Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Sheikh Naim Qassem, Statement During Hezbollahg Festival

This enemy is an expansionist enemy; it has not adhered to the agreement, and its aggressions are constant. This is not due to the presence of Hezbollah’s weapons, but rather with the aim of gradually establishing the occupation of Lebanon and drawing “Greater ‘israel'” through the gateway of Lebanon.
America has no relation to weapons, nor to defense strategy, nor to the disagreements among Lebanese.
They want to disarm, dry up financial sources, prevent services, close schools and hospitals, and they practice a policy of preventing reconstruction and donations, and demolishing homes.
Do you want to convince us that the issue is only disarmament, and then the situation in Lebanon will be resolved?
No one in the world can prevent the capability of defense, and this is a foregone conclusion. Let them try that with the defeated, not with us.
The participation of a civilian delegation in the mechanism committee violates the basic condition that stipulated a cessation of hostilities by the enemy. You have offered a free concession that will change nothing in the enemy’s stance or its aggression.
The civilian delegation went and met, and then pressure increased, and aggressions increased, and ‘israel’ wants to tell the Lebanese: We want you under fire.
This measure is an additional blunder added to the blunder of August 5.
We in Hezbollah have done our part, and we have enabled the state to impose its sovereignty within the framework of the agreement, and be certain: when we unite, they cannot do anything.

Identifying with “‘israel'” means piercing the ship… and then everyone will drown.