Baladi - Newspapers
The leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, suggested Tuesday that his group could be “stronger than the Israeli army,” as he advised Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri to reevaluate his stance on the Lebanese-Syrian ties.
“We will soon emerge victorious from this grand war on our region,” Nasrallah said in a televised speech marking the July 2006 war with Israel.
“The events of the past seven years have been a 'greater July war' aimed at achieving the same objectives. The same as we emerged victorious from the July war, the axis of resistance will emerge victorious very soon,” Nasrallah added, referring mainly to the conflict in Syria.
Citing remarks by an Israeli officer who reportedly said that Hezbullah has become the strongest army in the region, Nasrallah said “Hezbullah might not be the strongest army in the Middle East but it is certainly stronger than the Israeli army.”
“Because we have more faith in our cause and greater willingness to sacrifice,” he explained.
Commenting on remarks voiced earlier in the day by Hariri, Nasrallah said: “Some officials in Lebanon should not commit themselves to stances that they might be obliged to reverse in light of the regional developments.”
Hariri had announced that the new government “will not be formed” should the pro-Damascus camp “insist on restoring Lebanese-Syrian ties.”
“If others insist on restoring Lebanese-Syrian ties from the gateway of the reopened Nassib border crossing, then the government will not be formed,” Hariri said in a chat with reporters, referring to a key border crossing on the Syrian-Jordanian border that has been recently recaptured by Damascus.
“I do not agree to a restoration of Lebanese-Syrian ties and this is nonnegotiable,” Hariri added.
Source: Naharnet.