Lebanese Government Responsible for Northern Border Deterioration
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Tuesday that the Lebanese government is responsible for any deterioration of the security situation along the northern border, Ynet News reported.
It said Barak”s comments were made during a meeting of the Knesset”s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.
"We will not accept a separation between the responsibility of Hizbullah and the responsibility of the Lebanese government," Ynet quoted Barak as saying.
"If, in the future, there is deterioration in the north, Lebanon will be held responsible, because, among other things, it has not upheld Resolution 1701 and addition agreements on dismantling Hizbullah," Barak said. "Israel sees itself as free to act on anything deduced from this."