Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem said that Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations aim to legitimize the Israeli occupation instead of liberating the Palestinian territories.
 
Speaking during a ceremony held by Hezbollah in Baalbeck, Sheikh Qassem called a heresy the belief that Lebanon’s strength lies in its weakness and diplomatic relations, adding that this outlook has been dropped and replaced with one that states that Lebanon’s strength is in its Resistance, army, people and diplomatic ties.
 
Efforts are being made to strengthen the Resistance and the army by supplying both with more weapons and recruits, his eminence said, adding that the Lebanese people are being reinforced through consensus building and preparations to confront Israeli threats.
 
For his part, Hezbollah Minister Mohamad Fneish said that Lebanon should benefit from the Resistance, the army as well as diplomatic efforts.
 
Speaking to News Website ‘NowLebanon’, Fneish noted that parties should not focus on the Resistance’s arms. “Whoever discusses disarming the Resistance does not want to defend Lebanon,” he said.
 
According to Fneish, the summit meeting that joined Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah with Syrian President Bashar Assad and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Damascus last month was a “clear warning to Israel.”