Lebanese MP Samy Gemayel, the leader of the Lebanese Kataeb Party, said in a June 4, 2024 interview on Al-Arabiya Network (Saudi Arabia): "We are calling upon the Arab world and the international community to finally realize that Lebanon has been hijacked. We are engaged in peaceful political resistance against the takeover of Lebanon by Hizbullah and Iran… but the Lebanese people are incapable of changing the way things are headed in southern Lebanon… Help us liberate ourselves from the Iranian patronage over Lebanon."
Samy Gemayel: "We are calling upon the Arab world and the international community to finally realize that Lebanon has been hijacked. We are engaged in peaceful political resistance against the takeover of Lebanon by Hizbullah and Iran. We are paying the price, but the Lebanese people are incapable of changing the ways things are headed in southern Lebanon today.
"Therefore, we need our Arab brothers and the international community to protect Lebanon from this catastrophe, and to help us liberate ourselves from the Iranian patronage over Lebanon, which is [implemented] by Hizbullah."