The Communist Hadash party, part of the Joint List Knesset faction, has issued a statement condemning the decision of several Gulf States to label Hezbollah a terror organization.
The faction — which includes MK Ayman Odeh, the leader of the Joint (Arab) List — posted on its official Arabic website a fierce condemnation of Saudi Arabia and other Gulf States for their decision to outlaw Hezbollah “in the service of occupation and the continued occupation of Arab land.”
The pan-Arabist Balad party, also part of the Joint List, has also condemned the move, according to Israel Radio, using the same wording in its statement.
However, Balad refuses to confirm if it made the statement.
On Wednesday the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council declared Hezbollah — which has lawmakers in the Lebanese parliament — a terror group in the latest step against the organization as ties between its main backer Iran and regional powerhouse Saudi Arabia deteriorate.
Gulf monarchies had already sanctioned Hezbollah in 2013 in reprisal for its armed intervention in Syria.
— Marissa Newman
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