Oral question asked in the House of Commons, by Julian Brazier (Conservative). It was answered on Tuesday, 28 March 2017 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Hezbollah
- Question
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I welcome my right hon. Friend’s earlier answer, but does he accept that Israel’s decision in 2006 to bomb all parts of Lebanon, including those represented by people who had been fighting Hezbollah for more than a generation, catapulted Hezbollah from a sectional group of extremists right into the heart of the powerbase of the Government of Lebanon?
- Answer
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I visited the country right after those attacks had taken place and the devastation was indeed huge. It is in all our interests not to go down that road again. I pay tribute to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, which has done an amazing job in reducing tensions between the two countries.
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- Oral question
- Reference
- 624 c113
- Session
- 2016-17
- Oral question type
- Supplementary
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- House of Commons chamber
- Subjects
- Weapons Hezbollah
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