Lebanese Christian leader says Hezbollah’s fighting with Israel has harmed Lebanon
(3 May 2024)
LEBANON GEAGEA INTERVIEW
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
LENGTH: 3:02
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Maarab, Lebanon - 30 April 2024
1. Wide of Abby Sewell, AP news director for Syria, Lebanon and Iraq and Bassem Mroue, correspondent sitting during interview with Samir Geagea, leader of the Lebanese Forces Party (back to camera)
2. Close of Geagea
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Samir Geagea, leader of Lebanese Forces Party:
"No one has the right to control the fate of a country and people on its own. Hezbollah is not the government in Lebanon. There is a government in Lebanon in which Hezbollah is represented. It bypassed the government, the parliament and it bypassed the opinions of the majority of Lebanese people, as you can noticed, and went and started a war there, with the excuse of supporting Gaza. This is the first point I want to focus on. No one has a right to do that, it is forbidden for someone to alter the fate of the people alone without approval from the people."
4. Various of cutaways
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Samir Geagea, leader of Lebanese Forces Party:
"All the damage that could have happened in Gaza or all the things you could imagine happened-happened. What was the benefit of military operations that were launched from south Lebanon? Nothing. All it did was inflict massive losses to the Lebanese people. More than 300 people lost their lives until now. Some villages have been completely destroyed. Other villages have sustained a lot of damage and the rest of the south is not in a normal situation."
6. Cutaway
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Samir Geagea, leader of Lebanese Forces Party: (Speaking about the Syrian refugees in Lebanon)
"Some say that those refugees are not safe in Syria. That is not true. We have been the biggest supporters of the Syrian revolution and we continue to do so because this regime in Syria is a criminal and dictatorial regime, but supporting the revolution is one thing and destroying Lebanon is another thing."
8. Cutaway
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Samir Geagea, leader of Lebanese Forces Party:
"Each side is working for their own benefit. Cyprus is only interested that no migrants come from Lebanon to Cyprus. This is fair. Ursula von der Leyen only cares that no refugees go to Europe. They are ready to gives hundreds of millions of dollars but this is not the problem for us. The problem for us is we cannot have our country drowning in illegal Syrian migrants. We can’t."
10. Cutaway
11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Samir Geagea, leader of Lebanese Forces Party:
"Just like America enforces its laws and just like the UK, France do, like Italy, if they find and illegal migrant, what do they do? They expel them. In Lebanon we should tell them, guys, go back to your country. Syria exists,"
12. Cutaway
STORYLINE:
The leader of a main Christian political party in Lebanon blasted the Shiite militant group Hezbollah for opening a front with Israel to back up its ally Hamas, saying it has harmed Lebanon without making a dent in Israel’s crushing offensive in the Gaza Strip.
In an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday night, Samir Geagea of the Lebanese Forces Party said Hezbollah should withdraw from areas along the border with Israel and the Lebanese army should deploy in all points where militants of the Iran-backed group have taken positions.
His comments came as Western diplomats try to broker a de-escalation in the border conflict amid fears of a wider war.
The near-daily violence has mostly been confined to the area along the border, and international mediators have been scrambling to prevent an all-out war.
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LEBANON GEAGEA INTERVIEW
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
LENGTH: 3:02
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Maarab, Lebanon - 30 April 2024
1. Wide of Abby Sewell, AP news director for Syria, Lebanon and Iraq and Bassem Mroue, correspondent sitting during interview with Samir Geagea, leader of the Lebanese Forces Party (back to camera)
2. Close of Geagea
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Samir Geagea, leader of Lebanese Forces Party:
"No one has the right to control the fate of a country and people on its own. Hezbollah is not the government in Lebanon. There is a government in Lebanon in which Hezbollah is represented. It bypassed the government, the parliament and it bypassed the opinions of the majority of Lebanese people, as you can noticed, and went and started a war there, with the excuse of supporting Gaza. This is the first point I want to focus on. No one has a right to do that, it is forbidden for someone to alter the fate of the people alone without approval from the people."
4. Various of cutaways
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Samir Geagea, leader of Lebanese Forces Party:
"All the damage that could have happened in Gaza or all the things you could imagine happened-happened. What was the benefit of military operations that were launched from south Lebanon? Nothing. All it did was inflict massive losses to the Lebanese people. More than 300 people lost their lives until now. Some villages have been completely destroyed. Other villages have sustained a lot of damage and the rest of the south is not in a normal situation."
6. Cutaway
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Samir Geagea, leader of Lebanese Forces Party: (Speaking about the Syrian refugees in Lebanon)
"Some say that those refugees are not safe in Syria. That is not true. We have been the biggest supporters of the Syrian revolution and we continue to do so because this regime in Syria is a criminal and dictatorial regime, but supporting the revolution is one thing and destroying Lebanon is another thing."
8. Cutaway
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Samir Geagea, leader of Lebanese Forces Party:
"Each side is working for their own benefit. Cyprus is only interested that no migrants come from Lebanon to Cyprus. This is fair. Ursula von der Leyen only cares that no refugees go to Europe. They are ready to gives hundreds of millions of dollars but this is not the problem for us. The problem for us is we cannot have our country drowning in illegal Syrian migrants. We can’t."
10. Cutaway
11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Samir Geagea, leader of Lebanese Forces Party:
"Just like America enforces its laws and just like the UK, France do, like Italy, if they find and illegal migrant, what do they do? They expel them. In Lebanon we should tell them, guys, go back to your country. Syria exists,"
12. Cutaway
STORYLINE:
The leader of a main Christian political party in Lebanon blasted the Shiite militant group Hezbollah for opening a front with Israel to back up its ally Hamas, saying it has harmed Lebanon without making a dent in Israel’s crushing offensive in the Gaza Strip.
In an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday night, Samir Geagea of the Lebanese Forces Party said Hezbollah should withdraw from areas along the border with Israel and the Lebanese army should deploy in all points where militants of the Iran-backed group have taken positions.
His comments came as Western diplomats try to broker a de-escalation in the border conflict amid fears of a wider war.
The near-daily violence has mostly been confined to the area along the border, and international mediators have been scrambling to prevent an all-out war.
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