{"id":57180,"date":"2024-09-22T07:02:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T05:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=57180"},"modified":"2024-09-23T23:08:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T21:08:37","slug":"lebanese-christian-mp-blames-iran-and-hezbollah-for-devastation-in-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/09\/22\/lebanese-christian-mp-blames-iran-and-hezbollah-for-devastation-in-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanese Christian MP blames Iran and Hezbollah for devastation in Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Middle East is on the brink of a new war in Lebanon, and many Western media outlets are pretending not to know who is behind it.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/09\/18\/israels-big-blow-to-hezbollah-an-act-of-justice-for-the-children-of-majdal-shams\/\">Israel's big blow to Hezbollah, an act of Justice for the children of Majdal Shams<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/07\/28\/the-shameful-statement-by-the-pedro-sanchez-government-on-the-murder-of-israeli-children\/\">The shameful statement by the Pedro S\u00e1nchez government on the murder of Israeli children<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><big>More than 8,200 projectiles launched by Hezbollah against Israel from Lebanon in 11 months<\/big><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, the Israel Defense Forces <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/idfonline\/videos\/1046188500217089\/?locale=nb_NO\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">denounced<\/a> that <strong>the Islamist terrorist group Hezbollah has launched more than 8,100 projectiles from Lebanon against northern Israel in the past 11 months<\/strong>, <em>\"killing Israelis, burning our fields and forcing our people out of their homes\"<\/em>, a campaign of attacks that <em>\"is why <strong>are determined to put a stop to Hezbollah\u2019s terrorism.<\/strong>\"<\/em> To this figure we must add that <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IsraelinSpanish\/status\/1837716263016989003\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this evening, Hezbollah launched more than 100 rockets at Galilee and northern Israel<\/a>: <em>\"<strong>Millions of people had to run to shelters<\/strong>\"<\/em>, the State of Israel announced.<\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah was created in 1982 and <strong>receives military, arms and financial support from Iran<\/strong>. Today it is one of the largest terrorist groups in the world and, in practice, the <strong>owner of a large part of Lebanon, a traditionally Christian country<\/strong>, which was once described as the Switzerland of the Middle East (many compared Beirut to Paris) and which <a href=\"https:\/\/acninternational.org\/religiousfreedomreport\/es\/actualidad\/l%C3%ADbano-el-%C3%A9xodo-cristiano\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">today lives in poverty, with an ever-increasing exodus of Christians<\/a>, largely driven by <strong>incessant Muslim immigration<\/strong>, which has made Islam the majority religion in the country.<\/p>\n<p><big>Nadim Gemayel points to Iran and Hezbollah as culprits<\/big><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, <strong>Lebanese MP Nadim Gemayel of the Christian Kataeb party<\/strong> made significant statements to Al-Hurra TV, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imlebanon.org\/2024\/09\/21\/nadim-gemayel-195\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IMLebanon<\/a>, in which he <strong>pointed to Iran and Hezbollah as the culprits of the devastation in Lebanon:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\"Someone must take responsibility, and it is clear that <strong>whoever started the war is the one responsible<\/strong> for the problems, the destruction and the devastation. <strong>We would not have reached these scenarios if it were not for a decision by Iran and Hezbollah to include Lebanese lands in the framework of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict<\/strong> and to include Lebanon in the front of support for Gaza, which brought all the destruction and devastation that we can no longer bear because it crossed the border.\"<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><big>He denounces the intimidation process against those who oppose Hezbollah in Lebanon<\/big><\/p>\n<p>Gemayel added: <em>\"<strong>There is no official Lebanon<\/strong> and unfortunately the government is trying to create itself, but it cannot implement anything in Lebanon.\"<\/em> The MP also noted that <em>\"<strong>It was not Lebanon that declared war on Israel, but rather a group of militias and terrorist organizations, and they are responsible for the destruction.<\/strong>\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Lebanese politician also denounced <strong>the dictatorial situation in Lebanon<\/strong> due to the influence of the aforementioned Islamist terrorist group, pointing out that for four months, <em>\"<strong>we have been witnessing a process of demonization, intimidation and fear of anyone who tries to confront Hezbollah<\/strong>, who they consider an Israeli agent.\"<\/em> Gemayel stated that <em>\"<strong>we want to liberate our country, whose culture they are trying to change and impose an Iranian agenda on<\/strong>, which is unacceptable.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p><big>Gemayel denounces that Hezbollah has \"control of the State\" in Lebanon<\/big><\/p>\n<p>The Kataeb MP also denounced that <em>\"<strong>for five years we have lived without distinction between the state and Hezbollah, because it took control of the state and elected Michel Aoun<\/strong> as president and obtained a parliamentary majority.\"<\/em> Aoun heads the so-called March 8 Alliance, <strong>a coalition of pro-Syrian parties that is allied with Hezbollah<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ed533e4e7bf01c6e1a03d697c344519d\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aoun is now a staunch ally of that terrorist group<\/a>, of which he even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infobae.com\/america\/mundo\/2017\/02\/13\/el-gobierno-del-libano-admitio-el-apoyo-de-los-terroristas-de-hezbollah-para-combatir-a-israel\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">affirm<\/a> in 2017 that it plays <em>\"a complementary role to the Lebanese Army.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In 2016, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/world\/iran-calls-aoun-s-election-in-lebanon-a-victory-for-hezbollah-idUSKBN12V1SU\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Iran called Aoun's election in Lebanon a victory for Hezbollah.<\/a> A victory that has also made the Lebanese government one of the allies of the Islamist dictatorship in Tehran. This explains <strong>the Lebanese government's tolerance and complicity with Hezbollah's constant attacks on Israel<\/strong>, by means of projectiles launched from Lebanese territory.<\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.kataeb.org\/articles\/local-2019-06-23-gemayel-blasts-economic-part-of-middle-east-peace\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kataeb.org<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Middle East is on the brink of a new war in Lebanon, and many Western media outlets are pretending not to know who is behind it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10373],"tags":[10713,16413,822,95,22755,22347,22756,22752],"class_list":["post-57180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","tag-christianism","tag-hezbollah","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-kataeb-lebanon","tag-lebanon","tag-march-8th-alliance","tag-nadim-gemayel"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-12 02:26:03","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}