Hizbullah Threatens Arabs Who Accept Peace with Israel
Hizbullah on Thursday made an indirect threat targeting Arabs who accept peace with Israel
"There must be a review and reconsideration of stands against those who pursue with placing bets on a settlement that would legalize the Zionist occupation of Palestine," said Mohammed Raad, leader of Hizbullah”s parliamentary bloc.
"This option (peace with Israel) cannot be promoted in the Arab and Islamic worlds anymore," Raad told the opening session of the seventh pan-Arab Islamic conference in Beirut.
Raad”s remarks reflect Hizbullah”s rejection of the Arab peace initiative that the party”s second in command, Sheik Naim Qassem, had said it was "buried" after the war in Gaza.
"We, in Lebanon, have gone through an experience that our Palestinian Brethren had witnessed and benefitted from it in Gaza. Accumulation of experience would lead to more victories," Raad pledged.
Raad also vowed that "any imbecility that the Israeli enemy may commit in Lebanon would reflect badly on them."
"What we have prepared for the enemy is more than what its military commanders can imagine," Raad added.
"Safeguarding the resistance and its principles is a responsibility we all share. This requires fortifying our principles so that they do not divert," Raad explained.