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Israeli threats against Hezbollah target Lebanon
[Al Arabiya Latest] Israeli threats against the Lebanese Shiite armed group Hezbollah are threats against Lebanon itself, the country's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri during a visit to Cairo on Thursday."We take Israeli threats seriously," Hariri said after talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. "Any threat against Lebanese territory, whether in the south, Bekaa, Dahie (Beirut's southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold) or any place in Lebanon is a threat against all of Lebanon and the Lebanese government," Hariri said. "The protection of any place in Lebanon is the responsibility of the Lebanese government," he told a news conference, calling for "Arab solidarity" with Beirut "to counter these threats." Hariri said last week in an interview with the French daily Le Monde that he feared "an Israeli intervention" following an increase in overflights over his country by Israeli warplanes. An Israeli minister without portfolio, Yossi Peled, said last week that a new confrontation between the Jewish state and Hezbollah was inevitable in the long run. Posted by: Fred 2010-01-29 |
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