Lebanese Hezbollah criticise Obama's biased remarks

The Lebanese Hezbollah militant party slammed Friday U.S. President Barack Obama's "appeasement" speech in Israel, considering his remarks are to "satisfy" the Jewish state. "Obama's speech is similar to all the hostile and boring stances made by the United States. He speaks like an employee of the Zionist entity," Hezbollah said in a statement. Obama is now in the Mideast for his first overseas trip since reelection. He has visited Israel, the Palestinian territory, and will later fly to Amman. On Thursday, the American president demanded that foreign governments brand Hezbollah a "terrorist organization," slamming the party for "its attacks on Israelis." Hezbollah denounced Obama's stances that favor Israel, saying that the United States "is an accomplice in the crimes committed" by the Jewish state. It said "these stances confirm that all negotiations are useless, which stress on the importance of the resistance as an only option to regain rights and maintain dignity, freedom and independence." The party has been on a U.S. terror blacklist since 1995 after a series of anti-American attacks, including the bombing of the U. S. embassy and Marine barracks in Beirut in the 1980s. Washington has also urged the European Union to blacklist the group to make it harder to raise funds.