Sheikh Qassem: Egypt reveals that Hizbullah has given military support to Palestine

 
Source: Financial Times, 13-5-2009

Deputy Hizbullah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem told the British newspaper Financial Times on Wednesday that Hizbullah has been providing the Palestinians in Gaza with "every type of support" possible for some time now in a remarkable admission of the party's widening regional role.

"We have always said that we supported the resistance in Palestine, but we have not mentioned how or given details of such support. But Egypt has now revealed that we have given military support to Palestine. We have done so for a while, but we have not talked about it," Sheikh Qassem added.

Qassem suggested that the West had double standards in saying Hizbullah should not be supporting Palestinian resistance groups.

"We are asked about our specific and limited support for Gaza, while nobody questions the US about their total and unflinching support for "Israel"," he concluded.