BEIRUT: Senior Shia cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah blamed US President Barak Obama on Sunday for the political tension in Lebanon and the Middle East.
Fadlallah said the “Zionists” were not the only ones responsible for political and security tensions in the region because they were supported by the United States.
He explained that the US was allowing Israeli officials to threaten the region as they pleased and that Obama’s policy aimed at meddling in Middle Eastern affairs through Israel, contrary to recent reports.
“By not mentioning the region and the Palestinian issue in his State of the Union speech, Obama left an empty space to be filled by the enemy on one hand, and by his delegates and ambassadors who put pressure on countries, especially Lebanon and Iraq, on the other hand,” Fadlallah said.
Fadlallah said Obama’s advisors advocate Sunni-Shiite war in the region, which starts in Iraq and spreads elsewhere.
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