Hariri Slams Netanyahu”s “Negative Messages and Fact Twisting”
Premier-designate Saad Hariri accused Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Monday of "twisting facts" after the latter said he will hold Lebanon responsible for any attack on Israel.
"Netanyahu never ceases to convey negative messages to Lebanon and to the Lebanese government," Hariri told foreign and diplomatic delegations.
The Israeli premier”s "latest statements … in which he holds Lebanon responsible for any attacks on Israel is simply an act of fact twisting," he added.
Al-Mustaqbal Movement leader called on the international community to address "these negative messages and to warn Israel against the dangers of any threat to Lebanon”s security and sovereignty."
Lebanon has "for years been a target of aggression," Hariri said, reminding his visitors that "a part of (the country) is still occupied by Israel and its sovereignty repeatedly violated by space, land and sea in breach of Resolution 1701."
Hariri said that Israel”s espionage networks that were being uncovered in Lebanon also violated the U.N. resolution.