exploration, the MP said: “We have international proposals for gas exploration that are in our interest and for which we wouldn’t pay a cost, but the Americans are refusing, because they want to bring a company that would impose its conditions.”
And accusing Washington of “blackmailing us with the Israeli enemy,” Raad emphasized that “the Israelis cannot threaten us with anything.”
“Lebanon has a resistance that owns drones and precision missiles. Let the Israeli dare come near,” the Hizbullah lawmaker added.
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