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Hizbullah Calls for Comprehensive Plan to Fight Israeli Spying

Hizbullah lawmakers urged the authorities on Thursday to adopt a comprehensive plan to prevent Israel from violating Lebanon's sovereignty after news broke of the Jewish State's installation of spying stations along its border with southern Lebanon.

The Israeli move “constitutes a national challenge and a disgrace,” members of the Loyalty to the Resistance parliamentary bloc said after their weekly meeting.

The stations pose a great danger on Lebanon's security and the privacy of the Lebanese, the bloc said in a statement read by MP Hassan Fadlallah.

The statement added that “there should be an official mobilization … to come up with a comprehensive plan to prevent the enemy through all means from violating the sovereignty of Lebanon and the security of the Lebanese.”

The Hizbullah MPs reiterated their accusation that their rivals from al-Mustaqbal movement were imposing conditions on Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam, causing the failure to form the new government.

They said al-Mustaqbal's attempts will not be successful.

“The formation of an all-embracing political government has become more than just a necessity in these circumstances,” said the statement.

The Hizbullah-led March 8 alliance and the March 14 coalition are exchanging accusations on causing the vacuum in the executive authority. Hizbullah wants a cabinet made up of the rival factions, but al-Mustaqbal is calling for the withdrawal of the party's fighters from Syria as a condition for such a government.

Fadlallah called for an end to the attempts to paralyze the role of the army, accusing al-Mustaqbal of being behind the deteriorating security situation in the northern city of Tripoli.

“The security chaos in Tripoli is the direct result of the instigation approach adopted by al-Mustaqbal movement and the March 14” alliance, he said.

The statement of the Loyalty to the Resistance bloc also slammed U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry over recent remarks he made on Hizbullah during his visit to Saudi Arabia.

"The party should not be allowed to determine the future of Lebanon,” Kerry said Monday after meeting with his Saudi counterpart Prince Saud al-Faisal.

Fadlallah “condemned” his remarks, describing them as “an arrogant interference” in local affairs.


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