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Qmati says 'people' will prevent state from disarming Hezbollah
by Naharnet Newsdesk 13 hours The deputy head of Hezbollah's political council, Mahmoud Qmati, said Monday that 'the Lebanese government will not be able to remove Hezbollah's arms.' 'The resistance is not isolated or besieged, but is rather part of a broad national front,' added Qmati after a visit to the headquarters of the Lebanese Communist Party and a meeting with its chief Hanna Gharib. 'The government has sold the country and gave foreign forces a blank check, but it will not manage to achieve what it wants,' Qmati said. 'The entire Lebanese people will confront the government if it tries to enforce its decision,' Qmati suggested, noting that 'the resistance was born from the womb of occupation, when the state could not protect the citizens and deter the aggression.' He accordingly called on the government, 'despite its fall,' to 'rectify the course and shun decisions that harm Lebanon.' Qmati's remarks come after the Lebanese government decided last week to disarm Hezbollah and tasked the army with drawing up a plan to complete the process by year end. Hezbollah has said it will ignore the cabinet's decision, which came under heavy U.S. pressure, while the group's backer Iran said Saturday it opposed the effort. Under the November ceasefire that sought to end more than a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, arms are to be restricted to Lebanese state institutions. The government has tasked the army with presenting a plan by the end of August for disarming non-state actors. On Thursday, the government also discussed a U.S. proposal that includes a timetable for Hezbollah's disarmament. The government endorsed the introduction of the U.S. text without discussing specific timelines, and called for the deployment of Lebanese troops in border areas. It also called for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from five areas of the south they continue to occupy. Israeli has kept up its strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon despite the truce and has vowed to continue them until the militant group has been disarmed.
Nahar Net
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- Nahar Net
Netanyahu credits Israel for changes in Lebanon
by Naharnet Newsdesk 14 hours Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has noted that what is currently happening in Lebanon is due to Israel's war on Hezbollah last year. 'The new Lebanese government is speaking of disarming Hezbollah. Who could have believed that? Alright, some of us did and I did, and this is what's changing the Middle East, as I had promised to do on the second day of the war,' Netanyahu said. His statement comes after the Lebanese government decided last week to disarm Hezbollah and tasked the army with drawing up a plan to complete the process by year end. Hezbollah has said it will ignore the cabinet's decision, which came under heavy U.S. pressure, while the group's backer Iran said Saturday it opposed the effort. Under the November ceasefire that sought to end more than a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, arms are to be restricted to Lebanese state institutions. The government has tasked the army with presenting a plan by the end of August for disarming non-state actors. On Thursday, the government also discussed a U.S. proposal that includes a timetable for Hezbollah's disarmament. The government endorsed the introduction of the U.S. text without discussing specific timelines, and called for the deployment of Lebanese troops in border areas. It also called for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from five areas of the south they continue to occupy. Israeli has kept up its strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon despite the truce and has vowed to continue them until the militant group has been disarmed.
Nahar Net
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- Nahar Net
Report: Hezbollah awaits army plan before political, popular steps
by Naharnet Newsdesk 11 hours Hezbollah and the Amal Movement 'are still showing restraint and stressing their keenness on not being dragged into a domestic problem that the U.S. and KSA are seeking and pushing for,' the pro-Hezbollah daily al-Akhbar reported on Monday. The Shiite Duo is 'still discussing its political choices in the face of these decisions and until yesterday (Sunday) coordination was still ongoing between Hezbollah and the Amal Movement, with an inclination not to withdraw from the government, based on a previous experience with Fouad Saniora's government, which continued to convene and take decisions in the absence of a main component of the country,' the newspaper said. 'Communication between the Duo and President Joseph Aoun has been severed since (Tuesday's) cabinet session, despite the messages that Baabda is sending on the absence of alternatives due to the major pressures that are being exerted on the country and the threats of Israeli escalation,' al-Akhbar added. 'Hezbollah is awaiting the Lebanese Army's stance ahead of moving to a new form of political dealing and specifying its next steps, which will not be distant from popular protests and movements, but everything will depend on authorities' performance in the coming days and weeks,' the daily said.
