Berri warns Lebanese not to be dragged into 'sedition'

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri issued a stark warning on Saturday, urging the Lebanese people to resist being drawn into "sedition" in the wake of a newly signed agreement between Lebanon and Israel.

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O my people in Lebanon, all of Lebanon, this is sedition.

"O my people in Lebanon, all of Lebanon, this is sedition," Berri declared, directly referencing the agreement and Hezbollah's strong opposition to it. He further quoted Imam Ali ibn Abi Taleb, warning the faithful against entanglement in strife.

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Be in strife like a young camel: neither a back to be ridden nor an udder to be milked.

Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah echoed these concerns, asserting that Lebanese officials who finalized the framework agreement in Washington on Friday could not implement it without triggering a civil war. "Lebanese authorities will be unable to impose the implementation of the agreement signed in Washington unless they go, with American support, to civil war," Fadlallah stated.

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Lebanese authorities will be unable to impose the implementation of the agreement signed in Washington unless they go, with American support, to civil war.

Fadlallah also characterized the Washington agreement as an attempt to disrupt the "Islamabad path," referring to an initial U.S.-Iran agreement on halting the Middle East war, which includes Lebanon. Following the announcement, dozens of Hezbollah supporters gathered in Beirut's southern suburbs, waving flags and later scuffling with the army on the airport road.

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what happened in Washington is an attempt to disrupt the Islamabad path, and without the resistance (Hezbollah) nothing will pass.