Head of Hezbollah’s Executive Council, Sheikh Ali Daamoush, stressed that “the sinful decision taken by the government to disarm the resistance not only lacks a constitutional quorum, but also a national quorum and the most basic level of rationality.”
During his Friday sermon, Sheikh Daamoush asked: “How can the government of a country whose territory is occupied by the enemy and attacked daily, whose people are prevented from returning to their villages and homes, and whose citizens are held captive by the enemy, take a decision to strip it of one of its most important elements of strength: the resistance? How can a government that is unable to protect its people from an unruly enemy like the Israeli enemy disarm a resistance in the midst of battle? Isn’t this a departure from logic, rationality, and national interests?”
His eminence emphasized that logic, rationality, and national interests dictate that if a state has elements of strength, its first duty is to preserve them so that it can utilize them to eliminate it.
“We are faced with an authority that serve the interests of foreign powers, their administrations, and their dictates, not an authority that places the interests of its people and society at the forefront of its priorities,” Sheikh Daamoush said.
“The government’s decision is dangerous, and we do not know its repercussions. It could put the country on the brink of explosion, and the government must reverse it. The government decision has transformed the problem with the ‘Israeli’ enemy into an internal problem among the Lebanese, thus paving the way for an internal path fraught with risks, complications, and problems. It is true that the Lebanese are politically divided on many issues, but the government’s decision has deepened this division and put the Lebanese face to face. The government’s responsibility is to unite the Lebanese, not deepen divisions among them.”
Sheikh Daamoush added, “Today, the resistance represents a national and social identity and a jihadi symbol forged by blood, sacrifices, and martyrs. No one can erase it or disarm it by a decision or procedure, as if it were a mere technical or artistic matter. The resistance is an identity, a culture, a sense of belonging, and an act of faith and belief. It represents a complete national component and has a national function. Its weapons are not militia weapons used in a civil war, nor are they the kind of weapons that are out of bounds, so that judgments are issued against them as if they were weapons against the nation and not in the service of the nation.”
His eminence said, “Weapons they are talking about are those that liberated a large and precious part of our land. They are behind confronting aggression over the past four decades, protecting Lebanon, defeating the enemy, and preventing it from occupying Lebanon.”
His eminence emphasized, “The weapons that all of the Israeli wars have failed to remove and eliminate cannot be removed by a handful of small tools. These weapons will remain as long as there is occupation and aggression. No one should bet on their weakness. Anyone who bets on their weakness due to regional and international changes is mistaken and delusional.”
Sheikh Daamoush stressed, “We will not engage in any discussion related to the implementation of the government’s decision because we do not recognize it, and it does not concern us. There will be no dialogue about weapons before ‘Israel’ withdraws and stops its aggression against Lebanon. Everyone must know that the resistance’s legitimacy is not nullified by a government decision or an American paper. The resistance derives its legitimacy from the will of its people and the true interests of its country and society. According to opinion polls, the resistance remains the choice of a large number of Lebanese, despite all the campaigns of incitement, skepticism, and media and political distortion.”
Sheikh Daamoush added, “So far, we have acted calmly and have not resorted to major protest measures, but this approach may not continue for long. We did not resort to escalation out of concern for stability and to give the government a chance to rectify its decision, but we may do so if it insists on passing its decision.”
Source: Al-Manar English Website
