NNA – The Lebanese Communist Party carried out a popular sit-in at Riad El-Solh Square in central Beirut at noon on Sundaynbsp;in solidarity with the Palestinian people, where participants carried Palestinian and Lebanese banners and flags accompanied by revolutionary, national, and Palestinian songs and anthems in the background, amid tight security measures by army units within thenbsp;vicinity.nbsp;
The Party#39;s Secretary General, Hanna Gharib, addressed the participants in a speech he began by saluting with pride quot;thenbsp;heroic Palestinian resistance in the Battle of Al-Aqsa Flood that made the Israeli occupation taste the bitterness of humiliation and defeat, which is the battle of all the free people of our nation and the honorable people of the world.quot;
Gharib called for quot;the unification of all Palestinian resistance factions in their war to defeat the Israeli enemy,quot; and urged all Arab presidents and rulers to ldquo;immediately stop normalization with the Zionist entity and to unify their word and provide all forms of support to the Palestinian people.rdquo;
He also saluted quot;this initiative by the comrades in the Lebanese Communist Party to affirm the unity of all resistance forces in our nation, to achieve their goals and ambitions, foremost ofnbsp;which is the liberation of Palestine, the restoration of the nation#39;s dignity, depriving the colonial powers of control over their capabilities and resources, and achieving their ambitions to build a bright future for the comingnbsp;generations.quot;
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