“SG tells Palestinians: Hezbollah with you, develop your intifada”
Thursday, Oct 5, 2000.
Hezbollah Secretary General his Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah Wednesday underlined the great value of Holy al-Quds (Jerusalem) to Moslems, in general, and to Palestinians, in particular.
“Al-Quds and the holy sites mean a lot to this people, therefore, they cannot take any provocation, they storm even if their lives are at stake. To them, al-Quds and all that it contains are red lines that are defended by red blood,” Sayyed Nasrallah said during a massive Hezbollah rally in Beirut’s southern suburbs to show the party’s support to the Palestinian people’s intifada.
“What happened was a message to the Zionists, who are taking about Yerushalayim, a message to the world and to anyone who imagines or thinks that he represents this people and has the right to concede a neighborhood, wall or stone in al-Quds.”
His Eminence encouraged Palestinians to have faith and fight Israeli occupying forces with martyrdom attacks and even knives.
“Palestine could be liberated by armed struggle, knives and martyrdom operations,”
He said liberating Palestine does not require “armies,” reminding how Hezbollah resistants fought Israeli occupation forces in south Lebanon for years and forced their withdrawal from south Lebanon last May after 22 years of occupation.
“We did so (in Lebanon) and you can do the same,” Sayyed Nasrallah said as massive crowds shouted “Allah Akbar” (God is Great).
He told the Palestinian people to find “Israel’s” “weak point,” as Hezbollah did in south Lebanon.
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"The priority in south Lebanon was not destroying a tank as Israelis can bring thousands of tanks,‘’ he said. “Their (Israelis) principal weak point is the Israeli human being who is not ready to make sacrifices and is not ready to die. We, in Lebanon and Palestine, adore martyrdom and we can defeat them (Israelis).”
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Sayyed Nasrallah said the Palestinians can move “from the Intifada of stone-throwing to martyrdom operations.”
“You have to move from the stone-throwing Intifada to the phase of real Jihad (holy war) operations,” he told the rally that gathered in solidarity with the Palestinian people.
He told the Palestinians to “save the bullets you are firing into the air or at the walls … save them for the chests of the Zionist soldiers and settlers.”
“Let a (Palestinian) reach a settler, let him stab him fiercely and let him die afterwards. They (Israelis) love worldly matters, we love martyrdom. Hit them in their weak points,” he shouted as thousands chanted: “Allahu Akbar”.
Sayyed Nasrallah said “the rule is: you kill and then you die. You will see that the results will be different.”
“The formula should not remain that they kill our children but should be to kill their soldiers and settlers,” he said. “If you don’t have bullets, everyone of you has knives and can use them to kill Israeli soldiers and settlers.”
He said if attacks were successful, no Jewish immigrant would stay in occupied Palestine and would surely prefer to go back to the country he came from, whether Ethiopia or Russia.
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The secretary-general promised the “great and struggling” Palestinian people assistance from Hezbollah, refusing to disclose how.
“We will be with you and we will not abandon you. We will be at your side and you can bet on this and that is enough,” he said. “We should have big faith and trust in Allah.”
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Source: http://www.almanar.com.lb/news.htm
Regards,
Shair.