Anecdotes from Nasrallah's funeral ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Sunday, February 23, 2025

Anecdotes from Nasrallah's funeral

Here are some random bits of interesting information around Hassan Nasrallah's funeral today.

IDF Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee wrote a message to Lebanon on X:

Today is the funeral of Hassan Nasrallah , and his environment is in mourning... But let us stop for a moment and ask: What is the mourning for? For the man who turned Lebanon into a failed state? For the one who sold your future to Iran's interests? For the one who destroyed the economy, fragmented the people, and involved the country in futile wars? Since Nasrallah took over the leadership of Hezbollah, Lebanon has witnessed nothing but collapse. Lebanon was taken hostage by the "Islamic Revolution" project... It does not matter if the people go hungry, or the country is plunged into darkness, or the future is lost, as long as his agenda continues. To all those mourning him today... Are you really sad for him? Or are you refusing to face the truth?

He also noted that there were no Lebanese flags to be seen in the massive stadium funeral.

Question! Where is the Lebanese flag in the Camille Chamoun stadium, the man during whose reign the only known flag was the Lebanese flag?

🔸Every time, #Hezbollah proves that it is not part of Lebanon, but rather an independent entity with loyalty that goes beyond its borders. His last funeral was not just a farewell, but a show of influence and the imposition of its own identity, as the Lebanese flags disappeared and were replaced by the party’s banners and Iran’s militias, as if the state had never existed.

🔸But the glaring paradox? The party did not find a place to bury its leaders Nasrallah and Safieddine except in the city founded by President Camille Chamoun, the man during whose reign the only known flag was the Lebanese flag, and no foreign flags were raised over Beirut. So how did Beirut, which was the capital of sovereignty, turn into a square where the flags of a party that openly declares its affiliation with Iran are raised, while the flag that is supposed to protect everyone is absent?

Naharnet writes:

Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem said the group would keep following the path of slain chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday during a televised speech broadcast at his massive funeral on the outskirts of Beirut.

"We will uphold trust and walk on this path, we will uphold your will," Qassem said referring to Nasrallah, adding: "you are still with us: your... path and struggle live within us" and "I am loyal to the legacy Nasrallah".

If he is so brave, why didn't he show up in person?

One party that did appear in person was the IDF:

Lebanese state media reported Sunday Israeli planes flying at a very low altitude over Beirut, with AFP journalists hearing the rumbling noise while tens of thousands attended Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's funeral near the capital.

"The hostile warplanes flew at low altitude over the skies of Beirut and its suburbs," the National News Agency said.

Some reports indicate that Hezbollah paid $44 million for the plot of land for Nasrallah's mausoleum. But they are selling souvenirs to help make up for the price.

Finally, in the same article L'Orient Today talks about how Hezbollah tried to keep the media out of the stadium during the preparations.

At the stadium entrance, a small group of shabeb [young men] equipped with walkie-talkies lift the barrier blocking access to the stands. "Do you have authorization?" one of them asks, peering at the inquirers with one good eye and one glass eye. “Come back Saturday, there will be a special tour reserved for the press,” he says.

How could a young Hezbollah man with a walkie talkie have lost his eye?