Hizbullah official: National decisions should be based on force, terror, deterrence against "Israel"

 
16-2-2009

Hizbullah official Mahmoud Qmati on Friday said national dialogue aimed at restoring political decision-making so that it stood "side by side with the elements of the defense strategy, together in the face of the "Israeli" enemy."

"What we want of the national dialogue is neither to negotiate disarmament nor to negotiate the integration of Resistance into the army. What we want is the completion of the defense strategy," he said.

During a ceremony to commemorate the party's martyrs, Qomati said Hizbullah stood on equal levels militarily and politically. "Official decisions should be made according to an equation of force, terror and deterrence in the face of "Israel"," he added.

On the parliamentary elections, Qmati expressed the belief that both the opposition and the majority wanted to hold the elections constitutionally and on time for one simple reason: "both the opposition and the current majority are convinced they would be the next parliamentary majority."