British member of the House of the Commons George Galloway said it was time for the world to pressure Israel to establish the just and comprehensive peace which should have been brought about four decades ago in the Middle East. In a lecture entitled "where to After Israeli Defeat in Lebanon?" delivered at al-Assad National library in Damascus overnight, Mr. Galloway said peace should be comprehensive and had to restore all the occupied Arab territories to their owners as well as the return of Palestinian refugees and the establishment of the Palestinian state with Jerusalem as capital. He added that the Palestinian state should be a real one based on a solid geographical, sovereign and with land bordering Arab countries without settlements and military roads otherwise war and the conflict would continue until Israel is defeated.Mr. Galloway said Israel has been defeated in Lebanon by the national resistance there, and all the circles and forces in Israel have been discussing the defeat now amidst obvious political chaos. He said that this victory by the resistance constitutes a new dawn and would have its own outcomes. He also criticized some Lebanese sides which seek to extract defeat from the achieved victory.
Mr. Galloway said the vast majority of the British oppose the policy of prime Minister Tony Blair in the Middle East, pointing out to the emergence of forces that oppose attempts to dominate the world, particularly attempts by the US. He added there are forces that advocate justice and right, pointing out in this regard to the Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez whom he described as the patron of the poor in his country and in Latin America.
Mr. Galloway addressed the audience saying that "you have to be proud of your country because it stood by the resistance for peaceÂ…Syria is the capital of Arab dignity."