Ain Ibl, in south Lebanon, photographed on May 31, 2026. (Credit: Lucile Wassermann/L’Orient-Le Jour)
Lebanese officials rejected claims made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Christian villages in south Lebanon asked to be annexed by Israel."No village in the South has made such a request," Hanna al-Amil, president of the municipality of Rmeish, the largest Christian majority border village, told L'Orient-Le Jour on Monday. “Christian villages in Lebanon, some of them have actually asked to be annexed to Israel, because we protect them against Hezbollah, Hezbollah fanatics who want to kill them, and we do the same things with Christians everywhere,” Netanyahu told Fox News's program, The Sunday Briefing.Israel currently occupies about 620 square kilometers of southern Lebanon along the border. Netanyahu did not identify the villages he was referring to.The allegation was also unanimously rejected in a...
Lebanese officials rejected claims made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Christian villages in south Lebanon asked to be annexed by Israel."No village in the South has made such a request," Hanna al-Amil, president of the municipality of Rmeish, the largest Christian majority border village, told L'Orient-Le Jour on Monday. “Christian villages in Lebanon, some of them have actually asked to be annexed to Israel, because we protect them against Hezbollah, Hezbollah fanatics who want to kill them, and we do the same things with Christians everywhere,” Netanyahu told Fox News's program, The Sunday Briefing.Israel currently occupies about 620 square kilometers of southern Lebanon along the border. Netanyahu did not identify the villages he was referring to.The allegation was also unanimously rejected in...
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