00:00A large crowd of Lebanese gathered on Wednesday in front of the headquarters of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia in Beirut
00:09to express their support for the Lebanese resistance and the role it plays in defending sovereignty, independence and integrity.
00:17Our colleague Hishan Wenus has the details.
00:19The cessation of continued Israeli aggression, the withdrawal of occupation troops from Lebanese territory, the release of prisoners, and the reconstruction of southern Lebanon are the main demands of the participants in the demonstration, representing the different political currents, forces, trade unions, and civil society organizations in Lebanon.
00:44The negotiations and dialogue did not yield results as the Zionist occupation entity continues to violate our airspace, our sea, and our land, and continues to kill our children and brothers.
00:56From all factions and components that make the Lebanese people, that is why we are gathered here today to demand an end to these attacks that cause harm to all Lebanese without the station.
01:06Today we have come to defend our rights and to demand that the Zionist enemy withdraw from Lebanon, return our prison, and instructing the reconstruction of our country.
01:18We therefore affirm that we defend our freedom, sovereignty, and independence, and that we want to live with dignity and without humiliation.
01:25The protesters also expressed their condemnation and rejection of the U.S. Zionist pressure exerted on the Lebanese government to disarm the resistance at a time when Israel continues to violate Security Council Resolution, 1,701, and a November 2024 ceasefire.
01:47The resistance was created to free the country from Israel, and until the goal of liberating Lebanon and totally eradicating this tumour materialized in Israel is achieved, the resistance will not cease to exist.
02:02We condemn what happened in Venezuela and the threats against Cuba, Colombia, and Greenland, as well as the threats against Lebanon, the ASEAN Palestine,
02:13are being carried out in the service of the interests of the tyrannical United States, which seeks, through its interventionist policies and its attacks and hostilities,
02:21to eliminate the will for freedom and the will for resistance and independence of the free people of the world.
02:26Israel, in addition to causing the deaths of more than 350 people since the truce came into effect in November 2024, occupies five strategic points along the Lebanese border, and refuses to withdraw from the territory, despite being a key component of the agreement.
02:50Even so, in contradiction to the position of the participants in the demonstration, there are Lebanese voices that continue to blame the resistance for the country's instability.
03:01The unity between the people, the army, the government, and the resistance, is the key to preserving Lebanon's sovereignty.
03:12This is what these protesters are saying in rejection of the Zionist US plans to divide the country.
03:18Hishamon News, Telesur, Beirut, Lebanon.
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