A top Lebanese cleric says the US has never helped Mideast nations and has only sought to warmonger and conspire in the region. On Friday in Beirut Sheikh Mohammad Hossein Fadlallah said, "The US is pursuing its political games in the Middle East in order to continue its sway over the region. America has never worked toward the welfare or calm of Mideast nations; on the contrary it has just sought war and to conspire." Commenting on the Palestine issue, Fazlallah stated, "At the end of the Paris Donors' Conference, the Palestinian Authority was granted billions of dollars. Yet, no part of it was allotted to the Gaza Strip. International as well as US policies seek to pressurize the Palestinian Authority in a bid to grant the Zionist regime the chance to assassinate Palestinians and destroy their infrastructure."
The senior cleric commented that whether financial aid would resolve the Palestine issue or stop the Zionist massacre of Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip is subject to question. "The problem with Lebanon lies in the fact that the political decisions are not made here in Beirut. The claims that foreign powers do not meddle in Lebanon's affairs and Lebanese people themselves seal their fate have no concrete basis. The resolution of Lebanon's crisis relies upon political sensitivities both within and outside the country," Fadlallah concluded.