Hezbollah MP asks politicians to expose US-Israeli 'blackmail' against Lebanon

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Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah said Monday that the people will again defend their land if the state fails to shoulder its responsibilities against the Israeli occupation and violations.

"When the state abandons this (southern) region, the people will take the responsibility and will not accept the occupation," Fadlallah said, adding that the cause of south Lebanon should not be solely the cause of the Shiites and the southerners but a "national cause."

Fadlallah said the U.S. and Israel are pressuring Lebanon to take political decisions "that are not in line with its interests, history, or the sacrifices of its people," urging the Lebanese officials to be transparent with the public about the Israeli and American "blackmail".

Israel "will neither have a political nor a military foothold" in Lebanon, Fadlallah warned.

Pro-Hezbollah media had previously reported that the U.S. is "dragging Lebanon into peace negotiations" with Israel. Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri confirmed that Israel is trying to drag Lebanon into "direct negotiations" but stressed that normalization has not been discussed officially with the Lebanese state and that Lebanon would not normalize with Israel.

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Missing HellAndWaite 17 March 2025, 14:09

It is Hezbollah and its politically participating members and allies who are moving the goal posts before the game has even begun. No one else is talking about normalization. Everyone else is talking about Hezbollah doing as it has said it would and what the government said it would accomplish and how the country would go forward in sovereign self determination and living in peace with its neighbors (which it originally pledged to do when becoming a member of the United Nations).

The government is the only legitimate power to hold weapons. Disarm Hezbollah. We gave our word that we would ... we didn't say "only if Iran and the Shia of Southern Lebanon agree" ... we said that we would do it.

Missing HellAndWaite 17 March 2025, 16:44

مشاهد حصلت عليها #العربية للحظة استهداف الجيش السوري مواقع لـ"حزب الله" بعشرات الصواريخ بالقرب من الحدود السورية اللبنانية بريف #حمص
https://x.com/AlArabiya/status/1901480708448886942

https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2025/03/17/syrian-authorities-accuse-hezbollah-of-killing-three-soldiers-

Thumb SupportBeirut 17 March 2025, 19:30

Hezbollah's blaming everyone else for it's own failures in preparation for the upcoming municipal elections.