Speaking in a televised address to crowds gathered in the Bint Jbeil town of
Maroun al-Ras to mark the International Quds Day, Nasrallah said the
Palestinians were shouldering the burden of protecting occupied Quds and the
holy sites in it, the Daily Star reported.
He added that moving the US Embassy to occupied al-Quds was just one of the many
challenges they faced.
"(Another) challenge is the demographic challenge and the challenge in the
change of the population structure,” Nasrallah said.
"Since occupying East Quds in 1967, the Zionists have been working (for) a
decisive demographic change in East Quds and Quds as a whole.”
He said that the city was facing an Israeli attempt to change its identity
through adding further settlements and applying pressure on Palestinian
residents to leave.
"The truth is, the biggest burden falls on the Muslim and Christian Arab
residents of Quds.
"Their stay and the preservation of their houses is the real battle that they
have been spearheading since 1967,” Nasrallah said.
Despite its efforts, the Israeli regime has failed in its plan for demographic
change in the city, Nasrallah said, urging all Muslims around the world to
extend a helping hand.
"This needs spending money. Spending money in this battle to help residents of
Quds to stay in their houses, not to leave the city and to give in to economic
and livelihood pressures and the financial temptations that are being offered to
them,” Nasrallah said.
He emphasized unified Arab and Muslim support for the Palestinian cause should
become a priority again.
Nasrallah criticized those who adopted a pro-Israel position in order to curry
favor with the United States. He said that some of the countries in the region
seek to undermine the Palestinian plight in order to gain American support.
He further said Hezbollah does not have a special project in Syria.
"We are in Syria, where we should be and where the Syrian leadership has asked
us to be,” he said.
"When we bring back our youth and men to Lebanon we will be happy. We will feel
victorious and that the mission is done,” Nasrallah said, adding that the
group’s armed wing had no desire to stay in Syria longer than necessary.
Nasrallah added that hostility toward Iran was "a favor to Israel,” and that all
those who have been betting on regime change in Iran were "delusional.”
Source: IFP