Israeli DM: Civilian Multinational Force to Lebanon

Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, suggested today that a multinational civilian force should be brought into Lebanon to "rehabilitate"the country. This is primarily to "prevent the presence of Iranian money and forces that will try to enter this region and to penetrate the population."

This sounds like an interesting idea and a definite change in policy on the part of Israel. In the past when Israel went into an area to put an end to a terrorist presence they used military force almost exclusively. Here Peretz wants to add a civilian component to prevent the civilian side of terrorism from take hold of a region.

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Tags: Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Hezbollah, War, Terrorism