In two columns in the London-based daily Al-Arab, Lebanese journalist Khairallah Khairallah, known for his opposition to Hizbullah, came out strongly against this organization's armed presence in Lebanon, and stressed that the country will have no future as long as Hizbullah refuses to surrender its weapons.
Lebanon has filed a complaint against Israel for "consecrating" its occupation of the Lebanese part of the border town of Ghajar. This came in a statement issued by the Lebanese Foreign Ministry days after the Israeli army established a barbed wire fence around the area. The Foreign Ministry called for "immediate and unconditional withdrawal from all occupied Lebanese territories, and condemnation of this deliberate violation of Lebanese sovereignty" Israel withdrew from southern Lebanon in 2000 after more than two decades of occupation, but still occupies a small area of its territory.
Beirut, Jul 10 (Prensa Latina) The highest authorities of the Lebanese Government and Parliament demanded the withdrawal of Israel from the northern village of Ghajar, on the southern border of the country.
Beirut, Feb 1 (Prensa Latina) Lebanon asked the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) to exert maximum pressure on Israel to curb its practices and repeated attacks on its national sovereignty, the army announced on Wednesday.