Member of the Loyalty to Resistance parliamentary bloc, Dr. Ibrahim Al-Moussawi, called on all the Lebanese parties to condemn the Israeli violations of the national sovereignty and loudly hold the international competent institutions responsible for stopping the Zionist attacks against the Martyr President Rafik Hariri International Airport.
In a statement issued to comment on on the crisis of Lebanese citizens stranded abroad as a result of the Israeli threat to target the Iranian plane that will transport them from Iran, MP Al-Moussawi said, “the Lebanese who are optimistic about the reactivation of the work of constitutional institutions are holding the government responsible and demanding that it take the necessary measures to guarantee Lebanon’s sovereignty at all its public facilities, most importantly the airport, so that the enemy does not think that it is free to practice aggression and violate sovereignty as it pleases.”
“The Lebanese state, with all its apparatuses, must assume its responsibilities to end this matter and work to return its citizens to their country immediately and not comply with Israeli threats under any name or circumstance.”
At the same time, Al-Moussawi called on the honorable citizens and all those who are keen on the interests of their country and families to be deeply aware and rational and to make room for solutions to this emerging crisis, stressing that the expression of rejection of these Israeli violations and infringements of our sovereignty to be peaceful and responsible.
Hundreds of demonstrators staged a sit-in on Thursday evening off Beirut International Airport, protesting against the prevention of an Iranian plane carrying Lebanese citizens from landing at the airport.
Dozens of young men blocked the airport road by burning tires, in rejection of the decision to prevent the plane from landing, which includes arbitrarily preventing citizens from returning to their homeland.
Earlier, a video went viral via social media platforms and showed Lebanese passengers stranded at Tehran airport. They underlined their rights as Lebanese citizens to return to their homeland through the airport, urging the Lebanese officials address their issue.
Source: Al-Manar English Website
