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THE
SIDE THE WEST IS NOT ALLOWED TO HEAR Leader
of the NSNS Friday, 21 July 2006
To begin with, in this first address that I make to you since Operation True Promise [in which Hizbullah captured two Zionist soldiers] and the events that followed it, I would like, to begin with, to offer my appreciation and condolences to the families of the martyrs, those who gave the dearest of their loved ones on during these hard and difficult days, for all they have given in the noblest confrontation and battle that the modern age has known or rather that all history has known. I want to salute the wounded and beseech God, be He glorified and exalted, to sustain them, heal them and bring them health. I also wish to salute our steadfast people in all the cities, towns and villages who are standing firm and immovable, rooted in their land as they are rooted in their faith. I also salute my brothers the Mujahideen, the steadfast resistance fighters, enduring hardship at their posts and in all our ranks, ever ready for sacrifice in the path of what they believe. They always have and always will regard their own safety lightly and hold their heads high with pride. In this first address that I give in these days following Operation True Promise, I would like to say a few words — a word to the Lebanese people, a word to the resistance fighters, a word to the Zionists, and a word to the Arab rulers. I will not offer words to the international community because I have never for one day believed that there is any such thing as an international community, just as many in our nation feel.
First,
I say to the Lebanese people: dear people — who embraced the
resistance, by whom the resistance was victorious, and for whom the
resistance won its victory on 25 May 2000 — this people who
were the makers of the FIRST VICTORY in the history of the Arab struggle
with the Israeli enemy, despite the basic inequality in forces, and
in spite of the fact that the majority of our Arab brothers and the
majority of our Muslim brothers abandoned us and despite the silence
of the whole world, this Lebanese people made the miracle of the victory
that stunned the world and humiliated the Zionists. Today, therefore, this is a total war that Zionism is waging to clear its whole account with Lebanon, the Lebanese people, the Lebanese state, the Lebanese army, and the Lebanese resistance, in revenge and reprisal for the victory they won on 25 May 2000. Dear
steadfast, mujahid, and noble people, I know that the overwhelming
majority of this people, in their minds, hearts, will, culture, thoughts,
love, passion, and sacrifice are a people of nobility, dignity, honor,
distinction, and pride, not a people of servility, subservience, submissiveness,
and surrender. I say to you that in this battle we are faced with
TWO CHOICES— not "we" as in Hizballah, or as in the
resistance, the Hizballah resistance — but Lebanon as a state,
a people, an army, a resistance, and a political power — we
are faced with two choices: either to submit today to the conditions
that the Zionist enemy wants to dictate to us all, using the pressure,
support, and backing it has from America, from around the world, and,
I'm sorry to say, from Arabs. Either we submit completely to its conditions,
which means taking Lebanon into an Israeli age under Israeli domination
— in total frankness this is the extent of the matter —
or we stand steadfast. Now,
as for my words for the resistance fighters, for my dear and beloved
brothers: upon them rest the hopes of every Lebanese, every Palestinian,
every Arab, every Muslim, every free and decent person in this world,
every oppressed, tortured victim of injustice, every lover of steadfastness,
courage, dignity, values, and nobility — the characteristics
they embody by their presence on the field of battle and in their
fight with this enemy, the fight of valiant heroes. I say to them:
today, after God the Highest, you are the hope of our Nation. You
are the symbol of our nobility. Our honor is in your hands.
To the Zionists, to the people of the Zionist entity at this hour I say to them: you will soon discover how foolish and stupid are your new rulers, your new leaders. They do not know how to assess reality. They have no experience in this area. You Zionists say in opinion polls that you believe me more than you believe your officials. So now I call on you to listen well and believe me. Today we have persevered despite theattack that took place last night in the southern suburbs. However, the attacks multiply in every village, neighborhood, street, and home in Lebanon, there is no difference between the south Beirut suburbs, the City of Beirut, or any home in south Lebanon, in the Beqaa, or the north, or Mount Lebanon, or any corner of Lebanon. The
equation has now changed. I will not say today that if you strike
Beirut, we will strike Haifa. I will not tell you that if you hit
the south Beirut suburbs, we will hit Haifa. You wanted to get rid
of that equation, so now we and you have got rid of it in actuality.
You wanted open warfare, and we are going into open warfare. We are
ready for it, a war on every level. To Haifa, and, believe me, to
beyond Haifa, and to beyond beyond Haifa. Not only we will be paying
a price. Not only our houses will be destroyed. Not only our children
will be killed. Not only our people will be displaced. Those days
are past. That was how it was before 1982, and before the year 2000.
Those times have come to an end. I promise you those times have passed.
As to
the Arab rulers, I don't want to ask you about your history. I just
want to say a few words. We are "adventurers." We in Hizballah
are "adventurers," yes. But we have been "adventurers"
since 1982. And we have brought to our country only victory, freedom,
liberation, dignity, honor, and pride. This is our history. This is
our experience. This is our "adventure." Peace be upon you and the mercy of God! |
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