Member of the “Loyalty to the Resistance” bloc, MP Hassan Fadlallah, considered that the objectives of the Israeli operations in Lebanon go beyond the issue of the resistance’s weapons, to reach an attempt to impose new geographical and demographic realities extending from southern Syria to southern Lebanon, calling for a different national approach to confront current developments.
Fadlallah said during a ceremony honoring Hezbollah’s martyr, Hussein Ali Salami, in Msaytbeh, “The fate of the entire country is in existential danger, not a specific region or sect,” stressing that the resistance will continue to confront Israel and defend Lebanon according to what the facts of the confrontation impose.
In a striking position regarding the recent developments in Beaufort Castle, Fadlallah stressed that “the castle is a national archaeological site under the authority of the Lebanese government and affiliated with the Ministry of Culture, and it was not a military site for the resistance,” considering that raising the Israeli flag over it “should provoke the feelings of every loyal patriot because it is directed against Lebanon.”
He wondered whether the government considered itself concerned with what was happening, and whether the ongoing negotiations were able to stop military operations or prevent the occupation of Lebanese lands with historical symbolism.
Fadlallah believed that Israel’s expansion of its military operations and demonstration of its ambitions constitute an additional incentive to adhere to the resistance option, stressing that “there is no choice but to continue resistance and steadfastness,” and that any developments on the ground will not change the fact that the Lebanese are the owners of the land and will work to liberate it.
He also criticized the direct negotiating path, considering that the Israeli escalation demonstrated its failure to achieve any gain for Lebanon, and that its political results are in the interest of Israel, which is benefiting from it to deepen its military operations in the south.
He concluded by calling for a comprehensive ceasefire as a gateway to Israel’s withdrawal and the return of the displaced, stressing that Lebanon has elements of national power that can be employed to achieve these goals.
