Hezbollah released a new statement Sunday evening sharply escalating its condemnation of the Lebanese government's direct talks in Washington, accusing the delegation of acting as a rubber stamp for US dictates and harming Lebanon's sovereignty. The terror group claims the negotiations serve American and Israeli interests, violate the constitution, and undermine its own resistance efforts — repeating and intensifying its earlier criticism from earlier Sunday.
Hezbollah released a sharp new statement on Sunday evening escalating its attack on the Lebanese government over the ongoing US-brokered direct talks in Washington. The statement, attributed to the organization generally rather than a named official, accuses the Lebanese delegation of serving as a 'rubber stamp' for American dictates, harming Lebanon's sovereignty, and transferring the country into the 'camp of those reconciling with Israel and the Zionist entity.' The group warns that no positive outcome can emerge from what it calls a 'capitulating' negotiation whose starting point is flawed.
This marks an intensification of the pressure campaign Hezbollah has waged throughout the week. Earlier on Sunday, as The Zioneer reported (17:45 Jerusalem), the group issued a first condemnation of the talks. Thursday saw Secretary-General Naim Qassem call the negotiations 'absurd and shameful for Lebanon,' and formally reject the ceasefire framework.
The statement also escalates by accusing the Lebanese government of acting unilaterally, in violation of the constitution and national accord, and by charging that the talks serve to 'disrupt and delay' the armed struggle — a clear reference to Hezbollah's own military activity. The organization frames the negotiations as a direct implementation of US-Israeli policy. No specific new policy or action by the government prompted the statement beyond the ongoing talks themselves.
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