‘We Hope That Diplomacy Will Win’: Lebanon’s Ambassador Dr Rabie Narsh On Israel-Hamas Conflict | India News

Lebanon’s ambassador to India Dr Rabie Narsh has termed the continued scenario in West Asia as ‘tense’ & ‘risky’. In an unique interview with Sidhant Sibal, Dr Rabie Narsh mentioned that the scenario within the area is sort of a race between diplomacy and warfare. He hoped that diplomacy would win this race. Over 1400 Israelis and 5,000 plus Palestinians have died within the ongoing Israel-Hamas warfare that began earlier this month placing the area on tenterhooks. Diplomatic efforts are on, together with these led by the US and Egypt to de-escalate the scenario however thus far the scenario stays regarding. 

Asked in regards to the Lebanon-Israel border scenario, the ambassador mentioned, “We are we have always been calling for a peaceful solution to the conflict. We have experienced war and we know what war means. We know the devastating repercussions of any war. It’s not a cakewalk, and the Israeli side should know the same because it will impact not only Lebanon but will affect all the regions and would affect Israel badly.”  The considerations stay for Lebanon as a number of nations have requested its nationals to depart the nation. 

He welcomed India’s stance on the continued scenario, explaining, that India has at all times been calling for a two-state resolution. He mentioned that since India has a historic friendship with the Arab world and Palestine and a powerful relation with Israel, they’re uniquely positioned to play a larger position on this battle.

Q. What does Lebanon make of the continued scenario? We have seen the assault by Hamas after which the retaliation by Israel. So what’s your authorities’s place on the event?

Dr Rabie Narsh: The scenario is actually worrisome and fairly tense. But let’s put issues in the appropriate context. The scenario didn’t begin on October the seventh with the Hamas assault. The scenario began a very long time earlier than that. It began with the occupation of the of Israel to the Palestinian lands and with the placing of two.5 million Palestinians within the greatest open jail on the earth. We are calling for peace. We have at all times known as for a peaceable resolution to the issue, however it’s the different half, it’s Israel who refused and saved on refusing all peace initiatives. Lebanon’s place may be very well-known. We are in opposition to escalation,  in opposition to warfare, in opposition to attacking civilians, however we’ve got to be agency and we’ve got to see the foundation reason for the scenario, which is the occupation, the Israeli occupation of the Arab lands.

Q. Will you time period the assault by Hamas a terror assault? Will you condemn the assault?

Dr Rabie Narsh: It’s not about condemning, if you wish to condemn, after all, we condemn all civilian casualties, we condemn the killing of civilians. But let’s be honest and condemn, I assume, you condemn Israel’s assault on civilians as properly. Israel’s occupation is the trigger, and what all Palestinians and each act of resistance is the retaliation, is the response. So sure, I condemn the civilian killing, however on this sense, I condemn within the strongest phrases, Israel’s ethnic cleaning of the Gaza Strip. I condemn the carpet bombing, the levelling of complete villages and complete neighbourhoods to the bottom, of bombing hospitals. You have seen the bombing of al-Ahli Hospital, and a number of other faculties and the concentrating on of civilian infrastructures. Yes, after all, we do condemn this.

Q. How is Lebanon reaching out to the folks of Palestine? Are you sending some type of humanitarian help to the folks of Gaza?

Dr Rabie Narsh: Notwithstanding the dire financial scenario that Lebanon at the moment goes by way of, we might have despatched help. But how might we do this since we’ve got no direct channel and Israel has fully sealed off the Palestinian territories? So, to not my information that we’re sending some humanitarian help however after all we’re contributors to worldwide companies like UNRWA, who helped the Palestinian refugees. The Arab societies are so interrelated. They have kin in every single place. When an assault occurs on the Palestinians, perhaps the Arabs in Algeria, they really feel damage. I imply, like right here in India, you recognize, we’re one nation, so if one thing occurred to the in South India, right here in North India, you are feeling sorry for that and you’re feeling like you’re involved. So that is what I imply, the assault of Israel, after all, involved us.

Q. Your nation, it seems like can be impacted, we’ve got seen a number of advisories. How do you see this case?

Dr Rabie Narsh: This is just regular in instances of warfare, when it comes to phrases, we see all of the international embassies, they name for nationals to watch out or to depart that nation or to not go to that nation, which is being attacked or below the specter of being attacked. The international ambassadors in Lebanon, they know properly that Israel is an actual menace and once they say we’d assault Lebanon, they will as a result of we’ve got been subjected to Israeli assaults for a very long time. Many instances they bombed Lebanon. So Israeli aggression is kind of a reality. 

Q. Now, Israel has mentioned that Hezbollah is firing into Israeli territory. They have additionally mentioned that there could possibly be a second Israel-Lebanon War. What do you make out of those feedback?

Dr Rabie Narsh:  It’s not true that Hezbollah has initiated any assault in opposition to Israel. Hezbollah has been in defensive mode. Of course, there are some exchanges of fires. Hezbollah primarily assaults Israeli posts however that too on the occupied territories of Lebanon. I imply, there are talks to maintain the scenario below management and to not get unfold into an all-out warfare.

Q. Do you suppose that the scenario can escalate very quick?

Dr Rabie Narsh: Given the truth that our neighbour, the occupying drive of Israel, is armed to the enamel, they’ve weapons of mass destruction, they’ve nuclear weapons, and so they have the intention of aggression. Given these details, we’re afraid that the scenario would possibly escalate, however nobody is aware of what’s the threshold, the set off level of an all-out warfare. So we’re afraid of the escalation of the scenario in Gaza and the variety of casualties. It’s past creativeness. So far, greater than 6,000 Palestinians have been killed. Half of them are kids and girls. No one can assure that the scenario is not going to escalate. But as I mentioned, the initiatives and the talks are there and hopefully, issues will abate and the scenario can be managed.

Q. How huge is the continued improvement for the Arab capitals? 

Dr Rabie Narsh:  Everybody is anxious. The Arab world requires peace. The 22 Arab states of their Beirut assembly, the Arab League summit in 2002, placed on the desk a peace initiative known as the Beirut peace initiative. They collectively mentioned that they’re prepared to acknowledge Israel and have a traditional relationship with Israel, a diplomatic relationship with Israel, however in return, Israel ought to return all Palestinian land and hold respecting the appropriate of return of Palestinians to their lands. So, this was unprecedented. This was a historic transfer, a historic initiative from the Arab world, the Arab states, however sadly, it has been refused by Israel. Since then, yearly, this initiative has been placed on the desk once more, and Israel refuses repeatedly. The solely resolution that the entire world focuses on and agrees on is the two-state resolution. There’s just one state that refuses this resolution, which is Israel. They hold disrupting this initiative. Palestinians haven’t any state and no place, I imply, no sovereign state, that’s the drawback.