Suleiman Responding to Netanyahu: Israel is Still Recovering from its Defeat to Lebanon
President Michel Suleiman condemned on Thursday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent statements on Lebanon, saying that its existence will not be affected by his remarks.
He added in a statement: “Lebanon is the only country to have defeated Israel militarily and the Jewish state is still recovering from it.”
Netanyahu had said on Wednesday that an Israeli strike against Lebanon would be supported by the United States and countries of the Arab Gulf.
In addition, he remarked that there is no such thing as Lebanon on the world map.
He made his statements at a press conference during a trip to Switzerland.
Suleiman continued: “Lebanon is thousands of years old.”
“Lebanon’s diversity is the complete opposite of Israel’s racist system, which has no place in the world,” stressed the president.
He noted that world countries have started to “shift towards pluralism, which is the basis of the Lebanese system.”
“Lebanon is one of the founders of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Netanyahu’s statements reflect his contempt for humans,” Suleiman added.
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