August 8, 2010 - Now Lebanon - Nasrallah should present his evidence to authorities, Gemayel says

Kataeb Party leader Amin Gemayel told MTV on Sunday that Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah should present his alleged proof that Israel killed former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005 to the authorities, instead of revealing it through the media on Monday.

Nasrallah said last Tuesday that he will reveal during a press conference on August 9 irrefutable evidence proving that Israel was behind the assassination.

The only valid reference that can check the credibility of this evidence is the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), Gemayel said, adding that there must be a neutral side to differentiate right from wrong.

“Nasrallah does not decide what is right or wrong,” he added.

Gemayel also said that there might be spies in Lebanon working for countries other than Israel, referring to the recent arrests of telecom employees and retired Brigadier General Fayez Karam on suspicion that they were collaborating with Tel Aviv.

“The Baabda summit is not clear and it does not foster national unity,” he said, but added that it is a good start.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz and President Michel Sleiman held a summit on July 30 in Baabda in a bid to defuse political tension following Nasrallah’s July comments rejecting the credibility of the STL and its pending indictment.

Assad and Abdullah urged Lebanese parties to avoid resorting to violence in the face of mounting political turmoil in the country.