Defeated Hezbollah accepts Lebanon election results

Following its election defeat which was officially announced by Lebanese authorities on Monday, Hezbollah insisted that it would not decommission its weapons.

"The majority must commit not to question our role as a resistance party, the legitimacy of our weapons arsenal and the fact that Israel is an enemy state,"

Hezbollah member of parliament, Mohamed Raad, told the French news agency AFP.

"The election results in Lebanon do not change the fact that Hezbollah remains a state within a state,"

[some 'acceptance']

Israel's Foreign Ministry said following release of preliminary results that it was

"incumbent upon any government that is formed in Beirut to ensure that Lebanon will not be used as a base for violence against the State of Israel and against Israelis.... Israel considers the Lebanese government responsible for any military or otherwise hostile activity that emanates from its territory."

[here we go again - it's only a matter of time]

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