Nasrallah Says This Week Decisive on Govt., Criticizes Port Blast Probe

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Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Monday said decisive meetings will be held this week regarding the issue of the new government, as he criticized the course of the probe into the catastrophic 2020 explosion at the port of Beirut.

“These days are supposed to be decisive regarding the cabinet formation issue and the meetings that will be held today, tomorrow and Wednesday can make things clearer,” Nasrallah said in a televised address.

“There is a system crisis in Lebanon and the governmental crisis is a reflection of this crisis. There is also a political crisis, rampant corruption, thefts and monopolization,” he added.

Lashing out at Washington, Nasrallah accused the United States of “imposing a siege on Lebanon and preventing any help from the world.”

“The U.S. ambassador is shedding crocodile tears over the Lebanese,” Nasrallah added.

Turning to the issue of the port blast probe, Hizbullah’s leader voiced concerns and regretted that those summoned Friday by Judge Tarek al-Bitar “knew that they were being summoned from the media.”

“Justice is still distant and the truth is still concealed,” Nasrallah lamented, reminding that he had called on Bitar’s predecessor, Judge Fadi Sawwan, to publish the technical findings of the investigation and to say whether Hizbullah had any weapons at the port at the time of the blast.

“We reject any political exploitation of the Beirut port blast investigation,” Nasrallah went on to say.

On Friday, state-run National News Agency said Bitar had summoned outgoing premier Hassan Diab and taken steps towards indicting several former ministers and incumbent and ex-security officials over the explosion. Three of the former ministers that Bitar will act against are members of parties that are allied with Hizbullah. The judge also intends to prosecute General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim, who is also considered to be close to Hizbullah.

A similar move led to Bitar's predecessor being thrown off the case in February, after causing an uproar among the political elite for issuing charges against Diab and former cabinet ministers.

Timeline
  • 05 July 2021, 17:23

    Nasrallah: We reject any political exploitation of the Beirut port blast investigation.

  • 05 July 2021, 17:16

    Nasrallah on port blast case: Justice is still distant and the truth is still concealed.

  • 05 July 2021, 17:15

    Nasrallah: These are decisive days regarding the new government.

  • 05 July 2021, 17:14

    Nasrallah: It is regrettable for those summoned in the port blast case to know that they are being summoned from the media.

  • 05 July 2021, 17:13

    Nasrallah: Major companies want to invest in Lebanon without costing the Lebanese state anything, but they are being told "No" because some are afraid of the Americans.

  • 05 July 2021, 17:06

    Nasrallah: There is a system crisis in Lebanon and the governmental crisis is a reflection of this crisis. There is also a political crisis, rampant corruption, thefts and monopolization.

  • 05 July 2021, 17:05

    Nasrallah: The U.S. ambassador is shedding crocodile tears over the Lebanese.

  • 05 July 2021, 17:03

    Nasrallah: The U.S. policy is imposing a siege on Lebanon and preventing any help from the world.

  • 05 July 2021, 16:59

    Nasrallah: Israel will reconsider its calculations when it gets convinced that its threatening of Islamic and Christian holy sites will lead to a regional war.

  • 05 July 2021, 16:40

    Nasrallah: There is major improvement in the capabilities of the Axis of Resistance.

  • 05 July 2021, 16:39

    Nasrallah: The Sword of Jerusalem Battle has made Jerusalem closer than ever.

  • 05 July 2021, 16:26

    Nasrallah said the Axis of Resistance is "confronting U.S. hegemony, the U.S. occupation of Iraq, its aggression against al-Hashed al-Shaabi and its occupation of eastern Syria."

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Comments 14
Thumb EagleDawn 05 July 2021, 16:38

The day this evil iranian sectarian terrorist is brutally and violently murdered is the day we celebrate our true independence.

Thumb i.report 05 July 2021, 16:44

Words of wisdom eagledawn, God bless.

Thumb i.report 05 July 2021, 16:45

Hallelujah!

Thumb janoubi 05 July 2021, 16:46

بالفيديو: عيد فاخر لإبنة مسؤول في «حزب الله»..والشيعة يجوعون!

إنتشر اليوم مقطع فيديو يظهر فتاة تدعى زهراء، ووفق معلومات لـ”جنوبية” انها ابنة الشيخ عباس الحركة وهو مسؤول “حزب الله” في قطاع برج البراجنة، وتحتفل بعيد ميلادها على يخت وبقالب حلوى فاخر، في حين يسود الجوع غالبية المناطق الشيعية ولا سيما منطقة البرج والضاحية حيث يعم القهر والفاقة.

https://janoubia.com/2021/07/04/بالفيديو-عيد-فاخر-لإبنة-مسؤول-في-حزب-ا/

Thumb janoubi 05 July 2021, 16:48

السيّد نصرالله: جيش العدو يصدق إعلام المقاومة أكثر مما يصدق إعلامه وذلك نتيجة صدق إعلام المقاومة في نقل الخبر ونقل الحقائق والوقائع

How does he know that? He must have interviewed the Israeli army from top to bottom and they must have confided in him and told him they trust Hezbollah's propaganda machine more than they trust their own news media.

Default-user-icon ChristianLebanese (Guest) 05 July 2021, 17:14

This shitty guy is discounting all of Lebanon by deciding Lebanon's fate on his own, and Aoun is sleeping in his castle while his SIL Basil have stolen all the monies of the country. This is what I call a real country. In my opinion, Lebanon deserves to be put on fire from the head down to the feet and rebuilt on a new basis. The Shai who support this nut head Nasrallah should all be deported to Iran where their hearts is, along with this guy who is living underground scared shitless from Israel, while selling us the mantra of liberation of Jerusalem. Does this little guy know that if Israel is threatened, it could throw two nuclear bombs on Iran and delete it from the face of this earth? Does he also know that the world wouldn't even utter a word of condemnation? This guy is really hijacking Lebanon while our president is sleeping. How low would the Lebanese go!!!

Thumb doodle-dude 05 July 2021, 17:27

lol @ the sunni moslem from nabatieh with a fake British passport.

Thumb marcus 05 July 2021, 17:59

Has anybody figured out the occasion for this terrorist pos speech?

Missing samiam 05 July 2021, 18:31

What a shock----he knows kizb blew up Beirut and hates that ANOTHER judge is heading for the same conclusion.

and serioously, "

Nasrallah: Major companies want to invest in Lebanon without costing the Lebanese state anything, but they are being told "No" because some are afraid of the Americans.

No prof again--just allegations to make himself look good. Name a company that wants to invest here

Thumb i.report 05 July 2021, 19:03

No judge is going to lay a hand on hizbala, are you day dreaming Samiam? Wake up, according to minister Fahmi 95% of the magistrates are corrupt, and that’s a low estimate!

Missing 5-7doud 05 July 2021, 20:53

He's the real criminal behind the freefall. He's hiding behind Aoun's dormant pen as we wait for the Iranian green light. A repeat of 2014.

Thumb Spotter 06 July 2021, 02:27

A Shia troll from the Southern Suburbs of Britain Spotted
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Thumb ansarullah 06 July 2021, 02:58

Ya Nassrallah Ya Habeeb , Oudrob Oudrob Tal Abeeb
“منشان الله يا سيد يالا”
Shia Shia Shia !!!
«شيعة، شيعة، شيعة”

Default-user-icon ChristianLebanese (Guest) 06 July 2021, 08:14

BS as usual. Everyone know that Nasrallah had been the custodian of the port and knows every single detail about its activities, never mind have Nitrates, which is an explosive material. Who appointed this person, who is supposed to be in the mosque preaching people to God or the devil, as the case is with him now, instead of running a country that has more than 30 religious denominations and not only one. Who appointed him to speak on our behalf? Who gave him the go ahead to arm itself? We all know that 80% of the people in Lebanon are against his arms, and are unable to speak fearing his retaliation. Even in his own territories, if he didn't have arms to scare his own people, no one would agree on him arming and threatening Lebanon. I am not against Nasrallah going to Iran and fighting Israel as much as he wants and being part of the "Muqawama". From Iran, he could fight in Iraq, Iran, Syria, Yemen, and even in Europe if he wants, but not in Lebanon where he's not welcomed.