Khaled Mashal, head of Hamas overseas, has acquired an invite to go to Lebanon by numerous Palestinian figures dwelling in Lebanon. It was pure for the matter to be mentioned throughout the Motion’s political bureau, which determined that the go to could be in mid-December, coinciding with the anniversary of the Motion’s institution, and the celebration of the Palestinians within the camps of Lebanon.
The Motion acquired a large welcome from the official authorities in Lebanon, particularly the Presidency, the Presidency of Council of Ministers and the Presidency of the Parliament. Nonetheless, an distinctive occasion occurred – that’s, Hezbollah has knowledgeable the Hamas management that it’s not involved with this go to and wouldn’t obtain Khaled Mashal. Then, Hezbollah pushed its followers, allies and allies of Iran and Syria, resembling Wiam Wahhab, Faisal Abdelsater, Nasser Kandil, Asad AbuKhalil and others, to assault Khaled Mashal and defame his popularity and patriotism. They tried to create a rift contained in the Motion by entrenching the thought of a elementary disagreement throughout the Hamas management over Mashal’s go to. Nonetheless, the Hamas management is credited with insisting on persevering with the go to regardless of Hezbollah’s calls for. It was a transparent message to Hezbollah, Iran and the Syrian regime that Hamas doesn’t settle for strain or dictates from Tehran, Damascus or Hezbollah.
It’s value mentioning that Hezbollah’s rejection of the go to is a rejection of Khaled Mashal personally, who stood by the Syrian folks and their revolution in opposition to the murderous autocrat, Bashar Al-Assad. This was the place of Hamas as a complete, which was unanimously determined by its management and never by Mashal alone.
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When the message of Hamas reached Hezbollah, it famous its content material that the go to was nonetheless scheduled and the Motion had not cancelled it. A number of days earlier than the go to, an explosion occurred within the Borj El Chmali’s camp, which killed probably the most outstanding youth leaders in Hamas, martyr Hamza Shaheen. On the day of the funeral, members of the nationwide safety forces affiliated to the “Fatah” motion fired on the funeral, ensuing within the loss of life of three Hamas youths in Lebanon. The scenario grew to become extra tense; the warning message was understood that the go to have to be cancelled and renounced. Nonetheless, the Hamas management, after discussing the matter and assessing the scenario, insisted on persevering with the go to, since actual management exists amongst its folks in these troublesome circumstances.
We’ve got to notice right here that the choice of Khaled Mashal’s go to will not be a single choice taken by Mashal alone with out coordination with the get together’s management, because the get together’s media tried to depict from the primary second of the go to announcement. Fairly, the go to was taken by a choice of the Hamas management.
When Hezbollah’s makes an attempt to completely stop the go to have been unsuccessful after Hamas’ insistence on finishing it, Hezbollah labored to thwart it by all permissible and impermissible methods. When Khaled Mashal arrived at Beirut airport, the media and journalists have been shocked that they have been prevented from getting into the airport and assembly Mashal. Hezbollah not solely rejected the go to however introduced by its writers that Nasrallah refused to obtain Mashal, though Hamas didn’t ask for a gathering between its Secretary- Normal and Khaled Mashal!
Hezbollah didn’t simply do this however, as a way to thwart the go to, it pressured Parliament Speaker, Nabih Berri, to cancel the assembly, which he had beforehand agreed to and was on the go to’s schedule. Hezbollah additionally exerted the identical strain on Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, to cancel the assembly; nonetheless, Mashal met him at his residence, away from the federal government palace as a way to keep away from embarrassment and to show the assembly into a private go to away from the official kind.
Likewise, there was additionally strain from Syria and Hezbollah on the Mufti of Lebanon to cancel his assembly with Mashal, however the Mufti didn’t undergo this strain and the assembly occurred.
The height of Hezbollah’s makes an attempt to thwart Mashal’s go to is by withdrawing and cancelling the license of the pageant commemorating the institution of the Hamas Motion. The celebration was scheduled to be a mass rally during which Khaled Mashal would give a speech of Hamas on this event.
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Hezbollah additionally put strain on the Lebanese media figures to refuse assembly with Khaled Mashaal, considering that this may make the go to to fail however it didn’t realise that, by doing so, it’s firing its slogans and insurance policies, which it tried onerous to brighten within the title of alliance with the Palestinian resistance.
Regardless of all these obstacles and nasty strategies that Hezbollah utilised in entrance of Khaled Mashaal’s go to, the go to didn’t fail. Fairly, Hezbollah failed and misplaced rather a lot, because it was uncovered and appeared with its ugly racist face; all its allegations concerning the resistance and its strategic relationship with Hamas in opposition to the Zionist enemy has vanished.
Hezbollah didn’t intention solely to besiege Mashal and to trigger his go to to fail, however it additionally aimed to create inside strife in Hamas; Hezbollah thought that it had succeeded in attracting a few of Hamas’ leaders to the Iranian camp and, thus, eradicating Mashal from his place because the motion’s chief overseas, in order that Iranian assist for it will proceed. This implies creating strife, however Hamas instantly grew to become alert to it and immediately rushed to finish it by sending the Motion’s vice-president, Saleh Al-Aruri, probably the most outstanding figures keen about Iran to be throughout the delegation headed by Khaled Mashal to go to Lebanon.
In conclusion, Hezbollah has not solely besieged Mashal, however has additionally besieged itself and Iran. It isn’t affirmed that Hamas will reassess its rushed positions to Iran after what occurred with Hezbollah. These positions have angered numerous its proponents within the Arab and Islamic world. Hamas and Khalid Mashal have received. Whereas Hezbollah has misplaced, Hassan Nasrallah has misplaced a battle that he ignited with out his opponent exhibiting any hostile perspective in opposition to him or appearing in opposition to him. Hezbollah has misplaced and Hassan Nasrallah has misplaced politically and morally.
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