Sheik Hassan Nasrallah spoke Wednesday on "Liberation Day," which marks the withdrawal of the Israeli army from southern Lebanon in 2000.
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He said both US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu havedealt a "mortal blow" to the peace process, and urged the Arab League to withdraw its initiative for the Middle East peace process in response.
Both speeches, he added, required a response from Arab governments: "The speeches offered a knockout blow to the Arab peace initiative. I call on the Arab League to take that initiative off the table... it's time to withdraw it," he said to cheers from the crowd.
Citing Israel and the United State’s "unwillingness to offer the Palestinians anything," Nasrallah said the Arabs were left with only one option: armed resistance: “What have Obama and Netanyahu left for the Palestinian people, Palestinian Authority and Palestinians factions?" Nasrallah asked the crowds via video link to the rally.
"The Palestinians have only resistance to achieve liberation,” he continued.
Nasrallah vowed that the group would maintain its arsenal and said no one could disarm it: "Our rockets will remain, and they will stay efficient. No one will be able to take it away."
AP contributed to this report