Hassan Nasrallah
Hassan Nasrallah
Hassan Nasrallahis the third Secretary General of the Lebanese political and paramilitary party Hezbollah since his predecessor, Abbas al-Musawi, was assassinated by the Israel Defense Forces in February 1992. Hezbollah has since been designated a terrorist organization, either wholly or in part, by the United States, European Union and other nations. Nasrallah is often referred to as "al-Sayyid Hassan", the honorific "Sayyid" denoting descent from the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandson Husain ibn Ali...
NationalityLebanese
ProfessionRevolutionary
Date of Birth31 August 1960
CountryLebanon
It's not the first time that I speak with American journalists. I've had meetings with many different newspapers and stations, and I've ha - never had a problem with meeting with American journalists.
Israel lost their power to intimidate during the second war with Lebanon.
You can look at the West Bank. Cities are like prisons. They can be closed quickly by the Israeli forces, and everything stops in these cities. This is the result of Oslo.
What is being talked about now is the probability of the Sharon government launching an attack against Lebanon to eliminate the resistance of Hezbollah by using the American war against Iraq. But, of course, in this case, we will certainly fight with all our strength.
The Palestinian must stop throwing stones, and the Israelis must stop firing rockets. And in the view of the Sharm el-Sheikh summit, rockets are equal to stones.
We will consider every hand who will try to take our weapons, as an Israeli hand.
America's real plan is to fuel a civil war, while the national plan is for all Lebanese to live in peace with one another. There will be no return to civil war. All the political powers as well as the media must work to reduce religious tensions and make everyone understand that they will not allow Lebanon to be destroyed again.
Force is the duty of the state, not Hizbullah.
To talk about liberty and freedom is nice, lovely, but the important thing is to allow people to act in liberty and freedom.
We did not start a fight with America, and we don't want a war with America. If someone launches an attack, though, we will respond. We will not take rejection or humiliation. We do not want to fight.
On this land, Muslims, Christians and Jews can coexist together, as they have - as they had for the - for hundreds of years in the framework of a democratic state.
The protests must be pursued everywhere. Bush and Rice should keep quiet and we tell them that we will not forgive those who offend our Prophet.
When a peace agreement is concluded between the Lebanese government and Israel, we would surely disagree with the Lebanese government about that, but we would not make any turmoil out of it.
We have no presence in Iraq, but certainly if the American troops come and attack Lebanon, without question, we will fight them.