Threats to Lebanon is a Part of Electoral Competition?

 
Source: Al-Manar TV, 26-11-2008
While some Lebanese have been undermining "Israel's" "ascending" threats against Lebanon, others called for alertness while "Israeli" political circles seemed more worried and perplexed.
Indeed, and while the so-called March 14 forces were opening from Beirut their fire at any possibility of equipping the Lebanese army with Iranian weapons as a result of their President's historic visit to the Islamic Republic, "Israelis" were firmly worried of such an option, paying high attention to the visit and its outcomes.
The main source of worries was not only that the Lebanese Army would be, thanks to the Iranian weapons, able to face the "Israeli" enemy in case of any future confrontation.
"The main problem resides in this integration between Hizbullah and the Lebanese State," security analyst Alon Ben David said, adding Hizbullah is considered now to be a major partner in the ruling coalition. "Moreover, we witness today a visit paid by the Lebanese President to Tehran where he's meeting with leaders who might provide him with military aids," he said, expressing worries because, according to him, Lebanon was consolidating relations with Iran.
According to "Israeli" circles, Barak is seeking, through criticizing UN resolution 1701, to harm Livni who considers it as her own achievement. But Barak has, in return, been subject to vehement criticism from the "Israeli" Likud party who accused him of exploiting the threats to achieve electoral gains. "We respect Barak's military past, but we shed tears over his actual status," Likud MP Godon Saar said.
BERRI CALLS FOR ALERTNESS TO "Israeli" THREATS
Meanwhile, Lebanon ruled out the possibility of translating "Israeli" threats into actions, stressing that the Zionist entity wasn't ready yet for any "adventure." However, it responded to Barak's threats through renewing the Resistance's complete readiness to face aggressions and calling on the Lebanese to seriously deal with the threats instead of just ignoring them.
On Wednesday, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said he was "cautiously" and "anxiously" observing what was happening beyond the southern border, calling for alertness.
Speaking to Lebanese daily As-Safir, Berri expressed annoyance about the intentional tension in the political discourse lately which was for pure electoral goals. He urged the Lebanese to compare between "Israel's" statements and what some have suggested in Lebanon (in reference to calls for disarming the Resistance) and conclude whether they were for electoral goals or not.
The Speaker said that the Zionist entity was making every effort to achieve popular unity to defeat Lebanon, while some intentionally "bring about certain proposals that actually lead to undermining our unity, resistance, and defense strategy," adding that he thought those proposals had ended after the Taif Accord.
Berri said that from national dialogue in 2006 until the current dialogue sponsored by the Lebanese president, there was agreement that discussions were not sacred. However, he said, it was agreed that divergence of opinion should be hidden.
He also told Lebanese daily An-Nahar that "Israel" will not let the Lebanese agree or cooperate. "This is why we should live in harmony with one another so "Israel" would miss a chance whether we were in the parliamentary elections phase or another," Berri said. "Let's learn from the lessons of the past," he urged.
One day earlier, Hizbullah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem told Al-Nour radio station that Barak's threats of destruction and bombardment increased the belief in the necessity of maintaining weapons and strengthening the Resistance to be able to face "Israeli" dangers. "Barak must know that "Israel's" devastation would be more splendid and grandiose," his eminence declared.