Hariri: Hezbollah to join Lebanese government

Those who may have entertained illusions about the "freedom loving" March 14 movement of Sa'ad Hariri can forget it. Hariri is determined to form a government with the murderers of his father, ostensibly to spite "the Israeli enemy" but actually because he feels he has no choice evidently. In a crisis not too long ago, Hezbollah goons closed down Harir's television station and effectively put him under house arrest. That must've tamed his ardor for freedom a bit.

 

Hezbollah to join Lebanon government

 

August 26, 2009

(JTA) -- Lebanon's prime minister-designate said Hezbollah will be included in the country's governing coalition.

 

Speaking during a Ramadan meal on Tuesay evening, Sa'ad Hariri said he was determined to include all factions in the next government, including Hezbollah, which Israel and the United States consider a terrorist group.

 

"The national unity government will include the [ruling] March 14 alliance, and I also want to assure the Israeli enemy that Hezbollah will be in this government whether it likes it or not because Lebanon's interests require all parties be involved in this cabinet," Hariri said, according to AFP.

 

Israel's prime minister has warned that if Hezbollah joins the government, Israel would hold the government responsible for any attack emanating from Lebanese territory.