Raad: We want our full rights and our bet is on the resistance

The head of Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc, MP Mohammed Raad, announced Tuesday that Hezbollah’s stance on the sea border demarcation file with Israel is “clear and obvious.”
“We want our full rights in our waters, borders, exclusive economic zone, gas and oil, and we want the embargo to be lifted off the companies that we bring to explore in our territory and extract our gas,” Raad said.
“Our bet is on the resistance and its arms in preserving our rights and sovereignty,” Raad added.
He also said that the U.S. “rushed to secure the interests of the Israelis and Europeans at the expense of our interest and national sovereignty” after “the gas crisis erupted in Europe.”
His remarks come a day after U.S. mediator Amos Hochstein held talks in Beirut with Lebanon’s top officials after which he announced that he is optimistic that an agreement can be reached.
Hezbollah has repeatedly warned in recent weeks that it might resort to military options if Israel begins producing gas in September without an agreement with Lebanon.

At this rate, they are not going to allow Lebanon to sign any agreement and thus prevent Lebanon from profitting on the extraction of gas in the Qana field, whilst Israel will continue to extract the gas from Karish.
It's about time that the Government of the Republic of Lebanon puts its foot down and declares who is in charge of the territory of the republic and who decides what international agreements it will achieve.

Meanwhile:
قفز جواز السفر الإماراتي مجدداً باعتباره الأقوى عالمياً، وحقق 3 نقاط جديدة للتأشيرة الحرة في أقل من شهر.
وقالت الصحيفة، إن جواز السفر الإماراتي يمكن حامله من دخول 174 دولة حول العالم (119 دولة بدون تأشيرة، و55 دولة يمكن الحصول على تأشيرتها عبر الإنترنت أو لدى الوصول) وبنسبة تزيد على 88% من دول العالم.
كما قلص عدد الدول التي تحتاج إلى تأشيرة إلى 24 دولة فقط من أصل 198 دولة معتمدة لدى الأمم المتحدة، وذلك وفق آخر تحديث لموقع “باسبورت إندكس”.
https://www.lebanese-forces.com/2022/08/02/emirates-245/