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Thursday, April 30, 2020
German foreign minister says Hezbollah ‘denies Israel’s right to exist’
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas explains the decision today to outlaw the Hezbollah terror group, including its political wing.
According to a tweet by Germany’s Foreign Ministry, Maas has said the Lebanese Shiite movement “denies Israel’s right to exist, threatens with violence and terror and massively upgrades its rocket arsenal.”
FM @HeikoMaas: #Hezbollah denies Israel's right to exist, threatens with violence and terror and massively upgrades its rocket arsenal. It is important that Germany exhausts the means of the rule of law to take action against criminal and terrorist activities of Hezbollah.
— GermanForeignOffice (@GermanyDiplo) April 30, 2020