Qassem: Intimidation will not change our stances
Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem noted Friday that Israeli attacks on Lebanon increase whenever a U.S. official visits the country or talks about it.
“What is America's stance on 5,000 Israeli violations against Lebanon?” Qassem asked, in a televised address.
He added that Israel has attacked the Lebanese Army and UNIFIL and Washington has not commented on those attacks.
“Intimidation will not change our stances that are supportive of resistance and resilience and we are not advocates of surrender and defeat,” Qassem stressed.
“Israel can kill and occupy but it cannot take away our dignity,” he said.
He added that President Joseph Aoun’s stance in giving the army instructions to confront Israeli incursions after the Blida raid is “a responsible stance that can be capitalized on.”
Qassem also called on the government to “study a plan for supporting the army to enable it to confront the Israeli attacks.”
The Hezbollah chief also warned that any new agreement with Israel would absolve it of its crimes, calling for Israel’s implementation of “the agreement that Lebanon has already implemented.”
“Any new agreement would aim to reset the attacks and open a new door and we will not accept that Lebanon be stripped of its strength,” Qassem added.
Source: Naharnet
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