Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat on Wednesday lashed out at the rulers of Arab countries and their stance on the relentless Israeli assault against the Gaza Strip, noting that “the human remains of martyrs will fire back at them all.”

Jumblat also blasted the stances of Russia, the United States, Germany, Iran and France.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat visited Beirut's Southern suburbs recently in a first-of-its-kind move after Hizbullah engaged in the war raging in the neighboring country Syria.

Jumblat visited Dahiyeh to offer condolences to Hizbullah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's political adviser Hajj Hussein Khalil on the death of his mother, As Safir newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Tammam Salam stated that he postponed last week's cabinet session to this week in order to allow ministers to resolve their differences without any pressure, reported An Nahar daily on Tuesday.

He told the daily: “This week's session is a test to determine the true intentions of the ministers and determine whether they want the government to function.”

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said Monday that “news of attacks on Christians and their churches and monasteries in Syria and Iraq, the last of which at Mosul's Saint Behnam, are heartbreaking” because they seek to “uproot civilizations from their land.”

“The LF, whose name has been associated with confronting tyranny, condemns in the strongest terms the attacks on Christians, wherever they may happen and whichever side they may come from,” Geagea said in a statement.

Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat stressed the need for the election of a president who is “not provocative” to another political camp, reported al-Mustaqbal newspaper on Monday.

He told the daily: “Christians must realize the difficulty of Free Patriotic Movement MP Michel Aoun or Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea's election as president.”

Negotiations between AMAL and al-Mustaqbal movements over the country's financial crisis failed to reach a breakthrough as the two parties insisted on their stance despite a mediation led by the Progressive Socialist Party.

Speaker Nabih Berri defended on Saturday his adviser, Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil, stressing that he insists on the endorsement of a spending decree at the parliament to pay the salaries of public employees.

Speaker Nabih Berri expressed regret on Friday over the ongoing political crises, stressing that lawmakers are expected to assume their responsibilities if they expect to be paid their salaries.

“The don't want the parliament to convene, they don't want to elect a new president nor endorse draft-laws... Does the parliament only exist for MPs to be paid salaries?” Berri wondered in comments published in several local newspapers.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat denied on Wednesday media reports that claimed that his Democratic Gathering bloc was willing to withdraw the presidential nomination of MP Henri Helou, deeming such reports as “inaccurate”.

He said in a statement: “Local and regional developments have demonstrated that we need to commit to this nomination now more than ever.”

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat has said he was ready to pull the candidacy of Aley lawmaker Henri Helou if the other candidates decided to do so in an attempt to resolve the country's presidential deadlock.

In remarks to As Safir newspaper published on Tuesday, Jumblat said: “We should seek to safeguard the country by placing the nation's interest before any other interest.”

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat condemned on Monday the Israeli assault against the Palestinian Gaza Strip, demanding that efforts be exerted to reach a ceasefire.

He said in his weekly editorial in the PSP-affiliated al-Anbaa website: “Now is not the time to settle scores with Hamas and other Palestinian factions, but we should unite behind the Palestinian sacrifices.”