Berri: Those Who Don't Want Resistance Must First Put End to Occupation
Speaker Nabih Berri on Tuesday stressed that the Lebanese “cannot preserve national unity through consensual security, but rather through supporting the army.”
“We will not give up a single grain of our land's soil in the South and will not accept that our people remain a prey to (Israeli) tyranny,” Berri said in a speech he delivered at a ceremony to award him the Elias Hrawi prize for his role in preserving the National Pact.
“Those who do not want the Resistance must first put an end to occupation,” Berri added.
“We cannot accept advice as the Israeli premier inspects his army which is conducting maneuvers that resemble an attack on the South,” the speaker stressed.
Former First Lady Mona Hrawi awarded Berri the prize during a ceremony at the UNESCO Palace in Beirut that was attended by President Michel Suleiman, Prime Minister Najib Miqati, Deputy Speaker Farid Makari and a large number of ministers, MPs, politicians and religious and social figures.
Source: Naharnet
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