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Livni hints at renewed conflict if Hizbullah fails to disarm
In an interview Tuesday night with Al-Arabiyya television, Livni, who is seen as the most likely successor to scandal-plagued Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, said the Lebanese government and the international community were obligated to prevent Hizbullah from adding to its arsenal, and that if Syria wanted to make peace with the Jewish state, it had to stop arming the group.
“I do not need to meet with the Syrians,” Livni told Al-Arabiyya, adding that she did not know when the next round of indirect, Turkish-mediated peace negotiations would take place.
Israel and Syria launched talks in May, after 60 years of being in a state of war with one other. Syrian President Bashar Assad said earlier that a fifth round of talks had been postponed due to the resignation of an Israeli negotiator. Dubai-based satellite channel Al-Arabiyya is due to air Livni’s complete interview during iftar Thursday.
When contacted by The Daily Star, Hizbullah officials said they “had no comment at this time” on Livni’s remarks.
The Israeli minister’s comments came after Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Monday any Israeli attack on Lebanon depended on regional issues such as Iran’s nuclear work and Israeli-Syrian peace talks.
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