Yossi Beilin: Allow Hizbullah to be armed to the teeth as long as do not
shoot

Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 22 May 2013

In a live interview broadcast on the morning news magazine program of Israel
Radio this morning, Yossi Beilin told anchor Aryeh Golan that until now
Israel took the operative position to effectively allow Hizbullah to receive
rockets and that as a result it now has tens of thousands of rockets.

Beilin did don’t say this as a criticism of the policy but instead explained
that the tens of thousands of rockets held by Hizbullah isn’t the issue as
Israel’s concern is only if Hizbullah actually shoots the rockets.

Beilin suggested that the only reason Israel acted against the missile
shipments at this time was that Israel thought that Syria would not respond.

Beilin recommended that Israel push forward in negotiations with the
Palestinians.

It wasn’t clear how creating a sovereign Palestinian state would insure that
Hizbullah does not actually fire its rockets at Israel.

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