Khalil: We no longer want to be an arena, but rather a strong state
Speaker Nabih Berri’s political aide MP Ali Hassan Khalil has said that Israel has failed to achieve victory in its war on Lebanon, although the country “lost a lot of leaders, icons, martyrs and infrastructure.”
“Israel can kill but it cannot triumph,” Khalil added, in an interview on Lebanon’s MTV.
“The army is the pillar of Resolution 1701’s implementation and we all emphasize the need to support it,” the MP went on to say.
Furthermore, he said that Resolution 1701 “was not properly implemented and what’s being implemented now is what we had demanded 18 years ago, whereas the Israelis kept occupying 15 border points and the Ghajar village while carrying out maritime and aerial violations.”
“We no longer want to be an arena, but rather a strong state, and the residents of the villages must listen to the army’s directives regarding return to the southern villages while the government must record the violations that the Israeli enemy is making,” Khalil added.
“We all will be in the service of the Lebanese Army to enable it to fully perform its role in the south and we have given all powers to the Lebanese Army without any reservations,” Berri’s aide said.
He also clarified that according to the ceasefire agreement, Israel “has no right to open fire or carry out airstrikes under any excuse.”
“Everything that they are saying has nothing to do with the agreement, and today (Thursday) their carried out very large violations, which confirms that they’re in a crisis,” Khalil added.
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Berri should focus on Article 24 of the Constitution which gives Christians half of parliament. Shiites are the majority of Lebanese. Racism is the decision to not have rule of law but instead mob rule.
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Interesting thought about mob rule. Given latest events one would know we’re getting out of mob Rule and into law and order one
We can only be a strong, democratic, secure and prosperous state by disarming all militias including Hizbollah, Amal and Palestinian camps and then adopting a neutral foreign policy or joining the Abraham accords. Let no one deceive you. Netanyahu kept Hizb arms only to prevent a 2-state solution and 2 stay in power. History will confirm that Hizbollah, Hamas and Al-Jazeera (Al-Dracula) are the biggest curse on Palestinians and Lebanese.