Sayyed Fadlallah Slams Those Who Pretend to Forget "Israeli" Threats

 
Local Editor, 01-01-2009

Lebanon's top Shiite cleric Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah said on Friday that the real problem in Lebanon was "the presence of a team that pretends to have forgotten" about "Israeli" threats.

"It is the responsibility of all officials to push this team into putting the country's interest above the interest of those conspiring against Lebanon and the Lebanese," Sayyed Fadlallah said during Friday prayers. Confessional or ethic incitement serves "the interest of the enemy," his eminence said.

Sayyed Fadlallah also called for cooperation and dialogue among politicians in order to avoid internal tension.

Sheikh Ahmed Qabalan also hoped 2010 would be a year of dialogue and reconciliations. The Lebanese should cooperate in order to consolidate the state against challenges and threats, he said.