Minister of Administrative Development Karim Pakradouni refused calls for dismantling Hizbullah on Friday, saying it was an Israeli demand. In an interview with Black and White, a Syrian magazine, Pakradouni warned against abandoning Hizbullah, describing the group as a "winning card" for Lebanon and Syria in regaining occupied territories and preventing the settlement of Palestinians here. Pakradouni, President of the Phalange Party, said the party supported Hizbullah in resisting the Israeli occupation for a national purpose and was now supporting it for a national and moral motive. He said the 1989 Taif Accord provisions, which are an introduction in the Constitution, couldn't be amended.