Hezbollah: US, Israel 'Deal Final Blow' To Arab Peace Plan

BEIRUT - US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have "dealt the final blow" to the 2002 Saudi-led peace initiative, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said Wednesday.

"Obama and Netanyahu have dealt the final, decisive blow to what is called the Arab peace initiative," Nasrallah said in a televised address marking 11 years since Israel withdrew from southern Lebanon, ending a 22-year occupation.

"Is it not time that this initiative be dropped as an option?" asked Nasrallah.

His statement, via video link, prompted cheers from a crowd of thousands of Hezbollah supporters gathered in the village of Nabi Sheet, a Shiite stronghold in the eastern Bekaa Valley.

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and even if they where to come to some sort of agreement, there would be factions who do not like the agreement and will continue the violence. How do I know, because that is exactly what happened after the Good Friday agreement in Ireland.

neither side truly wants peace. It's not worth even trying at this point, it is a waste of time.

Maybe 30, 40, 50 years from now, but right now, it's a colossal waste of time.

And the positions are so far apart that it's not really possible to come together. Palestinians want to replace Israel with a new state that does not have a 'Jewish character', while Israel wants to keep Palestine quiet, contained, and dotted with settlements.

BEIRUT — Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday urged Syrians to back President Bashar al-Assad while calling for the rejection of sanctions imposed on Damascus over a deadly crackdown on pro-democracy protests.

In a televised speech, the head of the powerful Lebanese Shiite militant group also accused US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of dealing the final blow to a 2002 Saudi peace plan.

"We call on all Syrians to preserve their country as well as the ruling regime, a regime of resistance, and to give their leaders a chance to cooperate with all Syria's communities in order to implement the necessary reforms," he said in the speech broadcast by his party's Al-Manar television.

The speech, marking the 11th anniversary of Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon after a 22-year occupation, was broadcast on a giant screen to thousands of Hezbollah supporters in the village of Nabi Sheet, a Shiite stronghold in the eastern Bekaa Valley.

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