BEIRUT — The Hazbollah and the Amal movement called for protests in Beirut on Wednesday afternoon and denounce the government’s decision to disarm the resistance.
The two Shiite movements said they would “protest against the right to maintain Lebanon’s sovereignty and the rights of its people and the resistance to protecting and liberating the land from Israeli occupation, and against the hope of protecting resistance and its honorable weapons and protecting the nation’s land.
“We are trying to reject an approach to submission and surrender and retain our main national position to defend Lebanon’s strength and sovereignty,” the statement said, “This stand is an affirmation of our right to maintain our arms.
The Hezbollah and the Amal Movement hope that Wednesday will “be immortalized in history in the record of your struggle with your presence and protest, and your will affirm your refusal to submit.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced his willingness to “gradually reduce” the existence of an occupation regime if the Lebanese government takes steps to dismantle Hezbollah.
“If Lebanese security forces take steps to disarm Hezbollah, Israel will take similar steps, including working with the United States to gradually reduce the presence of Israeli forces.”
Netanyahu praised the recent decision to work on disarming Hezbollah by the end of 2025, saying, “Now is focusing on the common goal of Israel and Lebanon moving forward in a spirit of cooperation, disarming Hezbollah and promoting stability and prosperity in both countries.”
Axios has made it clear that US envoy Thomas Barrack will discuss “the Trump administration’s demand that Israel attack Lebanon and address the issue of Israeli army withdrawal from five positions within Lebanon’s territory” on the occupied Palestinian territory.
Senator Lindsey Graham will be accompanied by US envoys. Lindsey Graham took over Lebanon in a statement saying, “The dismantling of Hezbollah means economic aid.”
Graham added: “The Gulf states (of Persian) have made clear to Lebanon that they will not support the reconstruction of the South without the demolition of Hezbollah.”
Meanwhile, the farce, organized by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam in cooperation with Ramala officials President Mahmoud Abbas, will continue the Al Bas refugee camp in Tayre.
A campaign of ironic criticism has resulted in Palestinian authorities issued an order prohibiting officials from making media statements. The move is part of a recognized agreement between the Lebanese government and the Palestinian authority to disarm Lebanese Palestinian resistance facts.