During a visit by a Hezbollah parliamentary delegation to the Higher Islamic Shiite Council Deputy Head, Sheikh Ali al-Khatib, MP Hassan Fadlallah outlined shared national priorities and positions:

•  “Our national priorities are ending Israeli aggression, liberating occupied land, securing detainees’ release, and launching reconstruction—issues that demand unity, not division.”

•  “We entrusted the state to maintain security south of the Litani, but Israel exploits Lebanon’s official weakness and ongoing inaction.”

•  “The government is responsible for stopping Israeli attacks. Lebanese blood is not cheap, and the state must fulfill its duty to protect its people—something it has failed to do.”

•  “Successive governments neither armed the army nor gave it a political mandate to respond to aggression. Only after addressing these core issues can we talk about a national defense strategy.”

•  “No one can undermine the Higher Islamic Shiite Council. It remains a respected national institution committed to unity, dialogue, and internal stability.”

The delegation included MPs Hassan Fadlallah, Ali Ammar, Amin Sherri, and Ibrahim al-Mousawi, and conveyed greetings from Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem and Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc leader MP Mohammad Raad.

Al Akhbar

Neither the so-called Lebanese government nor its ‘Lebanese army’ is concerned with the issue of the Zionist occupation of southern Lebanon or the occupation of Palestine.

It is doubtful that they recognize the Palestinians and the Shia as human beings with equal rights.

They consider the Zionist colony/ American empire as a harbinger of prosperity and wish for more.