13/11/2010 Two days on the decisive and significant speech delivered by Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah in the occasion of the Martyr’s Day, the content of the speech is still making the headlines in Lebanon.
Despite the expected “campaign” on the speech by those who always seek to create divisions in the country and by those who are dissatisfied by all efforts to maintain stability in the country, experts and analysts agreed that the speech has actually given momentum to the ongoing Saudi-Syrian efforts to calm down the situation.
Sayyed Nasrallah kept the floor open for all initiatives during his Thursday’s speech, emphasizing that the Saudi-Syrian efforts were serious and that the party was open to any logical and ethical solution. “The Saudi-Syrian efforts are very serious and there are big hopes pinned on it. Any results the Lebanese State agrees to will also be endorsed by the Islamic republic of Iran,” Sayyed Nasrallah stressed, adding, however, that some Lebanese sides were not comfortable with the Saudi-Syrian efforts. “When some of the Lebanese leaders realized the seriousness of these efforts they went mad,” his eminence said. “They asked for the help of the Americans, French as well as some Arab governments. They believed that in case the crisis was resolved, the fifth phase in the plot against the Resistance would fall just like the previous phases did and therefore, all their dreams would collapse. Some politicians in Lebanon dream of witnessing clashes between the army and Resistance as well as Sunni-Shiite strife. But let them be assured that nothing of this will happen.”
Lebanese daily As-Safir quoted on Saturday trusted Lebanese sources as confirming that the Saudi-Syrian contacts were taking place on a semi-daily basis, revealing that they were not strictly addressing the indictment in the investigation into the assassination for former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. The sources said that the Syrian leadership had informed a number of Lebanese officials that the Resistance and peace in Lebanon are a "red line".
In the same context, Syrian ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdul Karim Ali told Al-Manar that the Syrian-Saudi efforts to resolve the Lebanese crisis were ongoing, expressing hope that the efforts would be fruitful and would end up with a Lebanese agreement. He said that Syrian President Bashar Assad and Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz were both concerned with the Lebanese situation. “They are aware of the sensitivity of the situation in the Lebanon and the dangerous plots prepared for Lebanon and the region,” he added.
For his part, Lebanese Speaker Nabih Berri said on Saturday he was very comfortable with Sayyed Nasrallah’s openness to the Saudi-Syrian efforts. In an interview with Lebanese daily An-Nahar, Berri said rejected suggestions regarding the three-way power sharing system, adding that the Taif Accord should be implemented as a whole.
Yet, some political leaders in Lebanon, dissatisfied with the efforts and initiatives aimed at maintaining stability in the country, favored to assail Hebzollah Secretary General through his last speech.
In this context, Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea claimed that Sayyed Nasrallah’s speech "included an amount of contradictions,” warning that "the chances of civil strife have become higher after Sayyed Nasrallah's speech.”
For their part, the so-called March 14 General Secretariat hit back at Sayyed Nasrallah, claiming “he unleashed his imagination in a conspiratorial explanation of events, addressing accusations of treason to those who are devoting their lives for the sake of protecting Lebanon.”
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