JERUSALEM: ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER ARIEL SHARON HOLDS HIS WEEKLY CABINET MEETING IN JERUSALEM

Record ID: 400718

  • Title: JERUSALEM: ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER ARIEL SHARON HOLDS HIS WEEKLY CABINET MEETING IN JERUSALEM
  • Date: 10th August 2003
  • Summary: JERUSALEM (AUGUST 10, 2003) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. SV ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER ARIEL SHARON WALKING TO CABINET MEETING 0.09 2. SV OF MINISTERS AND OFFICIALS ENTERING CABINET (2 SHOTS) 0.20 3. MCU (English) ISRAELI MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE EHUD OLMERT, SAYING: "As far as the Northern border is concerned, as you well know, Israel has e
  • Embargoed: 25th August 2003 13:00
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  • Location: JERUSALEM
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  • Country: Israel
  • Reuters ID: LVABCMHZLKS53S4PR8JHXYP7XERH
  • Story Text: Israeli PM Ariel Sharon convenes cabinet meeting
    days after fresh violence threatens fragile month-old
    ceasefire.



    Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon held his weekly
    cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Monday (August 10)
    follow
    ing fresh violence in which two Hamas militants and
    one Israeli soldier were killed in a West Bank raid.

    The violence rocked a fragile month-old ceasefire
    called by Palestinian militant groups and drew vows of
    revenge by Hamas leaders as well as condemnation by the
    Palestinian President.

    Israeli-Palestinian violence has subsided dramatically
    since the truce began 33 months into a Palestinian uprising
    against Israel in pursuit of statehood in the West Bank and
    Gaza Strip.

    Meanwhile, Israel lodged a complaint with the United
    Nations after Hizbollah guerrillas fired anti-tank rockets
    and mortar bombs at an Israeli army post on the
    Israel-Lebanese border for the first time in seven months.

    Hizbollah, which is sponsored by Iran and Syria and
    controls southern Lebanon, warned more attacks could be on
    the way.

    "As far as the Northern border is concerned, as you
    well know, Israel has evacuated Lebanon long ago, fully
    recognised by the United Nations, as a fulfilment of
    Resolution 425 of the United Nations and there is no reason
    for Hizbollah to rely on any former violation of the
    sovereignty of Lebanon other than just an attempt to incite
    confrontation and to encourage terror in the Northern part
    of the country and this is intolerable and unacceptable.

    Israel will find ways to respond to this in effective
    ways," said Ehud Olmert, Minister of Industry and Trade.

    Israeli troops withdrew from south Lebanon in 2000,
    ending a 22-year occupation under daily Hizbollah assault.

    But its soldiers remained in one small border area known as
    Shebaa Farms, which Hizbollah regards as Lebanese territory.

    The United Nations, which monitored the Israeli
    withdrawal, says it is Israeli-occupied Syrian land and
    subject to peace talks with Damascus.








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