Lebanon is caught in a cycle of threats. And it is our duty to be strong and capable of defending our country. But we will not clarify or explain what we do or do not possess.
Meaning of the quote
Lebanon is in a lot of trouble and facing many dangers. The people of Lebanon need to be strong and ready to protect their country. But they won't tell anyone what they have or don't have to do this.
About Hassan Nasrallah
Hassan Nasrallah is a prominent Lebanese cleric and the secretary-general of Hezbollah, a powerful Shia Islamist political party and militant group. He has played a significant role in the region’s politics and conflicts, notably leading Hezbollah’s resistance against the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon and involvement in the Syrian civil war.
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In man – in the history of mankind, this has happened many times, and occupation leaders hang on to the land that they’re occupying. People fight to liberate their land. But in the end, the people’s will is what achieves victory.
Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024
The ones who were negotiating are now on the front line of this intifada, because they found that the negotiations didn’t give them the minimum of their rights.
Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024
If you are asking for my point of view, I would say that the Palestinians should go back to Palestine.
Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024
If you want my opinion, I say that this is a state based on occupation, that has usurped the rights of others.
Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024
What is being talked about now is the probability of the Sharon government launching an attack against Lebanon to eliminate the resistance of Hezbollah by using the American war against Iraq. But, of course, in this case, we will certainly fight with all our strength.
Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024
You can look at the West Bank. Cities are like prisons. They can be closed quickly by the Israeli forces, and everything stops in these cities. This is the result of Oslo.
Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024
We did not start a fight with America, and we don’t want a war with America. If someone launches an attack, though, we will respond. We will not take rejection or humiliation. We do not want to fight.
Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024
Would you allow a people to come from somewhere else and occupy a part of the United States, and set up an independent state, and, after 50 years, you would not be able to stay on this land?
Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024
In the end, we are part of this region, and we are affected by its developments. What we may do or not do in the future depends on the nature of what happens here in the region.
Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024
On this land, Muslims, Christians and Jews can coexist together, as they have – as they had for the – for hundreds of years in the framework of a democratic state.
Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024
It’s not the first time that I speak with American journalists. I’ve had meetings with many different newspapers and stations, and I’ve ha – never had a problem with meeting with American journalists.
Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024
However, they did not treat the reasons that led to this condition. I believe that the conditions in the Palestinian territories are alway capable of explosion because the same circumstances are there.
Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024
I believe that Palestine is an occupied land from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River, and this is the right of the entire Palestinian people, this land.
Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024
Among them, there were Muslims, Christians, and Jews living together. But then violent organizations came, bringing with them many large groups of people from various parts of the world to Palestine.
Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024
When a peace agreement is concluded between the Lebanese government and Israel, we would surely disagree with the Lebanese government about that, but we would not make any turmoil out of it.
Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024
Force is the duty of the state, not Hizbullah.
Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024
The Palestinian must stop throwing stones, and the Israelis must stop firing rockets. And in the view of the Sharm el-Sheikh summit, rockets are equal to stones.
Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024
That is why if Lebanon concludes a peace agreement with Israel and brings that accord to the Parliament our deputies will reject it; Hezbollah refuses any conciliation with Israel in principle.
Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024
Lebanon is caught in a cycle of threats. And it is our duty to be strong and capable of defending our country. But we will not clarify or explain what we do or do not possess.
Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024
I am against any reconciliation with Israel.
Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024
The problem is we disagree about the origin. Is this occupied land or not?
Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024
However, there is no legal and legitimate state called Israel.
Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024
Israel remains a foreign body in this large area, and it always proved that it is unable to coexist with this environment, because the, the scope of the massacres that it has committed does not permit it to coexist.
Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024