Resistance pledge includes limits on negotiation rights

Sep 27

At the September 27 commemoration for Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine, Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem says Palestine remains its compass and liberating Lebanese territory its priority. IRINN reports his pledge to continue resistance until Israeli forces leave, while preserving national unity and coexistence. Its headline condemns negotiations, but the full report qualifies that Lebanon's president has a right to negotiate within the constitution and Taif Agreement and without waiving Lebanon's complaint rights. Qassem also blames Beirut's government for continuing insecurity and praises Iran's leadership. These are his political positions.

At the September 27 commemoration for Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine, Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem says Palestine remains its compass and liberating Lebanese territory its priority. IRINN reports his pledge to continue resistance until Israeli forces leave, while preserving national unity and coexistence. Its headline condemns negotiations, but the full report qualifies that Lebanon's president has a right to negotiate within the constitution and Taif Agreement and without waiving Lebanon's complaint rights. Qassem also blames Beirut's government for continuing insecurity and praises Iran's leadership. These are his political positions. Kan shows the ceremony at Nasrallah's tomb complex in Beirut's Dahiyeh district and Qassem's pledge to continue the struggle until occupied land is liberated. Its surrounding report argues that Hezbollah has lost power since Nasrallah's death, contrasts supporters' loyalty with Lebanese critics, and revisits government negotiations and continuing Israeli attacks. The interview selections and the correspondent's assessment are not a representative opinion survey. Kan's assessment of weakened leadership coexists with IRINN's emphasis on resistance, unity and Qassem's qualified account of presidential negotiating rights. CCTV's September 28 brief locates the commemoration in Beirut's southern suburbs and says Qassem reiterated refusal to disarm, vowed continued resistance and no surrender to Israel, and called for unity across Lebanese society. The shorter report adds that emphasis without retracting the negotiating-rights qualification in IRINN's full speech account or replacing Kan's contrasting assessment.