Saniora Asks U.S. to Pressure Israel Into Withdrawing from Shebaa
Prime Minister Designate Fouad Saniora on Wednesday urged the United States to pressure Israel into withdrawing from Shebaa farms and placing the territory under the guardianship of the United Nations.
Saniora made his proposal in a telephone call to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, according to a report distributed by the state-run National News Agency (NNA).
Saniora, according to the report, told Rice the Shebaa Farms should be kept under U.N. custody pending demarcation of Lebanon”s borders with Syria.