Wizdom
22-02-08, 16:49
Sayyed Nasrallah: Ready for Confrontation, New Victory
22/02/2008 Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said that the decision of war and peace lies in the hands of the Israelis since 1948 and not in Hezbollah's hands. Sayyed Nasrallah was speaking at a huge ceremony to mark Resistance Week in Beirut's southern suburb. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the Sayyed al-Shouhada'a complex and filled the area surrounding it.
Religious, diplomatic and political figures took part in the ceremony. The sons of martyred leaders Sheikh Ragheb Harb, Sayyed Abbas Moussawi and Resistance commander Imad Moghniyeh made separate speeches and pledged to follow the path of their fathers.
Sayyed Nasrallah thanked everyone who consoled Hezbollah recently after the assassination of Moghniyeh.
"In my name, the name of martyr Moghniyeh, the name of Hezbollah's leadership and every sister and brother and Islamic resistance fighter, I thank everyone who solaced us particularly our great scholars, Christian religious figures, presidents, ministers and politicians. I especially thank his eminence Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for their participation and support."
The Hezbollah chief said that the martyred leaders have become a symbol. "What martyrs and leader martyrs had in common was faith, sincerity, sentiments, jihad, love of people and unprecedented steadfastness."
His eminence stressed the Israeli aggression against Lebanon and its south has not stopped. "Facing Israeli aggression has been ongoing since the fall of Palestine in 1948. Since that day Lebanon and its southern villages have suffered from this aggression even many of the Lebanese do not know this part of history or pretend not to know it however some Lebanese leaders intentionally ignore it," he said. "When we used to discuss the defensive strategy at parliament and when I spoke about Israeli aggression on Lebanon since 1948 until the early 70's that is before Palestinian factions came to south Lebanon, some of the attendees protested and said that Israel had not done anything since then and that the problem of Israel with Lebanon began with the arrival of Palestinian factions. This is mere ignorance. I tell the shallow minds in Lebanon, who speak about war and peace decisions, that Israel is the only side that has been taking the decision of war or peace. The decision that we take is our legitimate, moral, humane and natural right in order to defend our people, land and country at a time of negligence by the government and the world."
His eminence continued: "If you want to extract this decision from Olmert, Barak and their masters in the US you have to be lions and heroes. This is a war that the Israeli launched and today there is a new term: the open war. This is a war that has been open since 1948 when neither I, Sayyed Abbad, Haj Radwan (Imad Moghniyeh) nor Sheikh Ragheb Harb were born. The Israelis opened this war on Palestine and our Arab and Islamic nation as well as Lebanon."
IMAM SADR'S CALLS FOR DEFENDING LEBANON WERE IGNORED
Sayyed Nasrallah remembered Imam Sayyed Mussa Sadr in the 60's and 70's when he used to protest Israeli aggression against Lebanese territories mainly in south Lebanon. He said that Imam Sadr used to hold the government responsible for security in the south and demanded the Lebanese army deploys there. "But the army at that time was an army for the regime and not an army for the country. So they did not listen to Imam Sadr. This went on until Imam Sadr himself called for buying arms, training and transforming every town and village in the south, Rashayya, Western Bekaa into a strong fort that is capable of defending itself. This is Imam Sadr." Sayyed Nasrallah added that "today some of the leaders in the ruling bloc, and will not say February 14 bloc anymore just to show respect to his memory (martyr Rafik Hariri), use Imam Sadr's words as an argument against us. I call on them to return to Imam Sadr's positions as long as you consider them Lebanese and not Iranian positions that come under the Wilayat al-Fakih as you claim. On behalf of Hezbollah and the Amal Movement, we accept every word Imam Sadr had spoken."
SHEIKH RAGHEB HARB'S MARTYRDOM GAVE RESISTANCE MOMENTUM
The most dangerous aggression against Lebanon was in 1982, said Sayyed Nasrallah. He added that the purpose was to change Lebanon's identity and its location in the Arab Israeli conflict amid internal collision, international support and Arab silence.
"This was the era of Sheikh Ragheb Harb, The era of stimulating people, breaking their fear, giving them hope and the strong sense of being able to liberate their land and launching the popular resistance using rocks and hot oil next to the armed resistance.
Sheikh Ragheb refused to shake hands with the Israelis because this would be acknowledgement to them. His martyrdom gave the resistance very strong momentum. His martyrdom in 1985 and the popular and armed resistance that gained momentum forced the Israeli occupation out of Mount Lebanon, Beirut, Sidon, Tyre and Nabatiyeh to the Israel security zone." A new phase started after 1985. It was when the popular resistance ended and the organized armed resistance began."
SAYYED ABBAS
Sayyed Nasrallah said that after 1985, the popular resistance entered the phase of organized and concentrated armed resistance. "At that stage, our leader Sayyed Abbas Moussawi who was a leading Hezbollah member from Baalbek, chose to head for south Lebanon to manage operations. He used to supervise and take part in planning, be present in operation rooms, mourn martyrs, say farewell to Mujahideen and move from town to town, just like Sheikh Ragheb did. Resistance was his whole life and gave ultimate priority, especially when he became Secretary General. His martyrdom also came to mark another stage in the life of the resistance which again gained more momentum and grew bigger. From the 16th of February 1992 to the 25th of 2000, victory was accomplished. We made victory thanks to the blood of martyr Sayyed Abbas and martyr Shekh Ragheb
22/02/2008 Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said that the decision of war and peace lies in the hands of the Israelis since 1948 and not in Hezbollah's hands. Sayyed Nasrallah was speaking at a huge ceremony to mark Resistance Week in Beirut's southern suburb. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the Sayyed al-Shouhada'a complex and filled the area surrounding it.
Religious, diplomatic and political figures took part in the ceremony. The sons of martyred leaders Sheikh Ragheb Harb, Sayyed Abbas Moussawi and Resistance commander Imad Moghniyeh made separate speeches and pledged to follow the path of their fathers.
Sayyed Nasrallah thanked everyone who consoled Hezbollah recently after the assassination of Moghniyeh.
"In my name, the name of martyr Moghniyeh, the name of Hezbollah's leadership and every sister and brother and Islamic resistance fighter, I thank everyone who solaced us particularly our great scholars, Christian religious figures, presidents, ministers and politicians. I especially thank his eminence Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for their participation and support."
The Hezbollah chief said that the martyred leaders have become a symbol. "What martyrs and leader martyrs had in common was faith, sincerity, sentiments, jihad, love of people and unprecedented steadfastness."
His eminence stressed the Israeli aggression against Lebanon and its south has not stopped. "Facing Israeli aggression has been ongoing since the fall of Palestine in 1948. Since that day Lebanon and its southern villages have suffered from this aggression even many of the Lebanese do not know this part of history or pretend not to know it however some Lebanese leaders intentionally ignore it," he said. "When we used to discuss the defensive strategy at parliament and when I spoke about Israeli aggression on Lebanon since 1948 until the early 70's that is before Palestinian factions came to south Lebanon, some of the attendees protested and said that Israel had not done anything since then and that the problem of Israel with Lebanon began with the arrival of Palestinian factions. This is mere ignorance. I tell the shallow minds in Lebanon, who speak about war and peace decisions, that Israel is the only side that has been taking the decision of war or peace. The decision that we take is our legitimate, moral, humane and natural right in order to defend our people, land and country at a time of negligence by the government and the world."
His eminence continued: "If you want to extract this decision from Olmert, Barak and their masters in the US you have to be lions and heroes. This is a war that the Israeli launched and today there is a new term: the open war. This is a war that has been open since 1948 when neither I, Sayyed Abbad, Haj Radwan (Imad Moghniyeh) nor Sheikh Ragheb Harb were born. The Israelis opened this war on Palestine and our Arab and Islamic nation as well as Lebanon."
IMAM SADR'S CALLS FOR DEFENDING LEBANON WERE IGNORED
Sayyed Nasrallah remembered Imam Sayyed Mussa Sadr in the 60's and 70's when he used to protest Israeli aggression against Lebanese territories mainly in south Lebanon. He said that Imam Sadr used to hold the government responsible for security in the south and demanded the Lebanese army deploys there. "But the army at that time was an army for the regime and not an army for the country. So they did not listen to Imam Sadr. This went on until Imam Sadr himself called for buying arms, training and transforming every town and village in the south, Rashayya, Western Bekaa into a strong fort that is capable of defending itself. This is Imam Sadr." Sayyed Nasrallah added that "today some of the leaders in the ruling bloc, and will not say February 14 bloc anymore just to show respect to his memory (martyr Rafik Hariri), use Imam Sadr's words as an argument against us. I call on them to return to Imam Sadr's positions as long as you consider them Lebanese and not Iranian positions that come under the Wilayat al-Fakih as you claim. On behalf of Hezbollah and the Amal Movement, we accept every word Imam Sadr had spoken."
SHEIKH RAGHEB HARB'S MARTYRDOM GAVE RESISTANCE MOMENTUM
The most dangerous aggression against Lebanon was in 1982, said Sayyed Nasrallah. He added that the purpose was to change Lebanon's identity and its location in the Arab Israeli conflict amid internal collision, international support and Arab silence.
"This was the era of Sheikh Ragheb Harb, The era of stimulating people, breaking their fear, giving them hope and the strong sense of being able to liberate their land and launching the popular resistance using rocks and hot oil next to the armed resistance.
Sheikh Ragheb refused to shake hands with the Israelis because this would be acknowledgement to them. His martyrdom gave the resistance very strong momentum. His martyrdom in 1985 and the popular and armed resistance that gained momentum forced the Israeli occupation out of Mount Lebanon, Beirut, Sidon, Tyre and Nabatiyeh to the Israel security zone." A new phase started after 1985. It was when the popular resistance ended and the organized armed resistance began."
SAYYED ABBAS
Sayyed Nasrallah said that after 1985, the popular resistance entered the phase of organized and concentrated armed resistance. "At that stage, our leader Sayyed Abbas Moussawi who was a leading Hezbollah member from Baalbek, chose to head for south Lebanon to manage operations. He used to supervise and take part in planning, be present in operation rooms, mourn martyrs, say farewell to Mujahideen and move from town to town, just like Sheikh Ragheb did. Resistance was his whole life and gave ultimate priority, especially when he became Secretary General. His martyrdom also came to mark another stage in the life of the resistance which again gained more momentum and grew bigger. From the 16th of February 1992 to the 25th of 2000, victory was accomplished. We made victory thanks to the blood of martyr Sayyed Abbas and martyr Shekh Ragheb