Hezbollah chief: Trump's decision on Quds violates intl. law

The secretary general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says US President Donald Trump’s recognition of the occupied al-Quds ('Jerusalem') as Israel’s capital is an insult to all Muslims and a violation of international law.

Speaking in a televised address to the Lebanese nation from the capital city Beirut on Thursday, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said following Trump’s decision, Israel would stop at nothing to push Palestinians from their homes and confiscate their properties, farms and gardens.

He noted that following the US president's remarks, Israel will certainly try to expand its dominion over the greater Quds and expropriate more land in the occupied West Bank.

Another ambiguity that exists following Trump’s decision, Nasrallah added, was the fate of the sacred places of Muslims and Christians as Zionists will seize this opportunity to pose a major challenge to Muslims’ sanctities, especially al-Aqsa Mosque.

By recognizing al-Quds as Israel's capital, the Hezbollah leader said, the core of the Palestinian issue, which is the city of al-Quds, has been erased from all possible talks, because the issue of al-Quds would fall out of the domain of any negotiations.

He added that when the US dares to encroach upon the most sacred city for Muslims, there is no doubt that other places, which are less revered such as the rest of the West Bank, the southern part of Lebanon and the Golan Heights would be open to similar actions if Muslims remained silent in the face of Trump’s decision.

He emphasized that silence of Muslims will make them vulnerable and pave the way for encroachment of enemies on other places of importance to them.

He went on to note that the Zionist regime of Israel had no respect for international resolutions and paid no attention to all international condemnations, because it only cared about the US stance.