Diaa Abu Taam
Deputy Head of the Higher Islamic Shia Council in Lebanon, Sheikh Ali Al-Khatib, stressed that the Resistance is assuming its responsibilities and defending the entire country against the Zionist aggression amid the reluctance of the Lebanese government in this regard since 1947.
In an interview with Al-Manar Channel held at the historical headquarters of the Shia Council in Hazmieh, Sheikh Al-Khatib affirmed that some Lebanese parties blame the Resistance, despite all its sacrifices for the sake of Lebanon, and provide the Zionist war with a political coverage whether intentionally or unintentionally.
Those parties always reflect defeat and weakness because they know the Israeli ambitions in Lebanon, yet ignore them, his eminence said, advising them to support the Resistance which would emerge from the battlefield victorious.
The interview, conducted by the Director of Al-Manar Website Diaa Abu Taam, also tackled the spiritual summit that was held at the headquarters of the Maronite Patriarchate in Bkirki as Sheikh Khatib indicated that the summit reflected the national solidarity and support for the resistance.
Sheikh Khatib emphasized that holding the presidential elections amid the Zionist war in Lebanon would debilitate the legitimacy of the new president and expose him to future suspicions.
The resistance movements in Lebanon and Palestine managed to expose the failures of the international regime, underlining the inability of the international organizations amid the US support for the Zionist entity, according to Sheikh Khatib.
Sheikh Khatib hailed the unprecedented steadfastness of the people displaced from their homes due to the Zionist aggression, appreciating the role of the Lebanese community which hosted them.
His eminence narrated his company with the martyred leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah during their seminary studies in Holy Al-Najaf in the mid-seventies, stressing that Sayyed Nasrallah won in his lifetime and the hereafter.
“We are the ones who have lost him.”
On the 30th day of its relentless assault on Lebanon, the Israeli enemy escalated its brutal aggression with a series of intense airstrikes targeting multiple regions, including southern towns, the Bekaa Valley, and Beirut’s southern suburbs (Dahiyeh).
Source: Al-Manar English Website
