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Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Some headlines and summaries from JTA
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Israel, U.S.: Lebanon must disarm Hezbollah
Israel and the United States expect Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah.
“It’s important to realize that the Lebanese government will be in charge of disarming Hezbollah, and we expect that to happen,” Tony Snow, the White House spokesman, said Wednesday.
Hezbollah is pressuring the Lebanese government to allow it to keep its arms, suggesting that it otherwise will resist any Lebanese Army attempt to deploy in the South. Disarming the terrorist group was a condition of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701 that brought about a cease-fire in the Israel-Hezbollah war. Nations likely to join a peace-keeping force have said they will not send troops if Hezbollah keeps its arms.
Shimon Peres, the Israeli deputy premier, echoed U.S. sentiments later Wednesday, a day after his meetings in Washington with the U.S. secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice. If Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora “normalizes two armies, what comes out of this?” Peres said. “He’s lost.”
Israel allowed Arab overflights
Israel allowed planes from unfriendly Arab nations to fly over its airspace to deliver humanitarian supplies to Lebanon, Shimon Peres said.
The deputy prime minister, on a U.S. tour to raise funds for reconstruction in the North, said Wednesday in Washington that he could not name the countries.
Israel said it allowed 57 planes to land at Beirut International Airport to deliver food and medicine.
Hamas leader missed again?
Israel reportedly botched a second attempt to assassinate Hamas’ supreme leader.
Al-Jazeera reported Wednesday that the Mossad sent assassins into Syria last month in a bid to kill Khaled Meshaal. According to the report, the agents were disguised as aid workers from neighboring Lebanon.
But Meshaal escaped unharmed after being tipped off, the satellite station claimed. Israel had no comment.
The Mossad is believed to have kept Meshaal high on its hit list since a failed attempt to poison him in Jordan in 1997.
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