Qaouq: We Reject Any Policy Statement that Satisfies Israel
Deputy head of Hizbullah's Executive Council Sheikh Nabil Qaouq on Sunday stressed that the party will “reject any ministerial policy statement that would satisfy Israel.”
“We reject any ministerial policy statement that would satisfy Israel because we don't want to give up the reason behind Lebanon's strength, which is the resistance,” Qaouq said during a memorial service in the southern town of Houla.
“We are ready to bear all forms of insults and incitement because the issue is not related to a certain party, movement, region or sect, but rather to the country's dignity,” he added.
“We will not impose dignity on those who don't want it, but we won't allow that Lebanon's strength be given up in the face of Israeli threats,” the top Hizbullah official said.
He noted that “the resistance's strength, its growing capabilities and its decision's courage are what deterring Israel from taking advantage of the Syrian crisis to carry out an aggression against Lebanon, not the statements of the March 14 camp.”
“The only thing that has humiliated and insulted the Israeli army since 1948 until today is the resistance and not anything else, as who can guarantee Israel's intentions against Lebanon should we give up Lebanon's strength and the resistance?” Qaouq added.
He pointed out that the resistance did not ask the government for “any political cover for its role in Syria, but rather for a strong national stance in the face of Israel.”
“The policy statement must represent a message of strength, invincibility, potency and pride for the country against all takfiri and Israeli threats and must not represent a message of reassurance to Israel,” Qaouq underlined.
“Our stance is clear following the provocations, statements and media and political tensions that happened. Those who support the resistance will gain more dignity, pride and honor and those who don't want to support it will only gain further repentance while those who want to target it will only gain further disappointment,” he emphasized.
“We are not people who would give up a single iota of the resistance's dignity or who would allow an attack on any of its letters,” Qaouq pledged.
On Saturday, Hizbullah and President Michel Suleiman were at loggerheads over the president's recent statement concerning the cabinet's policy statement.
Suleiman said Friday that the land, people and common values formed the country's “permanent equation,” describing the people-army-resistance equation as “wooden” or outdated.
Hizbullah was quick to hit back at Suleiman, accusing him on Saturday of not being able to differentiate between “what's golden and what's wooden.”
On Friday, the committee drafting the ministerial policy statement failed anew to reach an agreement on the clause related to resisting Israel as the March 14 forces insisted on “the state's authority over everything.”
The committee's meeting was the seventh since Prime Minister Tammam Salam's cabinet was formed around two weeks ago.
The panel will hold a new session at the Grand Serail on Monday.
Salam has announced that his government's mission is combating terrorism and preparing for the upcoming presidential election.
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