Jumblat: The Syrian Regime Fall Will Not Result in Hizbullah Handing Over Their Weapons

by Naharnet Newsdesk over 13 years

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Jumblat: The most important step to prevent Jordan from being a Palestinian homeland is reconciliation. Israel arrived to a dead end. over 13 years

Jumblat: al-Azhar document is excellent because it respects diversity. The procrastination of the military council in Egypt is a problem. We want a civilian official even if he was an Islamist. over 13 years

Jumblat: We said that the security of Lebanon is that of Syria’s, and this is why we call for dialog. We still support the Palestinian cause and we still refuse these crazy Israelis. over 13 years

Jumblat: What is the problem if I nominate a Christian candidate who is not Lebanese Forces or FPM. The Christians should not be limited to two teams. over 13 years

Jumblat: I do not want to disagree with anyone during the elections. I will be allied with my convictions. MP Marwan Hamadeh is a lifetime friend. over 13 years

Jumblat: I believe that we should remain with the Doha agreement with regards to the electoral law. Relativity is rejected as it is being discussed today. Patriarch Bechara Rahi’s speech is excellent. over 13 years

Jumblat: There are no meetings with Lebanese Forces Leader Samir Geagea since each one has his own political position. I called him on New Year’s eve. over 13 years

Jumblat: I will honor former PM Rafiq Hariri and the martyrs in 14 February. I will not go back to March 14. It is not true that the closer the Syrian regime comes to collapsing, the closer I come to March 14. over 13 years

Jumblat: I do not regret that along with PM Miqati I eased the tension in the country. I have relations with former PM Saad Hariri. I am proud that I was in the Cedars’ Revolution. My relationship with Hariri is personal and I hope that he will accept Hizbullah’s weapons as a means to confront Israel. over 13 years

Jumblat: I am allied with President Suleiman, PM Najib Miqati, Free Patriotic Movement, Hizbullah, and Minister Suleiman Franjieh. This team is Lebanon’s salvation at the moment. over 13 years

Jumblat: I was in favor of giving President Suleiman jurisdiction in the government. over 13 years

Jumblat: I will remain allied with PM Miqati, and I do not regret that i voted for him. over 13 years

Jumblat: MP Michel Aoun has no right to insult the martyrs since they are the ones who brought him back from his exile. over 13 years

Jumblat: Let us put Alice Chebtini as the head of the Supreme Judicial Council because she has seniority. over 13 years

Jumblat: Nobody is obstructing Energy Minister Gebran Bassil's plan. over 13 years

Jumblat: It is crazy to bet that the fall of the Syrian regime will result in Hizbullah handing over its weapons. over 13 years

Jumblat: We should talk with Aoun in order to solve things quietly in the government. The Prime Minister and the President’s roles cannot be eliminated. over 13 years

Jumblat: We must be firm in stating that Israel is the enemy and we should have dialog with the resistance for gradual absorption. The Taef accord must be implemented. over 13 years

Jumblat: I hope that former PM Saad Hariri is working for a political solution in Syria. over 13 years

Jumblat: It is important to realize that the weapons are a necessity to defend Lebanon. Dialog is a necessity to deter the internal security incidents. over 13 years

Jumblat: Let us switch from the “people, army, and resistance” slogan to the “State of Resistance” as Hizbullah Chief suggested in 2006 on the dialog table. over 13 years

Jumblat: Weapons in Lebanon should be directed externally and to fix it as a line of defense for Lebanon. over 13 years

Jumblat: if there is anybody sane in Syria, I beg them to agree to the Arab initiative. over 13 years

Jumblat: Erdogan urged Assad to make reforms, but he did not listen. over 13 years

Jumblat: I was first who questioned about the STL work, but the tribunal has taken its course. What is happening today in Syria, makes the STL a minor issue. over 13 years

Jumblat: The fate of Syria is on the line the past issues have ended. I said that i have forgiven but have not forgotten. over 13 years

Jumblatt: Assad should say that the "United" Syria is more important than any position in power. over 13 years

Jumblat: Nobody delivered a message from assad to me. I appealed to him to make political reforms. 40 years in power are enough. The oppressed want freedom. over 13 years

Jumblat: The people want freedom. If they choose the Islamists to represent them, then why wouldn't the Syrian people have what they want? over 13 years

Jumblat: It appears that they are working at the U.N. Security Council on a political solution. Nobody can claim victory over their people through the military. over 13 years

Jumblat: International military intervention would reflect chaos between Lebanon and Syria. over 13 years

Jumblat:Jumblatt: Continuation of the use of weapons may put an end to the national unity in Syria. I salute the Alawite activists who stated that they want a new regime and want to put an end to oppression because Syria is not sectarian. over 13 years

Jumblat: Syria is not Libya, and a military intervention is impossible over 13 years

Jumblat: The Syrian army is not being used where it should be. The political solution is the best. Assad should declare a cease of violence, release the detainees, abolish article 8 of the constitution and to have elections. over 13 years

Jumblat: You cannot convince the Syrian citizen in Huran or any other region that there are reforms while blood is being spilled. Cease-fire should occur. Even when the observer group went to Syria, a cease-fire did not happen. over 13 years

Jumblat: Assad has cut ties with everyone and made Syria suffer today. We reconciled with the Syrian regime and the Syrian people. I am with the people, but also with a political solution for Syria's unity and Lebanon's stability. over 13 years

Jumblat: I met with Minister Lavrov On July 20, 2011 and asked him to urge Syrian President Bashar Assad on reform and told him that Syria is on the verge of war. over 13 years

Jumblat when asked about his assassination attempt: I prefer to have the security services talk about this among themselves and we should remove the issue of attempted assassinations from public debate. over 13 years

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat to LBC: If MP Nassib Lahoud was heard earlier, we would not have arrived to what we did today. He was the first to believe in the Arab Spring. over 13 years

Progressive Socialist Party MP Walid Jumblat said Thursday that the fall of the Syrian regime will not result in Hizbollah handing over their weapons, and insisted on the adoption of a “political solution” in Syria rejecting a military intervention.

“It is crazy to bet that the fall of the Syrian regime will result in Hizbullah handing over its weapons,” he said during a talk show on LBC.

Jumblat added: “Assad has cut ties with everyone and made Syria suffer today.”

He stressed on the need to cease fire in Syria and to adopt a political solution.

“The political solution is the best.” Jumblatt said.

He pleaded with the Syrian President Bashar Assad to “declare a cease of violence, release the detainees, abolish article 8 of the constitution and to have elections.”

“You cannot convince the Syrian citizen in Huran or any other region that there are reforms while blood is being spilled,” Jumblat said, adding that “even when the observer group went to Syria, a cease-fire did not happen.”

The PSP leader rejected a military intervention which would cause “chaos in Lebanon and Syria.”

When asked about the Lebanese issues, Jumblatt said that “we must be firm in stating that Israel is the enemy and we should have dialog with the resistance for gradual absorption.”

He called for switching from the “people, army, and resistance” slogan to the “ State of resistance, as Hizbullah Chief Hassan Nasrallah suggested in 2006 on the dialog table.”

When asked about the administrative appointments, Jumblat asked to talk with FPM leader MP Michel Aoun “in order to solve things quietly in the government.”

He added: “Let us put Alice Chebtini as the head of the Supreme Judicial Council because she has seniority.”

When asked about his alliance with March 14 Jumblatt stated that “I am allied with President Suleiman, PM Najib Miqati, Free Patriotic Movement, Hizbullah, and Minister Suleiman Franjieh, since this team is Lebanon’s salvation at the moment.”

“I will not go back to March 14, and it is not true that the closer the Syrian regime comes to collapsing, the closer I come to March 14,” he added.

The PSP leader slammed Aoun for insulting the martyrs in his previous statements stating that “they were the ones who brought him back from his exile.”

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Comments 25

shab over 13 years

Strange guy

jabalamel over 13 years

almost half and hour on syria. and just one reference on electricity with nothing really said.

are you lebanese or what? go to syria if you are so obsessed with them.

idiot.

Sigma Dellio (Guest) over 13 years

Flip. Flop. Flip. Flop. Flip. Flop.... and so are the jerks who glorify this low life creep.

LebExile (Guest) over 13 years

Jaballooteh, why dont you take your own advice and go to Iran since you are so obsessed with them.

idiot

Leb (Guest) over 13 years

Chameleon and nothing else...

mansour over 13 years

why no military intervention in syria? it was ok for Syria to come into lebanon under military intervention of the arab league ,though when the rest left somehow Syria stayed to protect the christains,who actucally started illing kidnapping and raping our peopele.Whats happening now in Syria is what i call Gods judgement and it is sweeping across the arab world like fire dont worry you all will BURN.

Chupachups over 13 years

All that shab, Jabalamel, cookie mosnter, and mansour said i actually agree with one way or another.... strange day.

liberty over 13 years

An untrustworthy individual who has lost all credibility, motivated only by deep sectarian and personal interests. Actually, quite boring to even listen to him.......

reest (Guest) over 13 years

hi!!!

sikoflebanon over 13 years

bah, he'll change his mind tomorrow
what's unfortunate is that the press keeps covering what he says
if they had any respect for themselves, journalists/reporters should have stopped covering anything coming from such inconsistent figures. But i guess lebanese newspapers will be white pages bottom to end. which I think will make me buy them for once, they'd be better for cleaning glass.

Horus (Guest) over 13 years

When are we going to forget weapons for Israel and Syria and start concetrating on employement, health, education and prosperity.

The Truth (Guest) over 13 years

He plays the game very well and that's why he's survived this long and has more political weight in Lebanon than he should logically.

trueself (Guest) over 13 years

I simply disagree with Jumblat on the issue of handing over the weapons of Hezbullah as and when the Syrian regime is toppled. If the Syrian regime is toppled, the Sinnis in Syria will take over and will establish closer ties with their counterparts in Lebanon through the Saudis. This will bring back Harriri to Lebanon triumphantly. It is then that thinks will start going downhill for Huzbullah which would start negotiating with the Sinnis for gradual handing of their weapons. Jumblat this time has disappointed me because I always thought he had a piercing forcast of the future! on the other hand, it's too early to predict if the regime in Syria will fall! If the army in there is still intact and yesterday's modified UN resolution on Syria ignored mentioned departure Assad, then we are here for many surprises. My gut feeling is: USA and Israel don't want Assad to leave. They want to weaken him to the extent of letting him beg for their help.

jabalamel over 13 years

the filthy zionist information war department still hallucinate about military intervention in syria

mansour over 13 years

jabalamel that picture you have suits you well,as the empire thought he was winning but to only find out at the end he was doomed from the start.I say to you prepare yourself for the bad news cause i dont care really what happens in syria as long as there misery is long.Thank you

mansour over 13 years

jcamerican you poor misguided mammal JUMPBLATT only switched sides cause there was a gun to his head so get your facts right,he is scared of his own shadow.But he has made his last jump if he tires to jump again his a dead man.

jcamerican over 13 years

I guess your leaders didn't get to that part yet, meaning gun pointed at their empty heads. Eventually it will happen if they keep barking.

Zen (Guest) over 13 years

opinions are like assholes, everyone's got one. i don't think there is a better example of this saying in the world than in lebanon. what a shame.

peace over 13 years

what a clever man! who ever thought that hezb would give its arms? hezb will never disarm, always an excuse to keep them.
if bashar falls hezb will take over lebanon. the best defense is attack...it will also sign the beginning of their end....

sophia_angle over 13 years

I know he changes directions a lot but I can't deny that he is a very clever guy....

allouchi over 13 years

After the Syrian regime falls, The Lebanese army, people and all free democratic people will have to disarm Hizb by force if necessary. Arms outside the state is no longer tolerable.

jcamerican over 13 years

You sound like a recorder. Good luck to you and what army.

Kamboi (Guest) over 13 years

The only way Hezbo will hand their weapons is when the Mullahs regine in Iran falls. Nothing else matters.

solfEremmoole (Guest) 13 years

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Rudolph (Guest) 13 years

reading these comments about how you're hoping to disarm the hezb makes me feel like im in Israel, because thats what every Israeli would hope for...but in the end wishful thinking never gets ppl anywhere