Peres Surprised Suleiman Blamed ’Israel’ for Blast

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"Israeli" President Shimon Peres said in a meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Friday that he was surprised to learn that the Lebanese President Michel Suleiman had blamed the Zionist entity for Thursday's Dahyieh's bombing.

Hours earlier, Suleiman condemned the explosion saying it had the fingerprints of "Israel", and its purpose was to destabilize Lebanon.

"This is a criminal act that bears the fingerprints of terrorism and "Israel" and is aimed to destabilize Lebanon and deal a blow to the resilience of the Lebanese," Suleiman said.
Referring to the incident in the Middle East, Peres said : "Bloodshed must be stopped. "Israel" is not involved and I won't address specifics."

On the talks with the Palestinian Authority, Peres noted that restarting the talks was not easy but that despite difficulty and pessimism "Israel" must proceed with the negotiations.
He said that both "Israeli" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas should be credited for making the decision to restart negotiations. "None of them can give their people all that they want but they both know what the people need," he remarked.

He described the first meeting that took place earlier as "not bad".

Referring to the situation in Syria, Peres told Ban he was glad to hear that the UN had sent inspectors to check for use of chemical weapons, which he said were in danger of falling into al-Qaeda 's hands.

Source: Ynet, Edited by website team