don’t want the country to fall apart" he said .
He cautioned against pressuring Hariri to form the cabinet quickly.
"I ask everyone not to press the Prime Minister-designate to form the cabinet quickly. The issue is worth taking enough time on."
He denied asking for any guarantees regarding the arms :
"We don’t need guarantees on the resistance arms, and I announce that here and in front of the whole world." He said and added "This issue is not for discussion, as it is left for the dialogue table."
He also denied asking for any guarantees regarding STL
"They also say that Hezbollah has certain fears regarding the outcome of the investigations of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, and I say that this is also untrue. Hezbollah don’t need any guarantees on this issue either."
This was in reference to the Der Spiegel report which revealed that Hezbollah was behind the assassination of Lebanon's former PM Rafik Hariri
Nasrallah called for cooperation and dialogue .
"Good intentions are needed from both rival camps. We need to cooperate with each other to confront the dangers."He said
Nasrallah concluded his speech by assuring the Lebanese not to worry about any unpleasant surprises this summer .
"We also love life and let us leave people to live their life in peace" , he said
Let's hope Nasrallah meant what he said this time and that we won't have a repeat of the summer of 2006 , when he broke his promise to PM Siniora and triggered the war with Israel .
Saturday
08:42 pm Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri met with Defense Minister Elias al-Murr at his residence in Downtown Beirut
06:12pm The army reopens the road of Beir al-Salasel after the residents closed it to protest against UNIFIL's search of a house
05:33 pm Residents of the Southern village of Beir al-Salasel prevent UNIFIL from searching a house
16:12 al Markaziyah : the main obstacle facing the formation of the cabinet is the insistence by an opposition leader on including in the cabinet someone who failed in the elections ( FPM's Gebran Bassil )
03:25 pm The army intelligence arrests Kamal Assal in Bekaa valley area on charges of collaborating with Israel. Assal is an active member of SSNP
O3:09 pm The Salim Slam tunnel will be closed on Sunday for cleaning between 6 a.m. and 5 p.m.
1:30 pm The Kayhan daily, a leading hardline Iranian newspaper slammed ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Saturday for casting doubt on the outcome of last month's presidential election a month after supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei endorsed it.
1:20pm Graciano briefed Berri on the security situation in the south and the cooperation between the army and UNIFIL
1:16pm president Suleiman : The only serious solution to a fair and peaceful settlement in the middle east is to give the Palestinians their rights and specially the right of return to their homeland
12:45pm Minsiter Khalife : I call on the Arab health ministers to meet urgently to discuss the procedures that should be adopted to end the spread of the swine flu on the eve of the Hajj pilgrimage
12:30 MP Jisr : God willing the government will see the light before the end of this month .
12:30 pm BBC : Indonesian officials say there are "strong indications" a key wanted fugitive was behind Friday's deadly attacks on two hotels in Jakarta.
12:25 pm US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Friday that he'll oppose Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, lending his voice to a chorus of conservatives who've vowed to vote no on making the appellate judge the court's first Hispanic justice.
12:20pm Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir expressed regret at the fragmentation among church members.
12:15 pm Marada Movement MP Salim Karam told New TV on Saturday that Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt’s stances are patriotic and that he hoped other Lebanese would follow his example.
11:44 SSNP Vice President Marwan Fares said his party is pleased with Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri’s performance in regard to talks over the cabinet formation and called for giving him enough time to assemble a cabinet.
11:18 VOL: A police patrol was attacked overnight by a crowd of about 50 men brandishing knives and sharp tools as it tried to crack down on a building code violation.
11:15 al-Liwaa: Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said that Progressive Socialist Party chief Walid Jumblatt was a "pillar" of the majority March 14 coalition regardless of his controversial positions. He stressed the need to promote March 14 cohesion.
11:15 It is expected that the Tyre Festival will be opened by President Suleiman Saturday evening and will attend the ceremony that will be hosted by artist Marcel Khalifa
11:12 Qassem Hashem told ANB :" What happened yesterday in Kafr Shubawas a warning and we agreed with UNIFIL to give a week notice to end the Israeli violations otherwise we will take important steps
11:00 Sultanov is discuss with Syrian officials today, the latest developments in the Middle East and regional issues, bilateral and international that are of interest to both sides
10:50 MP Oqab Saqr told New TV: There is a great possibility that the government would be formed before the end of this month which stems from a regional and global desire. Syria has started working on a deal toward a compromise that would overcome veto power.
10:40 MP Ibrahim Kanaan told LBC: So far, there has been no serious discussion on the political headlines. We are still waiting for a settlement or an agreement regarding government formation.
10:30 Cabinet Minister Elie Marouni to Future News TV: We in the Phalange Party prefer not to join the new government than to accept veto power. Phalange Party leader Amin Gemayel is open to any kind of dialogue. But the Syrian leadership does not want to invite him for a visit through a former cabinet minister.
10:00 Cabinet Minister Tony Karam told Voice of Free Lebanon: Syria as well as local sides have an interest in the delay in government formation. Nothing comes for free.
9:35 Policeman Nassif Elias Elias was killed Friday night in a traffic accident on the outskirts of Azour town between Jezzine and Sidon.
9:32 Abdo: The Opposition is trying to imply that government formation is forthcoming soon in an effort to blame PM-designate Saad Hariri for the eventual failure of a new Cabinet lineup.
09:00 BBC Police in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, are studying DNA and other evidence to try to identify those behind the deadly attacks on two hotels on Friday.
08:00 Wiam Wahab : Gemayel believes in good relationship with Syria, but there are files which must be addressed and this will be up to both
07:52 Geagea told al Liwaa: : I am ready to move forward on smoothing inter Christian relations and reconciliation and the ball is in the court of the other parties
07:25 sources of the majority told Al Hayat: Nasrallah's speech was calm just like the atmosphere in the country . He did not set any new conditions nor did he drop any of his previous conditions
07:12 Al Akhbar : Nasrallah told Assad during their meeting about Jumblatt's proposal of establishing an alliance with Hezbollah and Amal and Al Mustaqbal
07:09 Damascus is seeking to satisfy General Michel Aoun by creating a position for his son-in-law Gebran Bassil in the new cabinet
06:15 Gemayel : The reason we are witnessing the variations in positions within March 14 is because we did not hold an expanded meeting of the leaders after the elections
06:12 Reports on the establishment of new groups of al Qaeda in the Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp
06:05 Suleiman : I do not need to prove my stance as a form of guarantee for the opposition or the majority particularly since I have no interest in local political positions
06:00 AP : Walter Cronkite, the legendary CBS anchor who reported with reassuring authority and came to be called "the most trusted man in America," died Friday. He was 92.
05:45 Kfar Shouba : 70 Lebanese protesters briefly took over an unmanned Israeli observation post in a disputed south Lebanon border region . They cut through barbed wire , marched on the post and hoisted Lebanese and Hezbollah flags on Friday before being asked by UN peacekeepers to evacuate the area.
Friday
08:30 pm Washington Post - Eight people were killed in two nearly simultaneous explosions at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in the Indonesian capital on Friday, July 17, 2009.
08:00 pm AFP: Surgeons operated on Pope Benedict XVI on Friday after the 82-year-old pontiff fell and broke his right wrist while on holiday in northern Italy.
07:10pm Los Angeles Times : Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's harsh rebuke of Ahmadinejad supporters is followed by renewed violence, suggesting the discontent over recent election results is as strong as ever.
07:00pm Hassan Nasrallah : If the opposition agrees with PM designate to form a government without Hezbollah participation we will be ok with such a situation
06:10 pm Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah delivered a speech on the first anniversary of the al-Radwan operation, in which Hezbollah and Israel exchanged prisoners
05:21 pm Defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi was attacked by men in plainclothes on his way to Friday prayers at Tehran University, the website of his Etemad Melli political party reported.
04:52pm Ashouri: the Lebanese authorities has provided and continues to provide valuable help and we are committed to cooperate with them
04:50pm Energy minister Taborian : I am sorry for the electricity blackouts...this is the best I could do considering our power generation capabilities
04:15pm Bassil after meeting Hariri : Our meeting was good and was a continuation to our previous meetings over the government formation
03:11pm Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri holds a meeting at his residence in Downtown Beirut with Telecommunications Minister Gebran Bassil
02:53pm STL spokesperson: Court will not be subjected to political pressure
02:22pm Iranian police clash with Mir-Hossein Mousavi supporters in Tehran
1:31pm Judge Joseph Maamari charges 19 suspects involved in Aisha Bakkar clashes
12:54pm former president Amin Gemayel held a three-hour meeting with Tawhid Movement leader Wiam Wahhab on Thursday night in Bikfaya.
12:48pm Pope rushed to hospital for falling in the bath
12:27pm Iranian police use tear gas to break up Mir-Hossein Mousavi supporters gathered for Friday prayers
12:12 pm Speaker Nabih Berri said that he will be “open to criticism” if the new government is not formed before the end of July.
11:50 Israeli ambassador to UN: Lebanese government should commit to UN Resolution 1701
11:38 Speaker Nabih Berri meets with Russian president’s special envoy to the Middle East Alexander Saltanov in Msayleh
11:05 MP Ibrahim Kanaan told As-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper on Friday that Democratic Gathering bloc leader MP Walid Jumblatt’s call for a Muslim coalition—that includes the Future Movement, the Progressive Socialist Party, Hezbollah and the Amal Movement—contradicts the Taif Accord.