Hezbollah chief calls for dialogue with Future Movement

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nasrallah ashuraHezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah made a rare public appearance on Monday in the Lebanese capital’s southern suburbs, addressing thousands of his supporters ahead of the Shiite Ashura commemorations.

As he appeared on stage wearing a black robe and turban, the crowd seen in a live broadcast on Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television began cheering wildly, as they apparently had not expected to see him.

The head of the Shiite militant group, whose forces are fighting in Syria alongside the troops of President Bashar al-Assad, usually addresses supporters via video link for fear of assassination by arch-foe Israel.

Nasrallah had not been seen in public since July, when he attended a rally to show support for the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip.

But Monday’s appearance in the southern suburbs of Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold, was his sixth since his group fought Israel in a devastating and deadly war in 2006.

Nasrallah has topped Israel’s most wanted list since even before that 34-day war, and his group has also made enemies with Sunni jihadists from Syria since its involvement in that country’s conflict.

Hezbollah’s fighters clashed with jihadists in eastern Lebanon in October, and its strongholds have come under repeated bomb attacks over its involvement in the Syrian conflict.

The Hezbollah leader called for a large turnout on Tuesday, which sees the peak of Ashura, a festival that marks the killing of Imam Hussein, one of the most revered figures of Shiite Islam and grandson of the Prophet Mohammed.

“Tomorrow we will prove that we are above any threat, any danger, any challenge,” Nasrallah said.

Supporters chanted “We are at your command, O Hussein,” a traditional Shiite rallying cry.

Hussein was killed at the hands of soldiers of the caliph Yazid in 680 AD, an event that lies at the heart of Islam’s sectarian divide into Shiite and Sunni sects.

Lebanese police will close off the Shiite-majority southern suburbs of Beirut for Ashura from midnight until the end of the commemorations.

Hezbollah is planning to hold a massive rally in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Tuesday, and Nasrallah is due to address the crowds again.

The Hezbollah chief also publicly announced for the first time that Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun is Hezbollah’s presidential candidate.

Lebanon has been without a president since former head of state Michel Sleiman’s term ended in May, with political rivals squabbling over a successor.

Lebanese parliament is tasked by the constitution to select a president, a decision that has already been put off 14 times as the war in Syria continues to divide rival political blocs.

DIALOGUE WITH FUTURE

Time has come for Hezbollah and the Future Movement to open a new page and focus on moving Lebanon forward, Nasrallah said Monday as he praised his rivals.

“We disagree on a lot of issues, and we disagree with our local and regional analyses. Sometimes we become enemies and rivals, but our religion teaches us that we must thank and praise those who regard the national good,” Nasrallah said

Nasrallah lauded the Future Movement and its leadership for helping bring an end to the deadly four-day clashes in Tripoli and other parts of the north last week that pitted the Army against Islamist militants.

“If we want to preserve and neutralize the country then we need dialogue. During the last few days allied factions have told us that the time has come for a dialogue between the Future Movement and Hezbollah. We are ready for this dialogue.”

We highly value the stances of the prime minister, the Mufti and the ex-PMs, but the main role was played by the Future movement and its leaders. We might have very different viewpoints but our morals oblige us to take the right and patriotic stance and to thank them and appreciate them despite our differences.

The main factor that helped Lebanon overcome the crisis was the behavior of the residents of Tripoli and the North and the political leaders of the dear Sunni community. Had it not been for this honorable and decisive stance from all these Sunni leaders, things in Tripoli and the North would have taken another course.

Nasrallah denied that the conflict in the region is a Sunni Shiite conflict.

AP/ YL

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23 responses to “Hezbollah chief calls for dialogue with Future Movement”

  1. The real lebanese Avatar
    The real lebanese

    “The main factor that helped Lebanon overcome the crisis was the behavior of the residents of Tripoli and the North and the political leaders of the dear Sunni community. Had it not been for this honorable and decisive stance from all these Sunni leaders, things in Tripoli and the North would have taken another course.”

    But wasn’t it Hezbollah Mps who accused them of harboring terrorism in North Lebanon? And people still don’t understand Hezbollah lies to them….

    Elect a president.

  2. +1 Elect a president.!!!
    Yalla, Ziyad Baroud, or Samy Gemayel. . . 2 people that love Lebanon and will fight for Lebanon. Not Syria, Iran or Saudi. . .
    Cant we have a strong country where people are Lebanese first. Show some of that national pride that we used to be famous for.

  3. Maborlz Ez-Hari Avatar
    Maborlz Ez-Hari

    Lak corl kharra ya zmik. Your ready to kiss some serious ass now aren’t you. They held out the olive branch for how many years now? All of a sudden someone gave you permission to reach out you untrustworthy coward. Get stuffed finish what you started in syria if you can then go back to tehran and leave us Amal you fat prick.

  4. Yes sir The Great is ultimate dictator hence Lebanon’s president. Lebanon needs someone with a big stick for now, a Hung Low man.

    1. MekensehParty Avatar
      MekensehParty

      You deserve a dictator like hasan that appoints presidents like your unelectable Aoun. Garbage of a people.

  5. MekensehParty Avatar
    MekensehParty

    And like the nancies they are, they will run for dialogue where they’ll sit and listen to his dictates…
    No dialogue before not only coming back from Syria but also until they disarm. And if they don’t, dialogue means nothing anyway.

  6. Dilaudid King Avatar
    Dilaudid King

    The conflict in the region very much is a Sunni Shiite conflict. It is because the Shiites are mischevious & want to always opprerss the Sunnis & fight them if they make any headway. God Damned Twelver Shia brand heretics.

    1. They love to die for their god BAshar AL-ASSad = BAALASS under orders of Sayyed Hassan Tisa Nasrallah = SHaiTaN.

      1. Anti ISIS Avatar

        Lol. you are a very funny person. Stupid but funny.

      2. You know that if they die, they will meet 7 virgins in heaven.

    2. Anti ISIS Avatar

      Of course, of course, its always the shiites fault. just go ask the residents in Tripoli. and them compare the two. Actually, while your at it, have quick chat with the people living on the border of Iraq and Syria. The world now knows the difference between the two. And make no mistake FOOL, everybody knows what religion you head chopprs, woman rappers follow. And it certainly is not the Shiite one.

  7. 5thDrawer Avatar

    The STAR hits the stage in a new costume … the crowd goes wild … ‘applause’ signs stay up for 10 minutes … candies are thrown to the ravenous fans … then the spotlight goes out.

    1. sweetvirgo Avatar
      sweetvirgo

      Are panites thrown on stage too?? :)))

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar

        I don’t think their girls bother wearing any. Hmmmm .. maybe jock-straps … 😉
        (The guy on his right looks like a busboy at ‘The Ritz’.)

  8. Now that Nasrallah needs Sunni help to achieve his Iranian agenda in Lebanon, he extends an olive branch to them; whereas before he totally ignored them. He is afraid of Lebanese Sunnis supporting their co-religionists who are battling against Hezbollah, Assad and Iran. So far, Nasrallah has managed to use the LAF to drive a wedge between Sunnis in Lebanon, but this cannot last for long. The big dramatic Shiite Ashura events in Damascus that are bigger than ever have been alarming many Alawites there because they feel that Bashar has sold his soul to the Iranians.

  9. He is asking for a dialogue and he don’t want to give his arms? How is that possible?

    1. MekensehParty Avatar
      MekensehParty

      In Farsi dialogue means monologue

      1. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
        TheUSequalsTheIS

        so now u speak farsi??? u gotta love the world wide web… it makes it possible for every one to be whatever they want. one day they speak “arabic” the next “farsi” when in reality they are google translate or simply computer viruses

        1. MekensehParty Avatar
          MekensehParty

          Here’s a word for you to google and learn today: sarcasm

          1. Maborlz Ez-Hari Avatar
            Maborlz Ez-Hari

            Here’s another one “zombie”

          2. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
            TheUSequalsTheIS

            i’m perfectly familiar with that term as i invented the concept of sarcasm 7abibi (look that was sarcastic as u r not my 7abibi)

  10. Maborlz Ez-Hari Avatar
    Maborlz Ez-Hari

    This mad dog is responsible for how many assassinations, car bombings, his speeches alone have caused disastrous divisions amongst Lebanese citizens be they Shiite, Sunni and the others. Now he wants people to bury the hatchet and accept each other’s beliefs? He finally understands the fabric of the Lebanese people? Hul yun arie and fuck off from here, kulb wortee go back to Iran and shove your head up you know where. Let the Lebanese Shiites have and support Amal at least their history is an honourable story with the late Imam who mysteriously and conveniently for H.A disappeared. You don’t just wipe blood off your hands and act like nothing happened you maggot dog, dissolve your thug gang go live in Syria, or Iran or some cave where you belong you mug. I hope your heart blows a valve or two and you fall to your knees like the worthless pile of crap you are.

  11. Leborigine Avatar
    Leborigine

    I thought HA were invincible and can do it on their own! Why want dialogue now? Are you feeling the pinch?

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