The Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, urged teachers to continue the school year and not return to striking, emphasizing that confronting the ongoing economic and financial crisis for three years requires searching for solutions away from external conditions. In a speech marking the 30th anniversary of the Islamic Educational and Instructional Foundation, he noted that "what we need most in our current phase is a spirit of hope. The resistance in Lebanon, in all its manifestations, factions, platforms, and calls, emerged from a position of hope." He pointed out that efforts will be made to support the educational institution "not only to maintain it but also to develop and expand its scope of work on all fronts."
He warned that "everything is open to current generations due to the presence of phones and the internet in every child's hands without controls, and today, much of what is frowned upon in our customs and forbidden in our religion is being erased, leading to chaos," cautioning that "the American administration aims to import devilish Western culture into our curricula."
He concluded: "In facing the new crisis that has persisted for three years now—the living and economic crisis and now the political crisis—I tell the Lebanese: the main message should be not to despair. They want us to feel hopeless; indeed, as a result of despair, they want us to surrender. No, we will not surrender, and we believe that solutions exist, and hope must remain alive, but it certainly requires a spirit of cooperation, integration, courage, and will."
