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Former Visiting Fellow, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy @WashInstitute; PhD Student @TelAvivUni; Covering Iran and cheering for @HapoelHaifaFC

Sep 23, 2019, 15 tweets

#Nasrallah: “the Leader has a deep insight and understanding of the future. I believe that his accurate perception of the future is part of his unique abilities, derived from his deep faith in, submission to, and relationship with God, rather than having an only rational aspect”

#Nasrallah: “we thought that the #Israeli-#Syrian negotiations would result in an agreement (#Rabin-#Assad). We went to see the Leader.. While all Iranian officials believed that the talks were over, he said: "..I tell you this will not happen, and there will be no peace treaty”

#Nasrallah: “After Rabin, Shimon Peres was elected prime minister of the Zionist Regime. He had a weak personality, because he was not perceived by Israelis, in terms of historical and military background as well as trustworthiness, as competent as Rabin”

#Nasrallah: “Let’s talk about the Deal of the Century. Recently, #Kushner explicitly said that Jerusalem is for #Israel and that major Zionist settlements in the West Bank would be part of the occupied territories.. there is basically no discussion of a two-state solution”

#Nasrallah: “the existence, survival, power and promotion of #Israel—either through peaceful or non-peaceful means— is a major security threat for all the countries in the region, from #Iran to Pakistan, and even for the countries of Central Asia and Turkey”

#Nasrallah: “#Israel will not withdraw from the ‘Nile-to-Euphrates’ goal and this goal has always been presented as a Torah dream Israel has been trying to realize. Israel is a military base in the region that serves the interests of the United States”

#Nasrallah: “the strategy emphasized by Imam Khomeini was that if we want to have a safe region, live in peace, defend our national sovereignty and lands.. none of them is possible to achieve as long as there is an #Israeli entity”

#Nasrallah: “Today, there is no question that Ayatollah #Khamenei bears the flag of the #Palestinian cause. Today, no one doubts that the #Iran, with its determination, will and power, is the vanguard and the main nucleus and main pivot that steers the Resistance movement.”

#Nasrallah: “In 2000, a few months before #Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon, we traveled to Tehran to meet with Ayatollah #Khamenei. We—that is the Hezbollah council—were accompanied by the military commanders of the Resistance for the first time. Nearly 50 commanders“.

#Nasrallah: “We said to the Leader: ‘It is unlikely that #Israel will withdraw from Lebanon’.. It was then that the Leader stated: "I recommend you to seriously assume that Israel will leave Lebanon and you will be victorious. Continue your activities based on this assumption”

#Nasrallah: “We spoke [with Khamenei in 2000] and he said: ‘If the Palestinians, the Resistance in Lebanon, and the nations of the region perform their duties appropriately, then certainly #Israel cannot last for a long time." He mentioned something less than 25 years.”

#Nasrallah: “when I heard the Leader’s 25 years remark, I concluded that he has given #Israel extra time.. his statement on Israel is absolutely serious.. we believe that the Leader is a person endorsed by Allah, and that what he states sometimes emerge from some other source”

#Nasrallah: “(the elimination of Israel) will occur, but the realization of it would happen under certain conditions..if we resist and continue on the path we have taken, factual and field conditions indicate that Israel won’t be able to remain in the region in the next 25 years”

#Nasrallah: “We have done a lot of research and studies on the #Israeli regime; trying to find answers for the following questions: what are its foundations? What are its strengths and weaknesses? the likelihood of the collapse of this regime is very high”

#Nasrallah: “#Israel has many lethal weaknesses.. I am among those who strongly believe in the new generation and God willing, this generation will enter Palestine and perform prayers in Quds, and there will be no Israel.”

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