LEBANON: HIZBOLLAH WELCOME ISRAEL'S DECISION TO WITHDRAW FROM SOUTH LEBANON AS VICTORY FOR THEMSELVES AND LEBANON

Record ID: 399045

  • Title: LEBANON: HIZBOLLAH WELCOME ISRAEL'S DECISION TO WITHDRAW FROM SOUTH LEBANON AS VICTORY FOR THEMSELVES AND LEBANON
  • Date: 6th March 2000
  • Summary: BEIRUT, LEBANON (MARCH 6, 2000) (REUTERS) 1. SV: SOUNDBITE (Arabic) HIZBOLLAH MP AMMAR ALMOSAWI: "Any Israeli withdrawal, be it with or without an agreement is a defeat and is a victory for Lebanon and the resistance and is also a collapse of Israel's ambitions in Lebanon." 0.38 SECURITY ZONE, QLAYA TOWN, S. LEBANON (MARCH 6, 2000) (REUTERS) 2
  • Embargoed: 21st March 2000 12:00
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  • Location: BEIRUT, SECURITY ZONE/S.LEBANON
  • Country: Lebanon
  • Reuters ID: LVA8BKX3H3CRTWG0UALF4M33VO9Q
  • Story Text: Hizbollah have welcomed Israel's decision to withdraw
    from south Lebanon as a victory for the guerrilla movement and
    for Lebanon.

    In an interview on Monday (March 6) Hizbollah MP Ammar
    Almosawi declared the Israeli announcement of the withdrawal a
    "victory for Lebanon and the resistance."
    The Hizbollah movement has led the fight to drive Israeli
    troops out of the occupation zone it has occupied for 22
    years.

    Israel announced on Sunday (March 5) that it would leave
    by July, even if there is no agreement with Syria that would
    guarantee a smooth withdrawal and peaceful border.

    Hizbollah, which drove Israeli public opinion to demand a
    withdrawal by killing seven Israeli soldiers in less than
    three weeks earlier this year, has never said if it will
    continue the fight against Israel.

    But citizens of a village on the frontline with Israel
    received with mistrust Israel's decision to withdraw from its
    occupation zone by July.

    Israel, which controlled parts of Lebanon since 1978,
    carved out the zone in 1985 ostensibly to protect its borders
    against potential guerrilla attacks.

    Those living inside the zone, and already suffering
    economic hardships, expressed similar fears to their fellow
    Lebanese outside the strip.
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