Nasrallah Urges Govt. to 'Work Night and Day', Says Syrian Regime Won't Fall

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The government must “work night and day” and in a “serious” manner even if its survival depended on the political factors and the developments in Syria, Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday, calling on some parties to “reevaluate” their calculations “given that the general course of things in Syria has become clear.”

“It is true that there are some details and problems and that the security situation needs some time (to return to normalcy) in Syria … but the inclination is clear and thus there’s no need for futile bets,” Nasrallah said in a televised address on the occasion of the inauguration of the Hizbullah-affiliated Sayyeda Zainab Complex in Haret Hreik.

“This reevaluation would leave an impact on the internal situations in Lebanon,” he added.

Nasrallah stressed that “the government’s survival is in the interest of the country’s security and stability,” calling on the government to be “productive.”

He noted that the rival camp’s “bets on the government’s failure are futile,” adding that “politics topple and make governments in Lebanon.”

“This government must make achievements and must work night and day, even if there is a vote of confidence tomorrow,” Nasrallah went on to say.

“Politically speaking, the government will survive and that is not because Hizbullah wants it to survive. This is untrue. The political factors and the events in Syria are going in that direction and this is what indicates that the government will stay,” Nasrallah added.

And he called on the government to shoulder its responsibilities concerning “the people’s security, dignity, finances and health.”

The Hizbullah leader ruled out a “foreign military intervention” in Syria, saying the U.S. is “weaker than being able” to engage in a military action against Damascus given that “they were defeated in Iraq and are facing a dire situation in Afghanistan.”

Nasrallah stressed that dialogue between the Syrian regime and opposition and implementing reforms were the only solutions to the crisis.

“Anything else is neither in the interest of Syria and its people nor in the interest of Palestine. It would be only in Israel’s interest and in the interests of those who want to push the region towards total chaos, which is sought by the Americans,” he warned.

Nasrallah also warned against arming the opposition, noting that only three or four countries support such an option.

Turning to Bahrain, Nasrallah said “it is normal for Syria to receive regional and international attention, but it is abnormal and rather condemned that the issue of Bahrain is being overlooked.”

“What’s happening in Bahrain is a national tragedy, as there are hundreds of people who are demonstrating and people who are demanding a peaceful solution are being killed everyday,” Nasrallah said, accusing the Bahraini regime of “hiring mercenaries” and firing “poisonous gases” against “homes, women and children.”

“This is a type of premeditated murder,” Nasrallah added.

Timeline
  • 30 March 2012, 19:05

    Nasrallah: The government is responsible for the people’s livelihood and it will be held accountable for this before God during the Day of Judgment.

  • 30 March 2012, 19:03

    Nasrallah: Personal and party disputes are hindering government productivity.

  • 30 March 2012, 19:02

    Nasrallah: This is a responsible government. To those banking on its failure, I say that governments in Lebanon, regardless of their success, are toppled by politics. A government is formed through politics. Do not believe those who say that street action has toppled governments.

  • 30 March 2012, 18:59

    Nasrallah on the government situation: Preserving the government is necessary at this point in time. The government is responsible for tackling daily concerns such as the spoiled food scandal and electricity crisis.

  • 30 March 2012, 18:58

    Nasrallah: We have repeatedly called on it to be more serious in its approach. We are keen however to refrain from criticizing it. The national interest requires us to preserve it.

  • 30 March 2012, 18:55

    Nasrallah: We do not advocate the theory that creating unrest in Lebanon will serve Syria.

  • 30 March 2012, 18:54

    Nasrallah on Lebanese developments: To those who are awaiting the end of the Syrian developments, I tell them that they should reconsider their assessment.

  • 30 March 2012, 18:53

    Nasrallah: This will not deter the Bahraini opposition from reaching its goals. It has demonstrated courage and God will reward it for its perseverance and sacrifice.

  • 30 March 2012, 18:50

    Nasrallah on the situation in Bahrain: The developments there are a real tragedy. The opposition has not resorted to violence and it is being killed on a daily basis by the security forces. These forces are resorting to poisonous gases to thwart the protests. Civilized countries do not resort to such means.

  • 30 March 2012, 18:48

    Nasrallah: Only the pursuit of dialogue will save Syria.

  • 30 March 2012, 18:48

    Nasrallah: Any solution other than this will not serve Palestine. It will only serve Israel, the U.S., and all who seek to fragment the region.

  • 30 March 2012, 18:46

    Nasrallah: There can only be one solution in Syria, which is the political one. Dialogue is needed between the Syrian regime and opposition. An agreement over serious reform should be reached.

  • 30 March 2012, 18:45

    Nasrallah: The possibility of toppling the regime by force has been dropped. The situation on the ground has demonstrated that it is not possible. The opposition is not capable of overthrowing the regime.

  • 30 March 2012, 18:43

    Nasrallah: The world has concluded that a political solution is necessary in Syria. We have been demanding this from day-one. Some sides have called for a political solution that calls for the stepping down of Syrian President Bashar Assad, which will not happen.

  • 30 March 2012, 18:43

    Nasrallah: At this moment, I would like to say that it has become clear that talk of military intervention in Syria is over. Sending Arab forces to Syria will also not happen. Arming the Syrian opposition also has its dangers on the situation in Syria.

  • 30 March 2012, 18:39

    Nasrallah on the Syrian crisis: It is clear that this issue enjoys regional and international interest. Three summits were held on this issue in recent days, which is normal because the Syrian developments will have a major and decisive impact on the region.

  • 30 March 2012, 18:38

    Nasrallah: What are the capabilities of this ummah? In light of the Baghdad summit on Thursday I would like to say that Arab rulers will be held accountable on the Day of Judgment for what they did to help liberate Palestine.

  • 30 March 2012, 18:33

    Nasrallah: One of the conditions for keeping this cause alive is the Palestinians’ attachment to their homeland.

  • 30 March 2012, 18:32

    Nasrallah: The resistance, the blood of martyrs, and the suffering of prisoners has kept the Palestinian cause alive.

  • 30 March 2012, 18:30

    Nasrallah: This day represents the people’s commitment to their land. What does the enemy want from the Palestinians and our ummah? They want us to forget Palestine and force its people to despair and resign to the fact that their land has been lost.

  • 30 March 2012, 18:28

    Nasrallah on the occasion of Land Day: This is one of the days that belong to Palestine and Jerusalem.

  • 30 March 2012, 18:26

    Nasrallah: The name Zainab represents perseverance, hope, and defiance.

  • 30 March 2012, 18:25

    Nasrallah: This compound differs than any other one in Lebanon in that it holds the message of worship for God after the victory of the July 2006 war. They sought to destroy us and erase our memory during the war. This compound is a response to their mission.

  • 30 March 2012, 18:19

    Nasrallah: The psychological effects of the shelling were expected to last for years.

  • 30 March 2012, 18:18

    Nasrallah: The shelling had political and psychological goals.

  • 30 March 2012, 18:18

    Nasrallah: The Israelis sought to make the residents of the area pay the price for their support for Hizbullah and the resistance.

  • 30 March 2012, 18:16

    Nasrallah: This compound lies in Hart Hreik, which was heavily shelled during the July 2006 war by Israel out of its belief that Hizbullah targets exit here, which is not true.

  • 30 March 2012, 18:13

    Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah during Opening of Sayyedah Zainab Compound in Hart Hreik in Beirut’s southern suburbs: The construction of places of worship is one of the central issues that were stipulated in the Quran.

SourceNaharnet
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Default-user-icon Minx (Guest) 30 March 2012, 18:21

Wish you remain in your rat hole and stop lecturing us with your meaningless rhetoric, your brainwashed followers are diminishing by the day as they are constantly exposed to the real world outside your silos

Thumb benzona 30 March 2012, 22:21

Nasrallah's speech is total B.S. As usual!!! I bet your turban that Assad's regime will collapse.

Default-user-icon zainab (Guest) 30 March 2012, 18:35

"Nasrallah: The name Zainab represents perseverance, hope, and defiance."

I thought it meant they were for "met3ah".... strange?

Default-user-icon Shaid (Guest) 30 March 2012, 18:38

lol

Thumb topgun 30 March 2012, 19:02

Nasrallah on the situation in Bahrain: The developments there are a real tragedy. The opposition has not resorted to violence and it is being killed on a daily basis by the security forces. These forces are resorting to poisonous gases to thwart the protests. Civilized countries do not resort to such means.

you gotta laugh at the double standards..... I cannot comment further!

Default-user-icon xcm69 (Guest) 30 March 2012, 19:27

topgun, march 14 supports the revolution in syria and opposite in bahrain,saudi. doesn't that make them hypocrites too?

Missing ulpianus 30 March 2012, 22:57

Eh, that is not totally true. Hariri as a person maybe becaue of his "incestial ties" with Saudi Arabia, but most others including sunni Muslims and christians supports uprising everywhere.
Specially taking in consideration that the Wahabi Elite in Saudi and other countries are not overwhelmingly popular in the rest of the arab/muslim world. the true fact though, is that they are very popular in the west and, USA/UK in particular. That is why they will not be moved a CM from the "thrones".

But Mister Hassans OBVIOUS dubbel standards are...indescribable. Thinking the Lebanese people are blind cows. Hope the Shias will wake up one day.

Thumb justice 30 March 2012, 20:31

this video clip was a shocker for me!!!! Ragheb Alameh praising Assad.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR3rrdDfjfg

Default-user-icon mish irani (Guest) 30 March 2012, 20:32

he is a shia.... what do u expect?

Default-user-icon xplaind (Guest) 18 April 2012, 21:35

may Allah punish and cripple this criminal thug mass murderer of thousands of syrian sunnis... may Allah also destroy Israel and all its satellites (including the Iranian zionist terrorist state) spreading like cancer all over the world..

Default-user-icon Guest from Dahiyeh (Guest) 30 March 2012, 19:04

A sectarian shia full of hate....... a murderer and a terrorist. You are the best thing that ever happened to Israel.

Missing ulpianus 30 March 2012, 22:59

Sadly, but very true specially looking at the last 10 years.

Default-user-icon must do (Guest) 30 March 2012, 19:07

I wish Bahrain and all the Gulf GCC nations would expel every shia working and living there!

Default-user-icon NR (Guest) 31 March 2012, 08:31

@must do : no man, they will come to lebanon !!!!!

Default-user-icon free citizen (Guest) 31 March 2012, 17:39

Some of them want to work and live in dignity, not all Shia support hizbullah

Default-user-icon Jack (Guest) 30 March 2012, 19:15

what a hypocrit..

Default-user-icon MUSTAPHA O. GHALAYINI (Guest) 30 March 2012, 19:18

israel has electricity b4 and after the victory of 2006,
lebanon used to have more electricity b4 the victory of 2006,
the poisened meat and goods came in containers from the airport and port.. and u know hassoun who controls these sites...u are beginning to be a joke ya hassan, and u are still hiding in some basement after 6 years of victory?plse.. but please , how does defeat looks like?

Default-user-icon liar (Guest) 30 March 2012, 19:27

this man has no credibility whatsoever..... just watch some of these you tubes and tell me if his brethren shia are peaceful protesters!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi1WmN0kuBc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuUP7SA0R6s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTAvgl9a5Yg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmSMAHmaVSU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfi0uRJxDzs

Missing ulpianus 30 March 2012, 23:01

Man, I think we should be neutral and support uprisings against despots everywhere.

Default-user-icon holy cow (Guest) 30 March 2012, 19:40

Nasrallah: The government is responsible for the people’s livelihood and it will be held accountable for this before God during the Day of Judgment.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!! WHAT HOLY BOOK DID HE FIND THIS GEM IN!!

Default-user-icon trueself (Guest) 30 March 2012, 20:44

I am really disappointed from Nassrallah's speech because it has words without meaning and logic. The interrelationship between the parts of his speech are contradictory and much of what he said assumes that we the Lebanese are so stupid to believe in what he says. In Bahrain, less than 100 people were killed in a non violant way and still he says that poisonious gases were used against bahraini opposition while he conisders the syrian who are dying everyday by at least 100 over a year just a state of uprising that has no substance. He also indulges God in the formula by condemning all the Arabs for their stances. I think God will condemn all those who commit sin and nassrallah knowingly or unknowingly has sinned big time in the face of God. I really think Nassrallah should save us the hassle of his speeches because they really are meaningless and lack substance.

Missing youssefhaddad 30 March 2012, 20:50

The Holeman has spoken again! why is he so anxious about Assad's survival? isn't Assad Divinely protected because he has the Divine blessing of the Supreme lier?
Must be very lonely in the Hole.

Missing realist 30 March 2012, 21:00

Nasralah also said in 2005 that the Syrian forces will not withdrawl from lebanon - wrong - in 2006 ' law kuntu a3lam ' - wrong again - 'Syrian regime will not fall' bla bla bla - wrong again. This man is just a full fledged sectarian thug, he speaks about ba7rain hiring 'mercenaries' and forgets about the thousands of shabi7a the regime in Syria hired. What are the casualty figures in ba7rain ?? not even 100 person in one year, in Syria there is an official 10,000 killed which is ten times more than what his enemy-now-friend israel killed in 2006!!! not to mention the wounded, displaced, etc. Nasralah does not understand that in the great picture a suni-she3i war is not a joke and his weapons would be useless. How does anyone still listen to such a hypocrite is beyond me. His true sectarian colors are on display: suni blood does not count, she3i blood is holly which is the very same dogma that his israeli neo-tacit-allies believe in, jewish blood counts, non-jew does not.

Missing realist 31 March 2012, 00:49

If you are too brainwashed to listen to what this lunatic said then it is your problem, yes he did not want the Syrian forces to leave lebanon and predicted they would move to beka3 for "sini, sintein, allahu a3lam' were his exact words, didnt he also expect sweeping votcory in 09 elections?? The war in Syria is ALREADY sectarian, the perpetrators are 99 percent Alawis and the victims 99 percent sunis. The forces who support the regime are iran/iraq/hizbustan all she3as, is that a coincidence?? Russia is also worried about the sunis in their own backyard and thus the intersection of interests between all the above and israel fyi (unless you really believe israel is anti-bashar), either way, history moves fwd and this will only create delays, the fall of the regime is a mathematical certainty and the way to look at it is the opposite of what your nasralah says: the military solution of the REGIME has failed and not the other way around.

Missing realist 31 March 2012, 00:55

western courts are not like lebanese/syrian/northkorean/iranian courts, yes there is evidence that hizbula is involved to the teeth in assasinations and the "conspiracy" theories are the prime reason why the arabs like you are too brainwashed to wake up and smell the coffee. If the hizbustanies were innocent then they can prove so in a court of law and not from behind plasma screens. According to their "conspiracy" theory: the perpetrator is israel, the STL is israeli, and the victims are israel's agents!!! oo la la oo la la. If you dont believe in western democracy FT why the hell are you typing in english, you are clearly western educated! quit the inner conflicts and be honest with yourself, the Hizzies assasinated Amal folks back in the 80's , do you think they will hesitate to kill their suni foes? think again!

Missing lebcan 31 March 2012, 02:17

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwJ8cz46fEI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0dDT4JMpG4

Missing realist 30 March 2012, 21:03

The US does not attack Syria not cause it is weak Mr. Nasralah, (they attacked libya last year) but because bashar/hafez/rami-makhlouf are israel's dogs and golan heights protectors (not to mention mukhabarat's notorious palestine branch jail) and hence the americans/israelis are very hesitant to let go of him without ensuring the outcome. roo7 l3ab ghayra hassoon, nkashaftu.

Missing Perestroika 30 March 2012, 21:16

Exactement!!

Thumb benzona 30 March 2012, 22:21

http://94.108.237.125/

Default-user-icon Leo (Guest) 31 March 2012, 02:08

and this is an election year in US.

Missing Perestroika 30 March 2012, 21:12

bicharfkoun wen "Lebnen" bi kel 7adisso?
hasanzibowawa3,bonne analyse, bonne argumentation constructive!! je te félicite.

Default-user-icon Gebran Sons for Cedar Revolution II in 2013 (Guest) 30 March 2012, 21:21

What an idiot! Leading the great Shia community to the abyss of the Dark Ages. The Jews are creating/leading Google, Intel, Facebook, Microsoft and providing 30% of all Nobel Prices... and this guy is still fighting his imaginary wars and great satans while his community is slipping into misery and backwardness. What would Imam Saddr think of this idiot? Imam Saddr had one of the most constructive and productive mind and heart in the region; and this idiot has the most hateful and destructive spirit around; transforming Hizballahstan a desolate place where democracy and freedom never shine, where foreign corporations never invest, and where parades and brainwashed followers sound the empty echoes of another North Korea! What a human tragedy for wasting a promising future of the best Shia community in the world, turning them into more Basij and the like of Assad Shabiha! Wake up people!

Default-user-icon Leo (Guest) 31 March 2012, 02:14

He's an amuatur on the world stage and diffinently lacks political savy

Missing ulpianus 30 March 2012, 23:09

Dominating a country doesnt mean that you are "da3is 3ala ras hada" it means that rasak is still in the stone age when you use force to reach what you want, instead of education and diplomacy.

You can do this in Lebanon, because the other "sects"/"groups" whatever you want to call it choose to get cvilized after the last war, and thus, do not carry weapons anymore. Had you been living in Afghanistan, you wouldnt have been so strong, as you would have found the equivalence to you as an enemy.

(I wrote Groups above, because I dont think all the Shia agrees with you, and dont want to make it "sectarian discussion")

Missing ulpianus 30 March 2012, 23:09

* I meant dominating a country with weapons

Missing samiam 30 March 2012, 23:19

Anyone tell me how long he spoke--over/under is at 1 hour.

And seriously, does anyone believe what this guy says any more? He has lived in isolation for so long that he has lost his grip on reality.

Missing realist 31 March 2012, 00:59

lack of vitamin D does wonders lol

Default-user-icon the truth is always on the side of the opressed (Guest) 30 March 2012, 23:26

look who ever u are jew, sunni or christian i just want to say whats ur problem with muta2? u think u ar better than us when u have intimate relations whith ur mothers friend or ur friends wife or ur brother wife or when u open virgins destroying there chance to get married? well is obvious u people dont know nothing about pure girls ... so having relations at all the time all together what ever moment u want with who u want no matter if is good or cmoan harm someone making it like nothing without thinking. u call yourself better than us ???? having intimate relation is normal is something God created .... and muta3 is a legal contract between 2 persons and God is witness.

Default-user-icon the truth is always on the side of the opressed (Guest) 30 March 2012, 23:27

is always with divorced woman's, woman that had lost their husband , woman that are no longer virgins, those woman get beneficial things from it is something for something is a just affair is normal and is wise. . not with virgins who have all there life up ahead ... the bottom line is that we when practicing muta2 there are rules to abide them ,,,, we are responsible for that child if is made accidentally as we where married to that woman permanent .... they have to be from the people of the book and so many more reasons the thing is that we don't hurt anyone and no one get hurt ,,, what more of a perfect religion u want o mankind ?? u should convert to muslims and follow the teaching of ahlu el bayt not wasting time making nonsense arguments for nothing and speaking stupids thing when really you are speaking against you

Default-user-icon Habib Tabrizian (Guest) 30 March 2012, 23:30

I as an Iranian and the majority of my countrymen and women wish if only could having such social and political freedom, though not ideal but enough, which there are in Bahreini.
Nasrolah and his masters in Tehran have very delibrately idiologisationed
Anti-Americanism as an ideology, in such a way that it serve them as a profitable business in such a way that the more rooted Anti Amrican the more they earn of that.In this way Nasrolah and Khamane get to be the nannerer of the righteous leaders of people in a just and right CAUSE.

Missing realist 31 March 2012, 00:59

not for long and your days are numbered, ma bisi7 ila sa7i7 and you are a minority in the greater picture and this is why this lunatic is out on plasma to give his followers some hope. The days of teshbee7 are coming to an end. I also suggest you take the fire off the israeli flag: israel is your true genuine ally in the next phase.

Missing ulpianus 31 March 2012, 19:46

Flamethrower.

Your argument is totally Invalid.
Say that this sit that took part in the downtown would have happened in England, or in Italy or in Germany. After a couple of, say weeks to be generous, the authorities would have removed them for disruption of daily life, bznz etc etc.
What happened in Lebanon is, that BECAUSE OF their weopon the authorities did not dear to remove them, which is their legal right to do.
Second, saying that "they could have used their weopons" is like if I let you win a debate, and then I tell you; I could have killed you if I want. What kind of argument is this? you are not better than others because you dont commit a crime, you are expected to not commit crimes.
Beside, unfortunately they HAVE used the arms inside the country.

Missing realist 31 March 2012, 01:10

"it is true that there are some details and problems and that the security situation needs some time " this is the same as "next tuesday" .."khilsit" and all those "futile bets"..Nasrallah also warned against arming the opposition: which means the regime should be able to carry on his atrocities mercilessly and undeterred according to hasson until the "security situation" improves..these were the dreams of israel in south lebanon Mr. nasralah, ya hypocrite.

Missing karim_m 31 March 2012, 01:18

Seems like the February 14 Wahabis (which is funny, because they say Valentine's day is for infidels) are out in full force on Naharnet tonight. When they're not being terrorists or smelling like dog turd (which is few and far between), they're barking on the internet to please their terrorist Wahabi masters in Riyadh.

Take your palm tree revolution elsewhere, thanks.

Missing lebcan 31 March 2012, 02:36

Wahabi's... Most of the people making negative comments above about Hizbshitan and Nissi are not Wahabi followers! Im not! we are Muslims who follow the Quran & the Way of the Prophet (sws)... we don't follow stupid leaders when they don't make sense or are 'in our face hypocritical' ... SOME Shia Sheep just follow ... just because ...

Missing ReaLeb 31 March 2012, 03:56

I get embarrassed as a Lebanese every time this terrorist comes out of his rat hole.

Default-user-icon Enough (Guest) 31 March 2012, 07:16

Nasrallah's speeches are always the same, war mongering and fear mongering ... They are hollow words coming from a coward hiding in a bunker! You are the one whose survival depends on the Assad regime staying in control of Syria, but it is only a matter of time, all tyrants eventually fall.

Flamer, you really like defending this Irianing rat. You talk about a need to change sectarian politics and against foreign interference and then you back this thug? Nothing will ever change in Lebanon as long as Hezballa's weapons hold the people hostage.

Default-user-icon Mut3a (Guest) 31 March 2012, 13:36

It's Sharon wearing a turban

Default-user-icon The Truth (Guest) 31 March 2012, 15:05

If the government of Assad fell, the Mikati government would fall the same day.

The fake resistance should go resist and help their fellow arabs in Syria from being shelled and massacred by their own people. Syrian government killed more Arabs than Israel did in the 2006 war.

Thumb beiruti 31 March 2012, 16:43

He says, "the [Assad Regime's survival is in the interest of the country’s security and stability". Only if "the country" = Hezbollahstan. True Hezbully as it is currently configured as an armed brigade of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards - forward deployment in Lebanon/ Crime Syndicate par non/ drug running/diamond smuggling/usurper of the authority of the people of the Republic of Lebanon -- yes that "country's" security and stability is reliant upon the survival of its fellow Mafia State in Syria. But Lebnaon, no, Lebanon, the Republic, its security and stability is dependent upon the neighboring Mafia State's demise.
May it come soon.