Lebanese Parliament member from Hezbollah, Mohammed Raad:
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"Handing over our weapons and disarming is suicide, and we are not interested in committing suicide."
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MP Raad: Lebanese Government decision to disarm Hezbollah can never be implemented
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[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Head of Loyalty to Resistance® bloc MP Mohammad Raad stressed on Friday that the Lebanese government decision to disarm Hezbollah is improvised and imposed by the foreign dictates, away from the national pact and illusory sovereignty.
"The Americans and the Israelis insist on a set timetable to implement what they have dictated to the government, because time is not in their favor. In reality, the presence of the resistance is what truly spoils their plans," MP Raad said in an interview with al-Manar TV.
MP Raad indicated that the decision to disarm Hezbollah reveals to the enemy a new arena for tampering with internal stability, adding its goal may be to turn it into a domestic problem instead of a Lebanese—Israeli one.
"On Tuesday, diplomats following up on U.S. pressure contacted some figures to call the president and congratulate him."
MP Raad wondered how the state, with its own capabilities, can impose its authority — but it cannot confront the enemy.
The resistance’s weapons have protected Leb
...The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else?...from 1982 to 2025, liberated the land, achieved victory, established a balance of deterrence, and foiled the enemy’s expansionist project, MP Raad maintained.
The resistance’s weapons have protected Lebanon, liberated the land, established a balance of deterrence with the enemy, and brought down its expansionist project, he recalled.
The state can begin reconstruction despite the debts, but there is no authority willing to bear this responsibility, MP Raad added.
"The decision is hasty and dangerous, undermines illusory sovereignty, and exposes to the enemy a new arena for destabilizing the country from within. The aim of this decision may be to turn the problem into an internal one instead of a Lebanese—Israeli conflict."
Lebanon blasts Khamenei adviser for voicing opposition to Hezbollah disarmament
[IsraelTimes] Lebanon slams what it calls “flagrant and unacceptable interference” by Iran after an adviser to the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, expressed opposition to the disarmament of its ally Hezbollah.
In a post on X, Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry says it “condemns the recent declarations by Mr. Ali Akbar Velayati… which constitute flagrant and unacceptable interference in the internal affairs of Lebanon.”