Future Movement MP Ghazi Youssef said that some parties were persistent in their trails to implicate Lebanon in the military conflict in Gaza, adding he supported the patriotic decision of preventing any new venture, especially after Lebanon succeeded in rebuilding what was destroyed during the 2006 July War.

In an interview with the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Anbaa on Friday, he called on the Lebanese army and UNIFIL to intensify their efforts to prevent the repetition of the rocket-launching incidents.

He accused the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command of attempting to expand the military fronts in favor of Syria’s interest by propagating the war between Hamas and Israel. Syria, he said, might try to use this war as a bargaining card to enhance its position during the negotiations with Israel. He added that if this should happen, it would be at the expense of Lebanon, Palestine and any unified Arab stance.

He called to prohibit the Palestinian weapons, at least outside the refugee camps in Lebanon.

Youssef concluded that Iran had succeeded in breaching the Palestinian and Arab stance through its support for Hamas.

-NOW Staff