Netanyahu: Tyranny Imposed Hizbullah’s Medieval Rule on Lebanon
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has hailed the "courageous Arab protestors" battling tyranny which has inflicted “the medieval rule of Hizbullah” on Lebanon.
"The brief democratic spring in Iran was cut short by a ferocious and unforgiving tyranny. This same tyranny smothered Lebanon's democratic Cedar Revolution,” Netanyahu said in an address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Tuesday.
He was referring to the movement that started after the assassination of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri which drew Syrian forces out of Lebanon in April 2005.
According to the Israeli prime minister, that same tyranny “inflicted on that long-suffering country (Lebanon) the medieval rule of Hizbullah.”
"An epic battle is now unfolding in the Middle East, between tyranny and freedom. A great convulsion is shaking the earth from the Khyber Pass to the Straits of Gibraltar," he said.
The Middle East stands at a "fateful crossroads," with pro-democracy revolutions shaking Arab nations which hold "the promise of a new dawn of freedom and opportunity," the Israeli premier said in a speech punctuated by warm applause and standing ovations.
"Yet, as we share their hopes, we must also remember that those hopes could be snuffed out as they were in Tehran in 1979," he said, referring to the revolution that deposed the shah but brought in a strict Islamic republic.(AFP-Naharnet)
almost 13 years
The pot calling the kettle black. Though I agree by all means that Hizb-Nasrallah have turned from the Samurai of the Middle-East into a bona fide terrorist organization in these past 5 years, what, pray you, has Israel been doing with the Palestinians for over 60 years now? If Mr. Netanyahoo thinks the creation of the Islamic Republic of Iran was bad for the world, surely he must think of all the repercussions of the creation of the State of Israel, and how much death, war, misery and suffering that has caused in the entire world. While Ahmadinajad has so far only been emptily threatening to "wipe Israel off of the page of time", Israel have been proactively pursuing their policy of genocide of the Palestinian people for well over half a century.
almost 13 years
He is another M14 Hypocrite. Look who is talking about tyranny.
almost 13 years
This guy "BB" was a terrorist way before Nasrallah took on that career for himself! What is happening in Lebanon is none of his business or Assad or Ahmadinejad or Obama,... It is to the Lebanese people to sort things out and live in hrmony... once and for all
almost 13 years
I guess the Zionist are responsible for creating terrorists like Nassralah and Binladen. All are trouble for the region, wheather a corrupted zionist or iranian terrorist. People are already sick of these war criminals.
almost 13 years
Netanyahu is still in mourning over the loss of Mubarek.
He is right !