Yazbek Slams Kabbara's 'Shameful Incitement, Insanity'
Head of Hizbullah's Juristic Committee Sheikh Mohammed Yazbek on Sunday hit back at Mustaqbal bloc MP Mohammed Kabbara without naming him, saying his remarks over the Baalbek clashes are “shameful” and “insane.”
“What happened (on Saturday) in the city of Baalbek is very painful and we have always warned against it and asked the state to shoulder its responsibilities,” Yazbek said at a commemoration ceremony in the Bekaa town of Hawsh al-Rafeqa.
At least three people, including a soldier, were killed and several others wounded after clashes broke out Saturday between Hizbullah members and al-Shiyyah clan following a dispute in Baalbek’s al-Qalaa marketplace.
“The attack and killings led us to what we openly reject and we are in dire need for 'firefighters' who can prevent the eruption of a sectarian or religious strife, as people have different ideas and viewpoints and they much respect each other,” the top Hizbullah official added.
Snapping back at Kabbara, without naming him, Yazbek said: “It is shameful when some resort to a rejected rhetoric by claiming that Sunnis are being oppressed and it is disgraceful when the insanity reaches some people who consider themselves to be officials in the Lebanese parliament.”
“Who is oppressing whom? How can this oppression be explained? There is a state that should be responsible for unveiling the circumstances of the incident,” Yazbek noted.
“We regret that this MP is launching remarks from the podiums of strife and incitement, as what happened was a dispute among the members of the same family, but some people want to fuel the fire and speak of oppression,” Yazbek added.
Reciting a statement issued by the Tripoli-based Islamic National Gathering on Saturday, Kabbara said: "We demand a security plan in Baalbek to protect the people against the terrorist party that conducted an attack to eradicate our people from the Bekaa.”
Separately, the Hizbullah official said the new cabinet has not been formed until the moment due to “the mentality of some parties,” noting that “it can be formed when there is a serious will and when we close ranks away from foreign interference and the Western and regional influences.”
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