Hezbollah’s Qassem: Lebanon’s Defense is Not Up for Foreign Negotiation

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Sheikh Naim Qassem rejects calls to disarm, insisting resistance arms are a sovereign matter and Israel remains the real threat.

Hezbollah Deputy Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem reaffirmed on Friday that Lebanon’s defense is a sovereign matter that does not require permission from any external party. He asserted that the Islamic Resistance is open to discussions, but only…