21.   He also thinks the attacks should stop, but says the Palestinians have no other means to resist the occupation.

22.   But he said the government would not disarm Hezbollah and supported its right to resist Israeli occupation.

23.   The Palestinians have a legitimate right to resist Israeli occupation, Middle Eastern newspapers said on Thursday following two deadly suicide bombings in Jerusalem in as many days.

24.   Nobody in the world can deny the Lebanese the right to resist occupation.

25.   Syria has refused to budge from its demand that the final declaration distinguish between terrorism and the right to resist foreign occupation.

26.   Syria stuck to its guns over its demand that the final statement to be issued Tuesday make a distinction between terrorism and the right to resist foreign occupation.

27.   That echoed the call of other regional leaders, who have defended the right of Arabs to resist Israeli occupation of lands that UN resolutions say they should leave.

28.   Syria is demanding that the declaration recognises the right to resist foreign occupation, while Israel says it will refuse to back such an accord.

29.   Syria has stuck to its guns over its demand that the conference distinguish between terrorism and the right to resist foreign occupation.

30.   Tehran rejects all the US accusations, saying that the Palestinian and Lebanese groups it supports are legitimately resisting Israeli occupation.