Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah says Netanyahu is inciting Western powers against Lebanon a day after after the prime minister blasted the country for including the Iran-backed terrorist group in its newly-formed Lebanese government.
“The new Lebanese government is not controlled by Hezbollah,” Nasrallah says in a speech broadcast by its al-Manar TV channel.
“The new Lebanese Health Minister is close to Hezbollah, but not a member of the party,” he says.
“The Zionist PM is inciting US, European countries, and the Gulf states against the Lebanese government, claiming it is controlled by Hezbollah,” Nasrallah says.
PM Netanyahu speaking to visiting UN ambassadors outside his Jerusalem office, February 3, 2019 (Haim Tzach/GPO)
Yesterday, Netanyahu told a group of 40 UN ambassadors that Iran was in control of the Lebanese government via its proxy Hezbollah.
“Iran has proxies. One of them is Hezbollah. Hezbollah just joined the government of Lebanon. That’s a misnomer; they actually control the government of Lebanon,” Netanyahu said. It means that Iran controls the government of Lebanon.”
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