by Hana Levi Julian Cheshvan 6, 5769 / November 4, '08 http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/128224
(IsraelNN.com) The Hizbullah terrorist organization is claiming that several farms in the Upper Galilee in the north of Israel actually belong to Lebanon.
"Zionist terrorist organizations moved the border line from what was established in 1920 to a new line in 1923 which stripped Lebanon of its seven villages and 20 farms," declared Hizbullah "international relations official" Nawaf Moussawi.
The statement was issued Monday following a meeting with the Norwegian ambassador to Lebanon. Hizbullah is represented in the Lebanese government by a number of ministers and other legislators.
Khaled Mashaal, the Damascus-based head of the Hamas terrorist organization's political bureau, was also paid a rare visit to Beirut on Monday for meetings with Hizbullah officials, as well as with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman.
The Hizbullah spokesman maintained that the so-called "Blue Line" border between Israel and Lebanon created by the United Nations is "not a border line" but rather is only a "line setting withdrawal limits" from southern Lebanon when Israel pulled out of the country in 2000.
According to the Naharnet news agency, Moussawi also claimed that the Blue Line "strips Lebanon of millions of square meters from its national soil."
The terrorist added that his group was "committed to our rights in confronting Israeli violations. In fact, it is our duty to confront such aggressions." Hizbullah has complained numerous times about flyovers by Israel Air Force aircraft in Lebanese air space, which Israel uses to maintain its security surveillance of the area.
Shiite group's head of international relations tells Norwegian Ambassador organization won't settle for Blue Line border. 'Zionist terror organizations moved the border and robbed Lebanon of seven villages and 20 farms,' he says
Roee Nahmias Nov 4, 2008 http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3617510,00.html
The Blue Line was determined by United Nations experts according to their interpretation of the Security Council resolution from 1978 and is slightly different from the international border that was set in 1923.
Al-Moussawi continued to address different lines that were marked in southern Lebanon. "The Zionist terror organizations moved the borderline that was set in 1920 to a new line in 1923 – a line that robbed Lebanon of seven villages and some 20 farms. We must be alert of attempts to show the Blue Line as a border that would rob Lebanon of millions of square meters of its national land."
Regarding the alleged Israel Air Force infiltration of Lebanese skies over the weekend, as reported by Lebanese sources, al-Moussawi said, "We stand committed to our rights as we face Israeli violations. As a matter of fact it is out duty to stand up against such acts of aggression."
Last Saturday al-Moussawi said revenge for the murder of Hizbullah's Imad Mugniyah was "a done deal". Al-Moussawi said the investigation into the killing was over, and its conclusions were clear – however, "announcing its findings would be useless at the present time".
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