Hezbollah issued its first response Friday night to the agreement between Israel and Lebanon, calling on the Lebanese government to reverse course and abandon what it described as a path of unilateral concessions serving the enemy — despite the organization's own ministers being part of the government that signed the accord.
Hezbollah released its first public reaction to the recently signed agreement between Israel and Lebanon in a Friday evening statement obtained by the Abu Ali Express channel. The organization called on the Lebanese government to rescind the accord and all related decisions, characterizing the deal as a path of unilateral concessions without any tangible benefit that will lead to the destruction of the country. The statement implicitly accuses the government of serving Israeli interests.
Observers noted the irony that Hezbollah is itself part of the Lebanese government that ratified the agreement, as its ministers sit in the cabinet. The statement did not mention any specific provisions of the deal or propose a concrete alternative. As The Zioneer has previously reported, Hezbollah officials have repeatedly warned the government against making concessions to Israel—including an MP's warning in late June that any concession would not be implemented, and escalating rhetoric in recent weeks accusing the government of surrendering to U.S. and Israeli dictates.
The current statement marks the organization's most direct challenge yet to its own government's legitimacy in signing the accord, though it stops short of announcing any practical measures to block the deal.
2 developments
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Source and signal
- Internal intake