Elizabeth Tsurkov@LizHurra
Mahmoud Qamati, Deputy Head of Hezbollah's Political Council, reiterated his threats yesterday to topple the Lebanese government and instigate a civil war.
He insists Hezbollah is victorious and will be victorious and thus the Lebanese government has 2 choices:
1. "The government apologizes... to the resistance and voids all the negative decisions against it regarding its weapons and anything else, and reaches an understanding regarding the "defense strategy" that would defend Lebanon... then it'll be a partner in the victory." A "defense strategy" is the code name Hezbollah has used to describe making it weapons legal and supported by the government.
2. "If this government continues with its negative approach and confrontation to the resistance [Hezbollah]... it would be taking the country to internal schism and chaos."
He said that once the war is over "what I call for, or what I expect, not what I call for so that we're precise [corrected his public incitement]. What I expect is a popular tsunami that will sweep away this government and its political sins and the political approach it has been following."
Qamati recently threatened to execute the ministers of the Lebanese government once the war is over, like de Gaulle did to the ministers of Vichy's government x.com/LizHurra/statu…
Senior Hezbollah official, Wafiq Safa, also threatened to overthrow the Lebanese government, as it did in 2008 youtube.com/shorts/K4sc_tm…