Dichter in Paris to Escalate Pressure to Blacklist Hizbullah

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As both US and "Israel" continue to pressure European Union to blacklist Hizbullah, the so-called "Israeli" Civil War Minister Avi Dichter paid France a visit.

"Blacklisting Hizbullah would interrupt the group's financing because much of the money it uses to fund militant operations comes from European capitals," Dichter said on Tuesday.

Dichter, in Paris to discuss the matter with French officials, told Reuters the EU should blacklist the group because it also drew a large portion of its funds from European capitals and later laundered the money.
"Europe, that's the real base of Hizbullah," he claimed, and noted that "if they won't be able to gather money or to raise finances in Europe, they are going to be in trouble."

The "Israeli" official further claimed that "adding the funding came from a network of charities and front-companies."

In France, officials privately informed "Israel" that they are concerned that listing Hizbullah as a so-called "terrorist organization could destabilize Lebanon where some 1,000 French peacekeeping troops are deployed following a reduction last year."
"I wish they [France] will be smart enough, brave enough to take a step without thinking how it's going to affect the stability or the lack of stability in Lebanon," said Dichter, a former director of "Israel's" Shin Bet internal security service.
He also claimed that "Lebanon has so many problems that defining them (Hizbullah) as a terror organization or not, that's not the key issue," he said.


Source: JP, Edited by moqawama.org