Jumblat Warns against Discord, Urges Calm if Tribunal Decision was Cause for Internal Unrest
Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat warned that Israel is seeking to sow Sunni-Shiite discord in Lebanon and urged calm in the event that the international tribunal ruling was cause for internal unrest.
Jumblat, in an interview with Marcel Ghanem on LBCI TV”s Kalam el Nass talk show late Thursday, described as an "nuclear bomb" a report by the German weekly Der Spiegel implicating Hizbullah in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
"The relation between Der Spiegel magazine and Israel is known. Israel is seeking to sow Sunni-Shiite discord in Lebanon," Jumblat charged.
"But when the wise men led by MP Saad Hariri meet, we would spare Lebanon civil strife," he stressed.
Jumblat expressed concern in the event the ruling by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon implicated a domestic political party and urged Mustaqbal Movement leader to settle for the truth.
"I plead with MP Saad Hariri to simply find satisfaction in the truth if the court decision is to be cause for internal unrest," the Druze leader recommended, stressing that "the interests of the country are more important than the court ruling."