Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has lashed out at what he called the “subversive” U.S. influence in Lebanon, while questioning the Lebanese identity of political parties which he said are “receiving orders from embassies.”
Noting that “U.S. attempts to open communication channels with Hizbullah” through various parties “have not stopped” over the past years, Nasrallah charged in an interview on Iran’s al-Alam TV that “the American influence in Lebanon is subversive.”
“The U.S. embassy in Awkar recruited Lebanese nationals to gather information for the Israelis,” he said.
“The entire Lebanese banking system is subject to the decisions of the U.S. Treasury,” Nasrallah noted, adding that “delegations from the U.S. embassy are roaming the country and are interfering in the issue of elections.”
Stressing that Hizbullah’s decisions are Lebanese and do not come from Iran, Nasrallah added that “some parties which receive orders from embassies must be asked about their Lebanese identity.”
“I ask all those accusing Hizbullah to tell us about a single act that Hizbullah did for the sake of Iran rather than for the sake of Lebanon,” he said, emphasizing that “Hizbullah belongs to this country and its history and social fabric.”
As for the upcoming parliamentary elections, Hizbullah’s leader said that “no one can predict the elections’ result from now.”
“It is wrong to say that the elections will be a battle between those who are with the resistance and those who are against it,” he added, while noting that there are parties that are neutral regarding the question of resisting Israel.
He however added that Hizbullah “wants the resistance’s friends to be plenty in parliament.”
Asked about the paper of demands that has been recently submitted to Lebanon by the Gulf countries, Nasrallah said “it would have been better to go to a dialogue between Lebanon and the Arab countries.”
“This would have been appropriate and we support this,” he said.
“The paper calls for handing over Hizbullah’s arms in return for the bread of the Lebanese,” Nasrallah charged.
Blasting Saudi Arabia and the UAE for “interfering in Lebanon’s affairs and in the domestic affairs of all Arab countries,” Nasrallah added: “We (in Hizbullah) are not interfering in Saudi Arabia or the UAE. They are waging a war against the Yemeni people and we are supporting the Yemeni people.”
Asked about the possibility of Israel carrying out a strike to destroy Hizbullah’s precision-guided missiles, Nasrallah ruled out such a scenario and said that the missiles “are not present in one place.”
“This does not allow Israel to destroy them,” he added.
He also noted that Israel would need an all-out war and not a military strike in order to destroy these missiles.
“Is Israel ready to go to a real and full war?” he added.
“Israel fears war and it is using the economic and financial issue to reach a handover of Hizbullah’s weapons,” Nasrallah went on to say, noting that Israel is “still betting on the Lebanese domestic situation.”
Hizbullah’s leader also reiterated that his group “does not seek war” and is not fond of it while stressing that it is “not afraid of it.”
“We will not give up our national interests if threatened by war,” he added.
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Nasrallah: No one can predict the elections’ result from now.
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Nasrallah: It is wrong to say that the elections will be a battle between those who are with the resistance and those who are against it.
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Nasrallah: We want the resistance’s friends to be plenty in parliament.
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Nasrallah: Ex-PM Hariri’s withdrawal from political life will not lead to Sunni extremism.
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Nasrallah on Kuwaiti paper: It would have been better to go to a dialogue between Lebanon and the Arab countries and we support this.
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Nasrallah: The (Gulf) paper calls for handing over Hizbullah’s arms in return for the bread of the Lebanese.
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Nasrallah: We should not only receive dictations.
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Nasrallah: Saudi Arabia and the UAE interfere in Lebanon’s affairs and in the domestic affairs of all Arab countries.
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Nasrallah: We are not interfering in Saudi Arabia or the UAE. They are waging a war against the Yemeni people and we are supporting the Yemeni people.
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Nasrallah on splitting gas reserves with Israel: We are against any normalization or cooperation.
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Nasrallah: We do not consider ourselves to be concerned with the technical discussions about the sea border demarcation with Israel.
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Nasrallah: The resistance is the only guarantee for protecting Lebanon and there is nothing else.
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Nasrallah: The U.S. attempts to open communication channels with Hizbullah through various parties have not stopped.
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Nasrallah: The American influence in Lebanon is subversive.
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Nasrallah: The U.S. embassy in Awkar recruited Lebanese nationals to gather information for the Israelis.
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Nasrallah: The new U.S. embassy that is being built in Lebanon is for the entire region and not only for Lebanon.
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Nasrallah: The entire Lebanese banking system is subject to the decisions of the U.S. Treasury.
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Nasrallah: There is no U.S. occupation in Lebanon but rather political and financial influence.
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Nasrallah: Delegations from the U.S. embassy are roaming the country and are interfering in the issue of elections, whereas Iran is not interfering in the elections.
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Nasrallah: Some parties in Lebanon deal with the resistance with the mentality and tools of an enemy.
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Nasrallah: Hizbullah’s decisions are Lebanese and some parties which receive orders from embassies must be asked about their Lebanese identity.
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Nasrallah: The resistance in Lebanon is a major national interest.
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Nasrallah: I ask all those accusing Hizbullah to tell us about a single act that Hizbullah did for the sake of Iran rather than for the sake of Lebanon.
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Nasrallah: Hizbullah belongs to this country and its history and social fabric.
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Nasrallah: Israel’s drone activity over Lebanon has largely decreased over the past two years due to Hizbullah’s air defense response.
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Nasrallah: We in Hizbullah do not seek war and we do not like it, but we are not afraid of it and we will not give up our national interests if threatened by war.
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Nasrallah: Israel is still betting on the Lebanese domestic situation.
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Nasrallah: Israel fears war and it is using the economic and financial issue to reach a handover of Hizbullah’s weapons.
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Nasrallah: Hizbullah’s manpower is unprecedented in the history of Lebanon and the history of resistance movements.
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Nasrallah: Is Israel ready to go to a real and full war?
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Nasrallah: Israel would need a war and not a military strike in order to destroy Hizbullah’s precision-guided missiles.
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Nasrallah: Hizbullah’s precision-guided missiles are not present in one place and this does not allow Israel to destroy them.
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Nasrallah on possible Iranian-Israeli confrontation: The axis of resistance is present and it would decide whether or not to interfere at the appropriate moment.
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Nasrallah: Iran itself and not its allies will forcefully retaliate against any Israeli strike.
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Nasrallah: What the Israelis say about a strike on Iran is only aimed at intimidation.
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Nasrallah: Iran is a strong regional state and any war with it will blow up the entire region.
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Nasrallah: Washington’s priority is not war with Iran.
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Nasrallah: A lot of parties in the region who talk about independence and sovereignty are actually followers of embassies.