Jumblat Lays Syria Rebel Flag on Father's Tomb, Urges Dialogue in Lebanon
Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat on Friday saluted “the martyrs of the Arab Syrian revolution which will remain stronger than the tyrants,” on the 35th anniversary of the assassination of his father, Kamal Jumblat.
During a ceremony to commemorate his slain father in Baaqlin, Jumblat stressed the need for “democratic dialogue, no matter how sharp the political debate is in Lebanon,” noting that political quarreling “will get sharper.”
“Thirty-five years ago, nature raged and cried for Kamal Jumblat and for the hundreds who were assassinated as result of ignorance, malice and bigotry on that day, and today nature cries and rages again,” Jumblat said, referring to the stormy weather in Lebanon on Friday and to the vengeance killings against Christian residents of Mount Lebanon in the wake of Kamal Jumblat’s assassination.
“We closed up the wound with (former) Maronite patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir” in 2001, Jumblat added, in reference to the reconciliation achieved that year.
Jumblat also announced the end of his dispute with MP Marwan Hamadeh, saying “we closed up the wound.”
Speaking at the same ceremony in Baaqlin, his hometown, Hamadeh said “the bullets of the spiteful Syrian regime killed Kamal Jumblat.”
“The Druze of Syria are the heroes of the historic unity and the Druze had confronted the dictatorships in Syria,” he stressed.
“The Druze of Syria are confronting the conspiracy of detaching them from their environment,” Hamadeh said, calling on the Druze community in Syria not to “fall into the trap of the regime.”
“The Syrian people will not accept the repetition of another Deir Yassin massacre at the hands of Bashar al-Assad,” Hamadeh added.
Earlier on Friday, Jumblat placed the Syrian rebels’ flag on the grave of his father in al-Mukhtara.
"After 35 years, this is the day to tell the truth, to myself and to others ... Long live free Syria!" he said after placing the flag.
According to the National News Agency, a number of ministers and MPs were present during the commemoration.
Jumblat has become one of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s fiercest critics in Lebanon by continuously slamming the Syrian regime’s deadly crackdown on dissent.
The PSP had noted in a statement that the 35th assassination anniversary of its founder Kamal Jumblat would not be commemorated with a popular rally.
“The party will only head to the grave to place flowers,” the statement said.
Jumblat, who officially founded the PSP in 1949, was assassinated on March 16, 1977.
12 years
stupid.
12 years
what is a man, what has he got,if not himself then he has not
to say the things he truly feels and not the words of one who kneels
the record shows i took the blows
but did it MY WAy
12 years
lol someone is singing to jumblat
12 years
Don't anyone dare call this insincerely grieving two-legged beast a low life or a fake or a liar or a criminal or a multi-faced snake or an embodiment of filth or dishonorable or a monster or the collaborator with every enemy of Lebanon or perfidious or self-centered or disloyal or any other more befitting description along the same line. Don't you dare!
12 years
Bravo for Jumblatt. He will live the rest of his life on the side of good.
12 years
I look forward to the day when Jumblat stops speaking for the Druze, Hezb stops speaking for Shia, Harriri for Sunnis, and Gaegae/Aoun for Maronites and so on an so forth.
I look forward to the day when Lebanese look at leaders based on their ideas, patriotism, integrity and vision .... when will we become one people seeking national and sovereign goals?
12 years
i look foward to the day when naharnet cleans the garbage like you from it's comments section.
the only difference is that i will get my day soon and you will never
12 years
I applaud his position.
12 years
I applaud your stupidity.
12 years
of course you do.
only filthy zionist media terrorists can be retarded enough to applaud the position of jumblat, while everybody know that jumblat has no position.
12 years
If he knew the syrian killed his father, why did Jumblatt order the massacre and ethnic cleansing of hundreds of Christian villages as an act of revenge?
An why was he a syrian dog from 1976 to 2005?
12 years
very rare to see a brave couragous politician
12 years
Helicopter, many like us share the same dream
12 years
Thanks, I agree .... except for the ones that gave us thumbs down. These guys would rather see Lebanon as it is now divided by sect, by tribe and by loyalties to foreign countries. May they dwindle in numbers so we can have the Lebanon that fits into the 21st Century.
12 years
it's charming how zionists support each other and than thank each other for support.
why don't you guys stop hiding that you are gays?
12 years
yes take more pills and keep dreaming.
12 years
Neither muslims nor shia consider druze to be muslim. The druze themselves dont consider themselves to be muslim so what are you talking about? Druze are a seperate religion originating from ismailism wich is from the shiite religion. But today they arent shiites, they are a seperate religion.
12 years
Whatever they are called or considered, they are human beings and part of Lebanon. We proud of our Druze. Religion is poison.
12 years
Druze have always been counted as muslims in the Lebanese political system. Speaking of which are Alawis muslim? They used to believe totally different things in the past but were changed by the Assads to become more like muslims, read some history.
@Flamethrower: He mentions specifically the Christians killed as revenge for the assassination or are you too stupid to read the whole article?
12 years
10 timea the man hassan and bashar are
12 years
yeah he is a filthy dirty old fart without a turban
12 years
lol...the filthy zionist media terrorist has got late to work and he forgot the breiefing in which his bosses said "today we praise jumblat".
12 years
putting syrian flag on kamal's grave is an insult to kamal himself.
12 years
the filthy zionist media terrorists praise the jumblat because they got orders to do that, although they have no idea what exactly they are praising.
but that's normal for them. they never know what are they doing. they just obey and follow. just like hitlerjugend until the end.
Wow is that brave or stupid?Or may be both.Good luck any way.