12/8/08
Lebanon’s new government has won a vote of confidence, approving a policy statement recognising Hezbollah’s right to use all means possible to regain Israeli-occupied land claimed by Lebanon. One hundred members of the 128-seat parliament voted in support of the cabinet proposal on Tuesday, allowing the cabinet to finally start work. “One hundred MPs have given their confidence to the cabinet, five voted against and two abstained,” Nabih Berri, the parliament speaker, announced to the assembly. The policy statement recognises the right of Lebanon, its government, people and armed movements to use all means possible to regain land claimed by Lebanon, a reference to the Shebaa Farms and nearby Israeli-held parts of Ghajjar village.
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Palestinians reject Israeli offer to annex 7.3 per cent of West Bank
12/8/08
An Israeli peace proposal has been rejected because it does not give way for a Palestinian start with Jerusalem as its capital, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ office said on Tuesday. Abbas’s spokesman, Nabil Abu Rdainah, told the official Wafa news agency Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s plan showed a “lack of seriousness”. Israeli negotiators offered their Palestinian counterparts a deal in which Israel would annex 7.3 per cent of the West Bank as part of a final peace deal.
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Tags: Human Rights, Israel, Jerusalem, Lebanon, USA, West Bank