... the Grand Vizier of the Hezbullies...
said on Saturday that Syria's new rulers, who ousted the Lebanese gang's ally Bashir al-Assad, should not recognize neighboring Israel or establish ties with it.
"We hope that this new party in power will see Israel as an enemy and not normalize relations with it," Qassem said in a televised speech, his first public remarks since Islamist-led rebels toppled Assad following an offensive launched on November 27, the same day that a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect.