Hezbollah's Qmati calls for unity amid pressure for disarmament
Hezbollah political bureau member Mahmoud Qmati called Friday for unity in Lebanon amid ongoing domestic and international pressure for Hezbollah to disarm after a bruising war with Israel.
"We are ready for dialogue about a defense strategy," Qmati said, adding that only national unity could help Lebanon and warning that divisions among the Lebanese people would only serve Israel.
"Our call today is clear: We must unite for Lebanon. If we give up our strength and our weapons, that would be the end of Lebanon."
Qmati said that Lebanon is in danger, "in the eye of the storm", and is facing existential threats from all directions - east, west, north, and south. He cited French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. envoy Thomas Barrack's statements that Lebanon could become a part of Israel or Syria. "That is why we must all be united around the Lebanese army to defend the nation, its entity, dignity, sovereignty, and the unique Lebanese formula in this region."
Qmati said that Hezbollah can fight alongside the Lebanese army and that the monopoly of arms is to protect Lebanon domestically against destructive weapons and mafias that do not defend or serve Lebanon and not against those "who are resisting an external enemy."
"The resistance was created to protect the country," Qmati said, "and we will not accept describing it as Lebanon's problem."
25 July 2025, 15:26
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Qmati already knows that Lebanon IS united under the duly elected President Aoun. He just needs to obey Lebanese law and government instead of Persians and Iranian ayatollah. It really is no more complicated than that.
25 July 2025, 20:25
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I wish people like this Qmati would shut up. The sad thing is that he probably believes these lies. Everyone else is united against you having arms outside the state and the only way we would continue to exist is if you give up your arms. "Our strength", what bloody strength. "The resistance was created to prtect the people". What people, the people who lost their homes because of your meddling. Israel annihilated you easily when you were at your peak. Does he really think whatever weapons hezb has left are a deterrent to Israel! Delusional morons.
25 July 2025, 20:25
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I wish people like this Qmati would shut up. The sad thing is that he probably believes these lies. Everyone else is united against you having arms outside the state and the only way we would continue to exist is if you give up your arms. "Our strength", what bloody strength. "The resistance was created to prtect the people". What people, the people who lost their homes because of your meddling. Israel annihilated you easily when you were at your peak. Does he really think whatever weapons hezb has left are a deterrent to Israel! Delusional morons.
