Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah delivers a speech. (photo credit: REUTERS)
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Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah objected to remarks, delivered earlier this week by UN Ambassador Danny Danon, that the Iranian regime was using the port of Beirut for military purposes and “categorically” denied the claims calling them “baseless.”
He later referred to the issue of workers in Lebanon: “There is a difference between the work of the Palestinians and the other foreigners, since the Palestinians are under occupation and cannot return to their Palestinian homeland,” he said. The Hezbollah leader also said that no one should mix naturalizing Palestinians in Lebanon and granting them labor rights.
He also hit back at accusations over protests in the country saying “Some people conclude that Hezbollah and Hamas are behind the Palestinian demonstrations related to the work in Lebanon,” he explained, “but this is a shameful, immoral, and untrue.”
Nasrallah condemned the demolition of the houses in Sur Baher at the beginning of the week and claimed: “This is preparation for the 100th deal.” He also praised PA Chairman Abu Mazen’s decision to stop implementing the agreements with Israel.
The Hezbollah leader stressed that “Israel is afraid of the cessation of coordination and this hurts it, it will have weapons and it can use it.”
The IDF spokesman for the Arab media, Lt. Col. Avichai Adrei, responded to Nasrallah: “He is under great pressure in his shelter because of the economic crisis and the talks about his use of civilian infrastructure for military purposes.
“This time he decided to deny the accusations of using the port of Beirut to launch missiles. The residents of Lebanon know that Nasrallah is lying, and when we level accusations against him, they are based on facts as we have proven in the past regarding the tunnels at the airport in Beirut.
Earlier this week, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations spoke at a press conference with US special envoy to the Middle East, Jason Greenblatt “I will present today new evidence of Iran’s attempt to sow chaos in the world,” he said.
“We are all aware of Iranian behavior in recent weeks,” the ambassador said. “We all know that Iran is using civilian planes in Syria, and that they have other capabilities besides flying, and today I will inform you of new information that we have uncovered – the Iranian regime uses the port of Beirut for military purposes and they are aided by commercial companies, mainly from Europe, in support of Hezbollah to develop its missile program. Unfortunately, the port of Beirut has become Hezbollah’s port.”
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