Word: hizballah
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Israel withdraws from Shebaa Farms, you can disarm Hizballah...
...government took a decision to approve the international tribunal. There was a withdrawal of the members of the cabinet belonging to Hizballah and Amal [another militant Shi'a party]. In July and August, the Israelis invaded Lebanon on the pretext that Hizballah crossed the blue line. The irony here is that when Israel came to Lebanon in 1982, the justification was they wanted to finish the PLO. What actually happened is that they did not finish the PLO. But they laid the seeds for the creation of Hizballah...
...Hizballah disagreed...
...state to be in full control, we have to take away the reasons or the excuses that are being put forward for the continuation of [Hizballah's] weapons outside the control of the central government. Which is the continuation of the occupation. We are after a real cure, which is the end of the occupation. I have to arrange for the liberation of the Shebaa Farms [disputed territory occupied by the Israelis]. You will tell me, Shebaa farms, is it that important? It is Lebanese land and they should withdraw from it. It is as if they are creating always...
...withdrawal of the arms of Hizballah is something that has to be done through negotiation and not through force. These are our countrymen. These people at one time were fighting for the liberation of the occupied territory. They fought bravely defending Lebanon last July and August. I bow my head for their sacrifices. We have to arrange for the liberation [of Shebaa Farms]. They have to understand at the end of the day that no country can continue if there is no real central state and the weapons are the monopoly of the state. We have grievances and we have...