A leading German legislator voiced anger over baseless Israeli allegations that Lebanon's Islamic Hizbullah resistance is continuing to smuggle arms from Syria into Lebanon, the weekly Der Spiegel news magazine said yesterday. The report referred to last week's meeting between Israeli Justice Minister Meir Shitrit and the head of the German parliamentary faction of the ruling Christian Democratic Union party, Volker Kauder in which Shitrit alleged that he had proof about secret arms shipments for Hizbullah. When asked by Kauder as to why Shitrit would not showcase the proof and evidence, the minister claimed he could not do that because of "political reasons."
Kauder replied by saying, "I am not convinced." As a consequence of the latest groundless Israeli allegations, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has urged his minister during the weekly cabinet sessions, not to speak any longer of evidence or proof in the case of Hizbullah. "There are only hints about suspicious trucks and flights from Iran. We have no proof," Olmert corrected his ministers. |