Hizbullah Condemns Obama 'Appeasement' Speech
Hizbullah slammed on Friday U.S. President Barack Obama's “appeasement” speech in Israel, considering that his remarks are to “satisfy” the Jewish state.
“Obama's speech is similar to all the hostile and boring stances made by the U.S.,” Hizbullah said in a statement.
"He speaks like an employee of the Zionist entity (Israel) and not the highest-ranking official in the administration of the independent state that is the United States," the statement said.
It denounced the U.S. president's stances that favor Israel, saying that the U.S. “is an accomplice in the crimes committed” by the Jewish state.
President Obama on Thursday demanded that foreign governments brand Hizbullah a "terrorist organization," slamming the party for “its attacks on Israelis”.
"Every country that values justice should call Hizbullah what it truly is -- a terrorist organization," Obama said in a major speech in Israel, in remarks apparently aimed at the European Union which has declined to put the group on a list of terrorist movements.
Hizbullah's statement added: “These stances confirm that all negotiations are useless, which stress on the importance of the resistance as an only option to regain rights and maintain dignity, freedom and independence.”
The party has been on a U.S. terror blacklist since 1995 after a series of anti-American attacks, including the bombing of the U.S. embassy and Marine barracks in Beirut in the 1980s.
But the issue is sensitive in Europe because of sharp differences between members, with Britain in favor of blacklisting Hizbullah's military wing but France and Italy believed to be reluctant.
The United States has urged the EU to join it in listing the group, saying the designation would make it harder for the organization to raise funds.
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