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Nasrallah speaking via a video link to journalists in Beirut on Monday.
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Hezbollah chief: Armed struggle is best way to end occupation
By Jack Khoury, Haaretz Correspondent, and Agencies
Tags: Hezbollah Lebanon 

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah asserted on Monday that the use of violence was the most effective way to end Israel's occupation of Arab lands, amid criticism in Lebanon of his militant organization's refusal to disarm.

"The history of the Arab-Israeli conflict proves that armed struggle and military resistance is the best way of ending the occupation," he told journalists in south Beirut via a video feed.

The Hezbollah leader presented Hezbollah's political manifesto during the press conference, which the Iran-backed group held after a series of discussions on key issues by its leadership over recent weeks.
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Nasrallah added: "The method of negotiations has proven that the Zionist entity becomes more boastful and more belligerent, and that it has no intention of reaching an accord."

He also claimed that the influence of the United States in the Middle East was diminishing, and thus weakening its ally Israel.

"We are amid historical transformations that signal the retreat of the U.S. role and the demise of the Hebrew State," Nasrallah said.

"The most dangerous aspect of the U.S. logic is that they think they own the world and are entitled to dominate it, based on superiority in several domains."

The new manifesto drops reference to an Islamic republic in Lebanon, which has a substantial Christian population, confirming changes to Hezbollah thinking about the need to respect Lebanon's diversity.

Nasrallah said at the news conference that it was time the group introduced pragmatic changes without dropping its commitment to an Islamist ideology tied to the clerical establishment in Iran.

"People evolve. The whole world changed over the past 24 years. Lebanon changed. The world order changed," he said via a video link.

His comments came after Lebanese news outlets reported that the commanders of Hezbollah's military wing have leveled blistering criticism at the group's civilian leadership, amid fears of Israel launching a fresh offensive in Lebanon.
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  1.   challeneg 17:31  |  edgar 30/11/09
  2.   Nasrallah lies as usual 18:07  |  Gilad 30/11/09
  3.   to No 1 18:10  |  GA 30/11/09
  4.   history proves? 18:15  |  jon 30/11/09
  5.   Nasrallah The Dick... 18:19  |  Yosemite 30/11/09
  6.   Better than endless and useless negotiations 18:24  |  Oz 30/11/09
  7.   Jon from Montreal 18:40  |  Milad from Montreal 30/11/09
  8.   Milad from Montreal 19:12  |  Ron From Montreal 30/11/09
  9.   The "occupants" spoken of are not barbarians. 19:23  |  syrian opinion 30/11/09
  10.   Israel doesn`t occupy Lebanon 19:36  |  Paul Freedman 30/11/09
  11.   Armed struggle got them occupied in the first place 20:31  |  judith 30/11/09
  12.   To #5 21:06  |  Bilal 30/11/09
  13.   Armed struggle for Hezbollah ! 21:36  |  Eliezer 30/11/09
  14.   Not So Fast Nasrallah 21:40  |  Dallas 30/11/09
  15.   In whose interests does Hizbollah work for? 21:55  |  Conroy 30/11/09
  16.   #2 did you know.. 22:14  |  Mort 30/11/09
  17.   To #1... 22:27  |  Silvienne 30/11/09
  18.   Bilal 00:29  |  Philippe 01/12/09
  19.   Very True Jon 03:44  |  Alfredo 01/12/09
  20.   Nasrallah is fighting for who ? 04:12  |  Arnold 01/12/09
  21.   #5 (Yosemite): Shame on haaretz.com for publishing your comment 04:24  |  JR 01/12/09
  22.   Waad al sadiq (the promised word) 05:05  |  Zain 01/12/09
  23.   nassralla 05:11  |  sal 01/12/09
  24.   Hezbollahs Truest Word Yet... 05:21  |  Nathan Rai 01/12/09
  25.   Yes!!! 05:27  |  jerri i 01/12/09
  26.   Milads Mujahid heroes 05:37  |  Nathan Rai 01/12/09
  27.   Bilal - Who is the scared rat ? 05:45  |  Nathan Rai 01/12/09
  28.   And its also a great way to bring more misery to the people of 05:49  |  Murray of Montreal 01/12/09
  29.   Using bullets and shells soaked in pig fat 05:50  |  JW 01/12/09
  30.   Occupation My Arse 11:17  |  Kerry 01/12/09
  31.   Lebanese are not Arabs, its a myth. 03:24  |  Tzivi 02/12/09
  32.   Judith #11 hits the nail on the head. 06:42  |  Joe Sittizen 02/12/09
  33.   Modern and integrated my foot 07:31  |  Bob 02/12/09
  34.   nasrallah, Lebanon favorite `Guignol` - strings included 08:13  |  Jojo 02/12/09
  35.   # 4 15:56  |  Daniel 04/12/09
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