MK Sneh: 12,000 missiles covering much of Israel deters action

Aaron Lerner Date: 21 January 2004

Labor MK Efraim Sneh said on Israel's Channel 2 Television morning program
today that the 12,000 missiles in southern Lebanon that cover much of Israel
deter Israel from action against Hezbollah.

"I warned (the prime minister) Barak that withdrawal without agreement from
Southern Lebanon would create a vacuum that would be filled by Hezbollah,"
Sneh said, but I didn't imagine that the consequences would be so grave.

Recently Labor MK Shimon Peres termed Sneh "worse than Likud" for objecting
to the Labor Party proposal to unilaterally retreat from the Gaza Strip.

Army Radio reported last night that Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, who is a supporter
of Beilin's Geneva Initiative and served as Minister of Tourim when Israel
retreated from Lebanon said that "those who claim that we surrendered to
Hezbollah by withdrawing from Lebanon are not completely wrong."

Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis)
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