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Hezbollah chief urges Lebanon to ditch ‘completely unacceptable’ talks with Israel
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleBEIRUT, Lebanon — Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem again urged Lebanese authorities to abandon direct talks with Israel, ahead of a fourth round of such discussions in Washington early next month.
“Direct negotiations are completely unacceptable and are a pure gain for Israel,” he says. Addressing Lebanese authorities, he adds: “Abandon the direct negotiations and do not give to America so that it gives to Israel… don’t be with them and stab us in the back.”
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