US, ’Israel’ Applaud EU Decision to Blacklist Hizbullah: We Made It!
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Hours after the US-"Israeli" pressures fruited a blacklist to the Lebanese resistance, both Tel Aviv and Washington applauded the European step as a political "victory".
US Secretary of State John Kerry said : "With today's action, the EU is sending a strong message to Hizbullah that it cannot operate with impunity."
He further called the move by the European Union "an important step."
Kerry said the designation showed "there are consequences for Hizbullah's actions."
"This designation will have a significant impact on Hizbullah's ability to operate freely in Europe by enabling European law enforcement agencies to crack down on Hizbullah's fundraising, logistical activity, and "terrorist" plotting on European soil," the head of US' diplomacy added.
Meanwhile, the same symphony was echoed in the Zionist entity.
"Israeli" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the EU step, highlighting to the role of his government in this decision: "We invest great efforts to prove to the world that this is a global "terror" organization which tries to murder innocents all around the world including in Cyprus and the abhorrent murder in Bulgaria.
"I told Catherine Ashton and many heads of state in Europe: If Hizbullah isn't a terror group I don't know what is it," he recalled.
For his part, "Israeli" War Minister Moshe Yaalon welcomed the EU's decision as "an important move, and it is good that there is a consensus among European countries on the issue."
The war minister claimed that "Hizbullah is a dangerous and reckless "terrorist" organization which has not hesitated in the past and will not hesitate in the future to carry out suicide bombings across Europe."
"Tightening the noose around it will enhance the intelligence cooperation between countries against Hizbullah and improve the struggle against the organization and its emissaries," said Yaalon.
He stressed that the fight against Hizbullah must be "consistent, determined, uncompromising, and measures of the kind taken by the EU today will help.
Similarly, the so-called "Israeli" "Justice" Minister Tzipi Livni praised the EU, which she said made clear that the party is a "terrorist organization".
"I welcome this announcement by the EU, that Hizbullah is now included in the list of terrorist organizations," said Livni.
"Finally, after years of deliberations, the claim that Hizbullah is a legitimate political party has rightfully failed. Now it is clear to the entire world that Hizbullah is a terrorist organization", she said in a statement.
Meanwhile, former Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman considered that The EU's decision is "partial and insufficient."
"Hizbullah's military and political wings are two faces of the same coin," he stated.
In addition, the Zionist entity's President Shimon Peres said the EU's decision is a clear message to "terror" groups that their "murderous" actions would not be tolerated.
"I welcome the European Union's decision regarding Hizbullah, a significant and necessary step towards putting an end to the spread of terror across the globe," Peres said.
"Your decision sends a clear message to terror organizations, and the countries which harbor them, that their murderous actions will not be tolerated," he said in a statement.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
