Rajji slams Hezbollah as 'outlaw' group and its tripartite equation as outdated

W460

Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji has said that Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem “can say what he wants” about the so-called “army-people-resistance” equation but added that “the Lebanese people no longer want this outdated equation.”

“He certainly does not want to give up his weapons, but eventually he must find a solution,” Rajji said in an interview with the al-Quds al-Arabi newspaper.

“This is an outlaw armed group and it is not legitimate. We ask it to seek a solution, hand over its weapons and form a normal political party that has the creed it wants. I support total creed freedom and let its fighters return to their normal life and each member to his job,” the minister added.

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Thumb chrisrushlau 28 May 2025, 18:42

"I support total creed freedom" as long as it conforms with Lebanon's Constitutional Article 24 which reserves half of parliament for Christians. This guy went to St. Joseph's University in Lebanon after Saydet Al-Jumhour School ("Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour, Saydet Al-Jumhour a private Catholic primary and secondary school, located in Jamhour, in the Baabda District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon.") Evidently he means that he supports total freedom for the Christian minority to tell the majority what to do. "After all, it works so well for Israel", Rajii told al-Quds al-Arabi newspaper. Rajii is a true diplomat. He even has a diploma. Being considered an outlaw by a racist state makes you legitimate.

Thumb chrisrushlau 28 May 2025, 18:50

Someone should ask Biden what he thinks of Article 24 and the "National Pact". He started this war on Hezbullah. Can you imagine the New York Times asking him that when he was President? It just might happen today.

Thumb LongLiveLebanon 29 May 2025, 10:20

Rajji says what a n overwhelming majority of Lebanese don't dare to say. It has nothing to do with religion, it is a matter of imposing the sovereignty of the Lebanese State and he is absolutely right.

Missing cedars 29 May 2025, 12:53

The first ever outspoken real foreign minister. Keep up the great work and pressure on the outlaws.