Nabih Berri: The fall of Palestinian geography is the fall of Arab national security

Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, Nabih Berri, said on Friday that the fall of Palestinian geography would be tantamount to the fall of Arab national security, stressing that Lebanon is destined to pay a heavy price for its support of Palestine.

Berri said during his meeting with the Secretary-General and members of the General Union of Arab Writers, at the headquarters of the Second Presidency in Ain al-Tineh in the center of the capital, Beirut, that “the fall of Palestinian-Arab geography, God forbid, will not only be the fall of Palestine, but rather the fall of Arab national security and the fall of all of humanity, which is tested every day.” In view of its failure to curb Israel's aggression.

He stressed that "what gives reason for hope is that Palestine is not alone, as stakeholders from all the Arab world meet in Lebanon in support of Palestine and in rejection of the war of extermination launched by Israel against children, women and the elderly in the Gaza Strip, the latest of which is the terrorist massacre committed yesterday against the displaced in northern Gaza." Berri pointed out that "Lebanon is destined to pay a heavy price for its support of Palestine."

The Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, which has been ongoing since October 7, 2023, resulted in about 30,000 dead and 70,000 wounded, the majority of whom were children and women, who arrived at hospitals, while more than 7,000 are still missing under the rubble resulting from the continuous bombing throughout the areas. sector.

Russian President Vladimir Putin had previously confirmed that the settlement of the Middle East crisis could only be achieved on the basis of the “two-state” formula, which was approved by the UN Security Council and stipulates the establishment of an Israeli state alongside an independent Palestinian state on the Palestinian territories occupied since 2007. 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital.