No One Presented Us with an Alternative to Resistance
A senior Hizbullah member said Sunday there has never been an "alternative to resistance" to ward off the Israeli threats adding that the only other "option" was to seek the help of Israel”s allies.
"I have yet to hear of an alternative to the resistance," said MP Mohammed Raad during the inauguration of a Mosque in the town of Kfartibneet.
"I have heard of an option – not an alternative – to protect Lebanon. The option is to depend on Israel”s friends around the world to push it to stop threatening Lebanon," said Raad, who heads the Loyalty to the Resistance bloc in Parliament.
"The international alliances that some people are betting on to protect Lebanon are essentially based on states that we believe to be friendly and that want eliminate a strategy to … ensure Israel”s strategic superiority in the region… No one can convince us of the usefulness of such a bet," he added.
Raad told his audience that Lebanon has been coming under pressure "not to invest in its ground and fresh water resources."
"Israel can no longer forbid us from investing in our land, water and maybe we can see our airspace anymore," he said.
Raad also warned that Israel "is waiting for the right moment" to attack Lebanon.
He then reiterated the minority”s support for "a state built on partnership not monopoly of power."