Jumblat Warns of Israeli “Revenge;” Calls for Adherence to Taef
MP Walid Jumblat said Lebanon must remain alert to the Israeli dangers warning that Israel has not accepted its defeat in the Second Lebanon War and will seek "revenge one way or the other."
"Despite all the divisions or disagreements in explaining the underlying causes of the war and its circumstances, it remains (a fact) that the resistance scored a victory in the face of the Israeli occupation," Jumblat told al-Anbaa weekly newspaper.
"On the third anniversary of the July war, we must remain vigilant and alert because Israel will not accept defeat," Jumblat.
"It will seek revenge one way or the other to strike the resistance and the Lebanese steadfastness," he said.
Jumblat pointed to Israel”s daily breaches of Lebanon”s sovereignty and of U.N. Resolution 1701.
The Druze leader said Lebanon must return "the Taef accord, which lays the foundations for political partnership and power-sharing and calls for distinguished Lebanese-Syrian ties."
He also called for adherence to a truce agreement with Israel "under which the state of war is frozen" and for the continued "rejection of normalization and settlement with Israel."
"Let Lebanon be a model state for Arabs who signed peace deals with Israel serving only to weaken the Arab world and limit its ability to confront" the Israeli threats.
On another note, Jumblat said recent the reconciliation in the mountain "bolstered the positive climates," which have been prevailing in Lebanon.
He voiced hope for "a broader reconciliation" and said the future carried "international and regional changes requiring an in-depth analysis due to their possible impact on Lebanon."
On the government formation, Jumblat criticized members of the majority and the opposition alike for "dictating the premier-designate and inventing cabinet formulas."
"He does not need bids as much as he needs real political support from all sides to facilitate the formation," Jumblat added.