The leader of Hizbullah's parliamemtary bloc, Mohammad Raad, rejected calls to implement the Arab Peace Initiative, urging Arab and Islamic nations to unite in their stance against Israel. "There must be a review and reconsideration of stands against those who pursue with placing bets on a settlement that would legalize the Zionist occupation of Palestine," Raad said at the opening session of the seventh pan-Arab Islamic conference in Beirut.
"This option [peace with Israel] cannot be promoted in the Arab and Islamic worlds anymore," cautioned Raad.
Hizbullah's second in command Sheik Naim Qassem similarly declared that Israel's recent assault on Gaza effectively "buried" any future prospects for peace.
"We, in Lebanon, have gone through an experience that our Palestinian brethren had witnessed and benefited from it in Gaza. Accumulation of experience would lead to more victories," Raad pledged.
With Israel still reeling from the international backlash prompted by its massive assault on Gaza in December and January, Raad warned against further military and diplomatic blows that would mark any renewed threat to Lebanon.
"Any imbecility that the Israeli enemy may commit in Lebanon would reflect badly on them," he said.
Raad hinted at the military readiness of the resistance, in the event of future hostilities. "What we have prepared for the enemy is more than its military commanders can imagine," Raad added. "Safeguarding the resistance and its principles is a responsibility we all share. This requires fortifying our principles so that they do not divert," Raad explained.
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Doesn't any read the papers? They have The One on their side now, they don't need no stinking peace.
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