Jumblatt: “Israel” Looking for Pretexts to Wage War, Timing Depends on US
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Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt accused "Israel" of looking for pretexts to launch a new offensive on Lebanon but said the Zionist entity was waiting for the green light from Washington before making any move.
""Israel" can't survive without expansion and war. "Israel" won't accept the results of the war in 2006 and consequently it will look for any Lebanese or regional pretext to ignite a new war," Jumblatt told the Syrian Al Watan newspaper in an interview published Sunday.
Asked if he believed that war was looming on the horizon, the Druze leader said: "This is the general analysis. As for the timing is concerned, it is a different issue because it is linked to the West, the U.S. and "Israel". I don't think "Israel" would be capable of launching war without the consent of the U.S."
Jumblatt urged the Lebanese unity government to consolidate the Lebanese army to face "Israeli" threats. He said during his visit to Washington on Monday, Premier Saad Hariri would ask the Obama administration for specific arms and would urge it to pressure "Israel" into stopping violations of Lebanese airspace and returning the Sheba'a farms area and Ghajar to Lebanon.
Concerning Lebanon's ties with Syria, the PSP leader said: "There is no longer such thing called the regime of tutelage. But there is a common framework that regulates relations between the two countries; it is the Ta'ef accord." He said the Lebanese and Syrian governments should agree on the implementation of the friendship treaty and other economic agreements reached between them in the past.
"There isn't a minimum level of economic ties between Lebanon and Syria," he lamented. Jumblatt also described Syrian President Bashar Assad as an honest man, saying the Syrian leader told him during their meeting in Damascus on the need to turn the page of the past.
Jumblatt also denied that national dialogue sessions on the country's defense strategy won't achieve results. "Any dialogue would have consequences and results."
Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt accused "Israel" of looking for pretexts to launch a new offensive on Lebanon but said the Zionist entity was waiting for the green light from Washington before making any move.
""Israel" can't survive without expansion and war. "Israel" won't accept the results of the war in 2006 and consequently it will look for any Lebanese or regional pretext to ignite a new war," Jumblatt told the Syrian Al Watan newspaper in an interview published Sunday.
Asked if he believed that war was looming on the horizon, the Druze leader said: "This is the general analysis. As for the timing is concerned, it is a different issue because it is linked to the West, the U.S. and "Israel". I don't think "Israel" would be capable of launching war without the consent of the U.S."
Jumblatt urged the Lebanese unity government to consolidate the Lebanese army to face "Israeli" threats. He said during his visit to Washington on Monday, Premier Saad Hariri would ask the Obama administration for specific arms and would urge it to pressure "Israel" into stopping violations of Lebanese airspace and returning the Sheba'a farms area and Ghajar to Lebanon.
Concerning Lebanon's ties with Syria, the PSP leader said: "There is no longer such thing called the regime of tutelage. But there is a common framework that regulates relations between the two countries; it is the Ta'ef accord." He said the Lebanese and Syrian governments should agree on the implementation of the friendship treaty and other economic agreements reached between them in the past.
"There isn't a minimum level of economic ties between Lebanon and Syria," he lamented. Jumblatt also described Syrian President Bashar Assad as an honest man, saying the Syrian leader told him during their meeting in Damascus on the need to turn the page of the past.
Jumblatt also denied that national dialogue sessions on the country's defense strategy won't achieve results. "Any dialogue would have consequences and results."
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