Progressive Socialist Party former leader Walid Jumblat has described Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah’s speech on the military developments in Gaza and south Lebanon as “very realistic.”
“He was very realistic in describing the plight of the Palestinian people and the Israeli occupation of the past 75 years, in addition to the situation in Gaza and the bombardment of civilians,” Jumblat said in an interview with al-Jadeed television.
“He held the United States responsible, the same as I hold it and the West responsible,” Jumblat added.
Asked about the White House’s remarks that it does not want to see the war spreading to Lebanon, the ex-PSP chief said: “They are thanked for their generosity, but let them implement a ceasefire in Gaza, end the siege and open the humiliation border crossing that is called Rafah.”
“All possibilities are on the table and we don’t know what’s in Israel’s hostile intentions,” he added.
Kataeb Party chief Sami Gemayel meanwhile said that Nasrallah’s speech did not carry “anything new.”
“The entire speech was fully expected,” Gemayel told Al-Arabiya television.