Article: Hezbollah says not to disarm even if Israel quits Shebaa

Hezbollah says not to disarm even if Israel quits Shebaa

BEIRUT, June 20 (Xinhua) -- A Hezbollah-allied lawmaker said the Shiite militant group will not give up its arms even if Israel pulls out of the disputed Shebaa Farms in south Lebanon, local daily Al- Akhbar reported Friday.

"Any Zionist withdrawal from Shebaa Farms would be a big achievement for the resistance, and would be the outcome of its role and pressures," Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah was quoted as saying.

However, any retreat "will not change the fact that Lebanon needs the resistance," he said.

Hezbollah was the only Lebanese group which did not have to hand over its weapons in 1989, according to the Taef accord which ...

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