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.

Meaning of the quote

The quote suggests that the issues in the Palestinian territories are not being properly addressed. It suggests that the underlying causes of the problems are still present, which makes the situation volatile and likely to erupt into conflict again. The speaker believes that the core issues that led to the current conditions have not been resolved, so the problems in the region are likely to continue or even worsen.

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.

Hassan Nasrallah

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.

Hassan Nasrallah

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.

Hassan Nasrallah

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.

Hassan Nasrallah

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.

Hassan Nasrallah

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.

Hassan Nasrallah

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.

Hassan Nasrallah

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?

Hassan Nasrallah

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.

Hassan Nasrallah

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.

Hassan Nasrallah

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.

Hassan Nasrallah

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.

Hassan Nasrallah

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.

Hassan Nasrallah

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.

Hassan Nasrallah

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.

Hassan Nasrallah

Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024

Force is the duty of the state, not Hizbullah.

Hassan Nasrallah

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.

Hassan Nasrallah

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.

Hassan Nasrallah

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.

Hassan Nasrallah

Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024

I am against any reconciliation with Israel.

Hassan Nasrallah

Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024

The problem is we disagree about the origin. Is this occupied land or not?

Hassan Nasrallah

Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024

However, there is no legal and legitimate state called Israel.

Hassan Nasrallah

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.

Hassan Nasrallah

Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024