Jumblat calls on Hezbollah to turn into 'political party'
Druze leader Walid Jumblat has called on “the political and military members of Hezbollah” to “realize that the past has ended” and that “they must turn to political action and abandon military action.”
“President Joseph Aoun’s remarks in the inaugural speech were clear and must become Lebanon’s approach, when he said that what’s between us and Israel is the truce,” Jumblat added, in an interview with Saudi Arabia’s Okaz newspaper.
“We cannot engage in a declared war against Israel, but we also cannot engage in a settlement, and this would be better for the Lebanese interior,” Jumblat said.
“They must realize that there is a new Lebanon after the latest earthquake that struck the country in the wake of the October 7 operation,” the Druze leader went on to say.
As for the delay in the government formation process, Jumblat warned Lebanese politicians that “Israel is exploiting this governmental vacuum and is still destroying the villages in the south.”
“There are dangers surrounding Lebanon and I see big wars in the region, from Gaza to the West Bank to south Lebanon, so we must be united in Lebanon and must overcome the governmental vacuum,” Jumblat urged.
Source: Naharnet
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