Geagea Responding to Raad: They are Exploiting Palestinian Cause to Suit Their Interests
Head of the Lebanese Forces Samir Geagea noted on Friday that the greatest progress in the Palestinian cause could have been achieved during the Arab Spring.
He said during a workshop on "Lebanon's role in the renaissance of the new Arab world": “The other camp is using the Palestinian cause to suit their interests.”
He made his remarks in response to Hizbullah MP Mohammed Raad's press conference on Friday on the March 14 camp's memorandum to President Michel Suleiman that demanded the expulsion of the Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdul Karim Ali.
Geagea added: “The Palestinian cause is not a real issue for them, but just a matter that can be used to suit their plans.”
Israeli leaders committed a major mistake when they did not hold peace talks before the eruption of the Arab Spring, he continued.
On the Arab Spring, the LF leader stressed: “The new regimes will represent the real powers of defiance and resistance against Israel and they will meet their people's aspirations.”
Raad had stated on Friday that the March 14 memo is a cover for the camp's participation in the “aggression against Syria” through media incitement and the funding of armed gangs.
The March 14 camp had handed Suleiman on Tuesday a memo demanding Ali's expulsion, the suspension of security agreements between Lebanon and Syria, and the filing of a complaint to the Arab League over Syria's border violations of Lebanon.
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