Saudi supports Zionist occupation of Palestine: Hezbollah official

A senior Hezbollah official has slammed Saudi attempts to hamper Palestinian struggles in pursuit of their rights, saying the regime in Riyadh backs the Zionist occupation of Palestinian lands.

Sheikh Naeem Qassem, the deputy secretary general of Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah, made the remarks at a meeting of clerics and Islamic scholars in Beirut on ways to strengthen the anti-Israel resistance front, Tasnim news agency cited a report by Al Mayadeen TV channel as saying.

Sheikh Qassem further said Riyadh has openly voiced support for an Israeli project to deny the Palestinian nation the right to return to their homeland.

He reaffirmed Hezbollah’s support for the Palestinian cause, stressing that occupation would not be able to stand fast as long as resistance is alive.

The top Hezbollah official also denounced a recent statement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Tel Aviv will never relinquish the occupied Golan Heights, saying such comments show the expansionist agenda of the Israeli regime in the region.

He further warned that a “hostile plot” is in the works against Muslim nations with the backing of the US, Israel and the Saudi-sponsored Takfiri terror groups operating in the region.

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