The leader of Hezbollah called on Lebanese officials to reject the US-led peace talks scheduled with Israel on Tuesday, saying the terror group would not accept surrender and will keep retaliating against the Jewish state.
In a televised speech on the eve of the meeting, Naim Qassem demanded leaders in Lebanon cancel the talks in Washington as he vowed that the Iran-backed group would not accept any terms of a cease-fire with Israel.
“We call on the president and prime minister to back down from these negotiations that we absolutely reject,” Qassem said.
“Our choice is resistance and confrontation in the face of this enemy, and we consider these negotiations to be worthless and will only provide the enemy with free concessions,” he added.
Qassem slammed the peace talks as hypocritical
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