Lebanese blogger calls Israel a ‘cancer’ after ToI article on her criticism of Nasrallah

A Lebanese blogger calls Israel a “cancer” after The Times of Israel published an article on a video she made criticizing Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah as worse for Lebanon than Israel following the deadly blast at the Beirut port.

“When we criticize nassrallah it is an interior Lebanese debate.But one thing is obvious we lebanese will be united around the resistant against any Israeli attack!” Dima Sadek writes on Twitter.

She adds: “Israel is a cancer and the Israeli apartheid system is a shame!”

When we criticize nassrallah it is an interior Lebanese debate.But one thing is obvious we lebanese will be united around the resistant against any Israeli attack!Israel is a cancer and the Israeli apartheid system is a shame! ⁦@TimesofIsrael⁩ https://t.co/3CloMamDLi

— Dima ديما صادق (@DimaSadek) August 10, 2020

Sadek’s criticism of Hezbollah in the wake of the August 4 blast at the Beirut port went viral amid demands by Lebanese for political change in the country.

Sadek, until last year an anchor on a popular political talk show before being let go for criticizing Hezbollah, on Friday took to Twitter, where she has over 621,000 followers, with the video lashing Hezbollah as worse than the enemy across the border.

The Friday video addressed the organization’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, after his speech denying claims that Hezbollah was responsible for the port explosion.

“I want to tell you one thing: if you can answer this question for the Lebanese people, then I swear, we will all bow down to you — I will bow down to you if you can answer this question,” she said in the clip. “What has Israel done against us that’s worse than you? Answer me.”

Sadek’s video had been viewed more than 715,000 times by Monday.

The video led to media interviews. One interview, published Monday in the Italian daily La Repubblica, was headlined, “Israel is an enemy, but Hezbollah has done worse.”