Jumblatt received a Hamas delegation: Lebanon’s fate is at stake

The president of the Progressive Socialist Party, Walid Jumblatt, received, in his office in Clemenceau, the head of the “Hamas” political office, Ismail Haniyeh, leading a leading delegation of the movement, which included: the head of the movement in the foreign region, Dr. Maher Salah, Head of the Arab and International Relations Office, Izzat al-Rishq, Deputy Head of Relations, Arab and International Affairs Osama Hamdan, Head of the National Relations Office, Hussam Badran, and Representative of the movement in Lebanon Dr. Ahmed Abdel-Hadi, in the presence of the member of the bloc “Democratic Rally”, the parliamentarian Akram Chehayeb, the general secretary of Al-Tadmiyyah, Zafer Nasser, and a member of the leadership council, Bahaa Bou Karam .

Haniyeh
After the meeting, Haniyeh said: “It was a meeting that united Palestine with Lebanon, as well as history and the past, through which we reviewed the political developments related to the Palestinian question, especially after the so-called agreement of the era and the annexation and normalization plan. The position we heard from Jumblatt is constant, and it is not new. Our Druze brothers, who are here in Brother Lebanon, support and defend the Palestinian cause, because this issue is strongly present in the Jumblatt table and our brothers in community leadership. “

He added: “We review the objective of the right of return for Palestinian refugees and affirm that the Palestinian people adhere to the right of return and reject resettlement, an alternative homeland or displacement. We also review the humanitarian and living conditions of our people in the camps, and Jumblatt has a clear position, as long as the political position is that we will certainly return and make efforts to improve the living conditions of our brothers. ” Our Palestinian people are here in the camps. ”

He continued: “Similarly, we deal with what is happening in Jerusalem and the siege of Gaza, and we express our gratitude to Jumblatt for his role and support in our cause, which is the problem of all Arabs and all human Muslims. We also discussed in detail the meeting of the secretaries general of the Palestinian factions and explained the steps we are taking in the interests of national unity. ” And restore joint Palestinian action, and we hear from Jumblatt all the encouragement and welcome in these steps. Rather, he is ready and ready to support these steps with the Palestinian factions, either with Brother President Abu Mazen or with us or with the rest of the Palestinian factions. “

Haniyeh concluded: “I keep pointing out that we offer our condolences to Jumblatt for the martyrs of the port and wish the recovery of the wounded, but we also feel that Lebanon can emerge from this crisis, wishing to be successful in the dialogues that form the Lebanese government. and for Lebanon to be more secure, stable and united. Lebanon is strong. ” What is united and stable is the strength and asset of Palestine.

In response to a question about his missile threat from Lebanon, Haniyeh said: “There have been no threats at all, and we are talking about affirming the right of the Palestinian people to stick to their fundamentals, and this is very natural. We are interested. in the security of Lebanon and we manage our resistance within the occupied Palestinian territories, but our people bear Their concerns stick to their foundations, and their role is well known and they are surrounded on the stage of fighting with the Zionist occupation. “

He added: “Our relationship with Lebanon is clear and strong with all components. Certainly, we do not interfere in internal affairs and we do not shame Lebanon, and our agreement with normalization is declared. We reject normalization with the Israeli occupation, and the Lebanon has also stated that it is against normalization. “

Jumblatt
For his part, Jumblatt said: “My will and best wishes to Brother Ismail Haniyeh is the most important issue for the unity of the Palestinian position, whatever the pressures, normalization and difficulties, the unity of the Palestinian position. , and I am ready with what I have of the capabilities to help with this issue, and I also promised, with what I have of the possibilities as well, by facilitating the prima facie right to a dignified life for a citizen of a Palestinian refugee Since 1948, it harms your right to this racial discrimination, despite the enactment of a law that allowed you to work years ago.

Regarding the local Lebanese archives, Jumblatt said: “From the first moment we supported the French initiative, the initiative of President Macron, which, in my opinion, is the last chance to rescue Lebanon, after the disaster of the destruction of Ashrafieh, Mar Mikhael and the port, and in this context I must say, if we are overwhelmed with ministerial details, the port will be destroyed, Mar Mikhael, Ashrafieh and other areas remain devastated, and Lebanon may plunge into a further economic crisis, considering that When Professor Ismail Haniyeh spoke about normalization, we could see a railway between occupied Palestine and the Gulf, and we could see an oil pipeline from Ashkelon to the Arabian Sea. We recall that in the Sykes-Picot days of the 1930s, there were two pipelines reaching Lebanon, one from Kirkuk to Tripoli, the second from Saudi Arabia to Zahrani, and the economic, political and development fate of Lebanon is at stake. if the government is not completed at the first opportunity.