Israel At War Watch: Hassan Nasrallah – The Disarmament of Hezbollah Should NOT Be Discussed Now
Backdropped by a poster of Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, United Nations peacekeepers from France sit atop their armoured personnel carrier in the outskirts of the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2006. The international community was scrambling Tuesday to put together a fortified U.N. peacekeeping force for southern Lebanon, as Israeli forces began a pullout that many fear could create a dangerous vacuum.
Following are excerpts from a speech delivered by Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, which aired on Al-Manar TV on August 14, 2006:
Hassan Nasrallah: We are facing a strategic and historic victory. This is no exaggeration. This is a victory for Lebanon – all of Lebanon – for the resistance, and for the entire Islamic nation.
And Flap is embedding the video below:
Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Hezbollah, had better re-read the text of the United Nations Security Council Resoultion 1701 that was adopted last Friday.
The text is here.
Note well:
OP3. Emphasizes the importance of the extension of the control of the government of Lebanon over all Lebanese territory in accordance with the provisions of resolution 1559 (2004) and resolution 1680 (2006), and of the relevant provisions of the Taif Accords, for it to exercise its full sovereignty, so that there will be no weapons without the consent of the government of Lebanon and no authority other than that of the government of Lebanon;
OP8. Calls for Israel and Lebanon to support a permanent ceasefire and a long-term solution based on the following principles and elements:
full respect for the Blue Line by both parties,
security arrangements to prevent the resumption of hostilities, including the establishment between the Blue Line and the Litani river of an area free of any armed personnel, assets and weapons other than those of the government of Lebanon and of UNIFIL as authorized in paragraph 11, deployed in this area,
full implementation of the relevant provisions of the Taif Accords, and of resolutions 1559 (2004) and 1680 (2006), that require the disarmament of all armed groups in Lebanon, so that, pursuant to the Lebanese cabinet decision of July 27, 2006, there will be no weapons or authority in Lebanon other than that of the Lebanese state,
no foreign forces in Lebanon without the consent of its government,
no sales or supply of arms and related materiel to Lebanon except as authorized by its government,
provision to the United Nations of all remaining maps of land mines in Lebanon in Israels possession;
Flap somehow thinks this matter will either end up at the United Nations Security Council door within a few weeks or the Israelis will be leafleting the Lebanese Army and UNIFIL to leave or be bombed.
If the international community wants Israel to stand down and be a reasonable state then they must be willing to enforce UNSC resolutions – with force, if need be.
Stay tuned…..
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