Jumblat slams Israel 'lies' over Majdal Shams, says Hezbollah 'Lebanese resistance'

Lebanon’s Druze leader Walid Jumblat has blasted as “lies” Israel’s accusations that Hezbollah was behind the rocket that killed 12 youngsters in the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights.

“Where did they bring these proofs and arguments from?” Jumblat added, in an interview on Al-Jazeera television.

“Majdal Sham is Arab and most of the Golan’s residents are Arabs who rejected Israeli citizenship,” the Druze leader added.

“Enough with lies, enough with shedding crocodile tears over the Druze Arabs in the Golan, occupied Palestine or Lebanon. Mere lies; this is Israel,” Jumblat went on to lies.

Noting that he is counting on Speaker Nabih Berri’s efforts and the Speaker’s communication with U.S. mediator Amos Hochstein, Jumblat revealed that he had personally chided the U.S. envoy when he called him on Saturday.

“Hochstein called me yesterday and warned of an operation. I told him that it would be better for him to seek a ceasefire instead of relaying a threatening message from Israel,” Jumblat added.

He also stressed that Hezbollah is “a Lebanese resistance movement” and “a part of Lebanon.”