NNA ndash; Free Patriotic Movement Chief, MP Gebran Bassil, commented on the unfolding events in occupied Palestine, considering that the logic of force adopted by Israel is now being used against it.
He said: ldquo;The logic of force that Israel has used against us since 1948 has begun to be used against it, and this is the great transformation that we will experience in the region, and we must see how it can be approached in Lebanon with a unified position that protects and preserves our country so that it remains a champion of the causes of truth.rdquo;
Bassilrsquo;s words came during his visit today to the town of Baskinta in the Metn region, where he had a closer look at its developmental needs.
Following a Mass service held at St. Joseph Church in the town, Bassil met with a popular crowd from the region, where he touched on Lebanonrsquo;s economic and daily-living crises and the serious issue of Syrian displacement and migration of Lebanese citizens.
Touching on the arising events in occupied Palestine, Bassil said: ldquo;This makes us confirm that the logic of force does not lead us to peace,rdquo; noting that Israel only used force with Lebanon and occupied its land and attacked the Lebanese, and all this did not stop until the resistance imposed a ldquo;power equationrdquo;.
ldquo;This is the status quo, and either Lebanon benefits from it to build a state, develop society, and prosper the economy, or we continue to use it in endless wars,rdquo; he added.
ldquo;It is no secret to anyone that there are three types of people in Lebanon: those who believe in the unity of the fronts and arenas, and therefore we open all fields against Israel to destroy it…There are also those who support the right of the Palestinians to regain their land and state, and we are amongst this group and we support what is happening and rejoice in the victory of any Arab against the Israeli…As for the last group, it includes those who rejoice for Israelrsquo;s victory and are saddened by the victory of the resistance,rdquo; Bassil continued to explain.
He considered that in terms of the unity of the arenas and the right of the Palestinians to recover their land, there is a one goal but a different approach and different priorities. ldquo;There are those who want the disappearance of the Israeli entity, but our priority is the establishment of the Lebanese state because without it, neither we nor the homeland would persist,rdquo; he underlined.
ldquo;The FPM touched yesterday on how to follow a policy that preserves the homeland without giving up the elements of power in it and obtain our rights, as in the case of oil and gas extraction, so that we were able to impose a power equation on the borders from both sides,rdquo; recalled Bassil.
ldquo;This happened through the laws that we prepared and the work we did at the Ministry of Energy for years, and the resistance force came to balance the power of science to create this equation and impose on Israel that if it wants to extract oil, then we must also extract from Qana,rdquo; stressing that ldquo;this is how we must make the policies that render Lebanon a priority.rdquo;
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