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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Washington agreement 'will not pass': MP Fadlallah to Al Mayadeen</h1>
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<div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time" dir="ltr">June 26, 2026</div>
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<div class="gmail-moz-reader-content gmail-reader-show-element"><div id="gmail-readability-page-1" class="gmail-page"><p>Hezbollah
rejects the framework agreement between "Israel" and Lebanese
authorities, saying the government lacks legitimacy and cannot enforce
the Washington deal.</p><div><ul id="gmail-content-slick-0"><div aria-hidden="false"><li>
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Lebanese MP and member of Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc
Hassan Fadlallah giving a speech marking Aashoura, June 25, 2026 in
Beirut, Lebanon (<strong>Al Mayadeen</strong>)
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<p>The current Lebanese government lacks both constitutional and
consensual legitimacy and is in no position to impose its will on the
country, a senior Hezbollah parliamentarian said on Thursday, <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/lebanese-government---israel---reach-us-sponsored-framework" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rejecting the framework agreement signed</a> in Washington and dismissed its enforceability on the ground.</p>
<p>In a phone interview with <strong>Al Mayadeen </strong>following the
signing of a framework agreement between Lebanese authorities and
"Israel", Fadlallah called on the Lebanese authorities to "<a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hezbollah-affirms-ali-al-taher-hill-remains-under-its-contro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">withdraw from the direct negotiation path</a>" and to rescind "all decisions taken against the Lebanese people" in that context.</p>
<p>He dismissed as "baseless" reports suggesting that Lebanon's position
had been formulated in meetings between himself, Major General Hassan
Choucair, and Brigadier General André Rahal. He added that what had been
circulated "<a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--must-leave-lebanon-humiliated--defeated--sheikh-qas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contradicted what was communicated to relevant officials</a> in the Lebanese state" regarding Hezbollah's rejection of direct talks.</p>
<h2>'Do not rush to deliver good news to your people': Fadlallah to Netanyahu</h2>
<p>Fadlallah addressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
directly, telling him: "Do not rush to deliver good news to your
people."</p>
<p>He stated that Netanyahu was effectively "negotiating with himself,"
describing the current Lebanese government as "constitutionally and
consensually illegitimate" and "incapable of imposing dictates."</p>
<p>"<a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/lebanon--israel--talks-in-washington-to-extend-into-friday" target="_blank" rel="noopener">This administration will not be able</a> to enforce the agreement signed in Washington unless it resorts, with US support, to a civil war," Fadlallah said.</p>
<p>He characterized the Washington deal as "an attempt to derail the
Islamabad track" and insisted that "without the resistance, nothing will
pass," vowing that Hezbollah "<a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iran-says--israel-s--lebanon-withdrawal-key-to-final-deal-wi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">will not allow the authorities to destroy Lebanon</a>" nor "surrender the country's fate" to them.</p>
<p>"The important factor is the battlefield, and we own the battlefield; we are the people of the land," he said.</p>
<h2>Iran will not sign any agreement before full Israeli withdrawal</h2>
<p>On Iran, Fadlallah stated that Tehran's position "is clear" and that it "will not sign any agreement before <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/netanyahu-says--israel--will-continue-to-occupy-lebanon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon</a>," asserting the Lebanese government has given a "gift" to "Israel" that "will have no effect on the ground."</p>
<p>The lawmaker warned that Hezbollah would "confront any government
measure" and would "cling more" to its resistance and its weapons. He
affirmed that the group's opposition is "serious" and would not allow
the authorities to "implement their commitments on the ground."</p>
<p><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/qaani-warns--israel---withdraw-from-lebanon-or-be-forced-out" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Addressing Hezbollah's continued participation</a>
in the cabinet, Fadlallah said: "The presence of our ministers in the
government has its own calculations, and our presence in it does not
mean we approve of its decisions."</p>
<p>He argued that direct talks with "Israel" violate Article 52 of the
constitution, adding: "No individual has the right to cancel the state
of hostility toward Israel."</p>
<p>Fadlallah also stressed that <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hezbollah-says-it-is-monitoring-israeli-ceasefire-violations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hezbollah seeks no confrontation</a>
with the national army, saying: "We do not want any clash with our
national army, which is carrying out its duties to the fullest, and the
army will remain, the resistance will remain, and the people will
remain."</p>
<p>He concluded with a direct message to Netanyahu: "You have reached an
agreement with one who possesses nothing. The state of hostility toward
Israel will remain, and whoever shakes hands with the enemy is
complicit in its crimes."</p></div></div></div>
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