Khalil: We no longer want to be an arena, but rather a strong state
Speaker Nabih Berri’s political aide MP Ali Hassan Khalil has said that Israel has failed to achieve victory in its war on Lebanon, although the country “lost a lot of leaders, icons, martyrs and infrastructure.”
“Israel can kill but it cannot triumph,” Khalil added, in an interview on Lebanon’s MTV.
“The army is the pillar of Resolution 1701’s implementation and we all emphasize the need to support it,” the MP went on to say.
Furthermore, he said that Resolution 1701 “was not properly implemented and what’s being implemented now is what we had demanded 18 years ago, whereas the Israelis kept occupying 15 border points and the Ghajar village while carrying out maritime and aerial violations.”
“We no longer want to be an arena, but rather a strong state, and the residents of the villages must listen to the army’s directives regarding return to the southern villages while the government must record the violations that the Israeli enemy is making,” Khalil added.
“We all will be in the service of the Lebanese Army to enable it to fully perform its role in the south and we have given all powers to the Lebanese Army without any reservations,” Berri’s aide said.
He also clarified that according to the ceasefire agreement, Israel “has no right to open fire or carry out airstrikes under any excuse.”
“Everything that they are saying has nothing to do with the agreement, and today (Thursday) their carried out very large violations, which confirms that they’re in a crisis,” Khalil added.
Source: Naharnet
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