Thursday 1 July 2010

'No Shebaa Pullout without Lebanon-Israel Negotiation'

'No Shebaa Pullout without Lebanon-Israel Negotiation'

30/06/2010 The Israeli enemy confirmed on Wednesday its policy of occupation, rejecting any possibility of withdrawing from the Shebaa occupied farms before 'peace' with Lebanon and accusing the Lebanese government of backing off from agreements over the occupied Ghajar village.

Lebanese daily As-Safir said that the Israeli officer at the tripartite meeting has hinted to the Lebanese army representative Major General Abdel Rahman Shehaitli that the Zionist entity will not withdraw from the occupied Shebaa farms area before a "peace agreement" between the two countries.

The Israeli officer reportedly told Major General Shehaitli during the meeting that a solution to the Shebaa farms area cannot be found unless through negotiation between Lebanon and Israel. He suggested to the Lebanese Major General to inform his government that it needs to develop contacts between the two sides from the technical to the political level if it "wanted to bring the issue to a close."

However, As-Safir said Shehaitli insisted that the Israeli enemy should withdraw from the zone without preconditions.

Meanwhile, the Israeli radio quoted political sources as claiming that the Lebanese government backed off from agreements over the occupied border village of Ghajar "most probably under pressure from Hezbollah."

The sources spoke after the security cabinet convened to review a report from the Israeli foreign ministry secretary-general, Yossi Gal, over his contacts with the UNIFIL leadership on the Ghajar withdrawal.



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