"Qassem urged Saudi Arabia to open a new page with Hezbollah, based on three principles: dialogue to resolve disputes and address concerns, recognition that Israel and not the resistance is the enemy, and freezing of past disagreements. He stressed that the resistance's weapons are aimed solely at Israel, not Lebanon, not Saudi Arabia, and not any other place or party in the world."
"Qassem warned that pressure on the resistance only benefits Israel, and that if it were eliminated, the turn will come for the other states. Tensions between Saudi Arabia and Hezbollah have existed for years, and are part of the broader, years-long rivalry between Riyadh and Iran, Hezbollah's main backer. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), led by Saudi Arabia, labelled Hezbollah a terrorist organisation in 2016, citing its involvement in the Syrian civil war on now-deposed leader Bashar al-Assad's side and its backing of Yemen's Houthis."
Naim Qassem urged Saudi Arabia to mend ties with Hezbollah and form a united front against Israel. He proposed three principles: dialogue to resolve disputes, recognition that Israel—not the resistance—is the enemy, and freezing past disagreements. He affirmed that the resistance's weapons target Israel alone, not Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, or other parties. He warned that pressure on the resistance benefits Israel and that removing the resistance would shift threats onto other states. He framed Israel as a colonial outpost backed by Britain and the United States and accused it of committing crimes with US support.
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