Hariri: “Israel” Seeks to Create Little Wars Here and There

Local Editor, 09-04-2010
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri urged "Israel" on Thursday to "move ahead" towards finding a political solution with the Palestinians by privileging dialogue over "little wars".

"Israel must move ahead" because "we need to have a credible process that the Arab world can believe in," Lebanese PM said in Madrid at a joint news conference with his Spanish counterpart Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.

He accused "Israel" of trying to create little wars here and there to hold up the peace process.

"The Israelis have to understand that weapons and destruction only incite hate and violence," he added.

"Israel has to be told that "you can start all the wars you want in the Middle East but in the end there can only be a political solution'," said Hariri, on the first of a two-day trip to the Spanish capital.

"A political solution, with the existing consensus in Europe, the United States and the Arab world, is the only way to make progress in the region," he said.

Zapatero said that "Israel's" announcement last month of plans for the construction of housing units in occupied East Al Quds (Jerusalem) was a "serious problem" that "put the brakes" on the possibility of indirect talks between the "Israelis" and Palestinians.

"The current moment is historic for getting an agreement because the international community and the Arab world have a very clear position and there is a wide consensus," he stressed.