Telecommunications Committee to Hold Urgent Meeting Monday to Discuss Israeli Spying Stations
The parliamentary telecommunications committee will hold an emergency meeting on Monday to tackle the recent spying stations installed by Israel along its border with Lebanon as caretaker Telecom Minister Nicolas Sehnaoui considered the matter “violation of the country's sovereignty.”
The head of the Committee, MP Hassan Fadlallah, said in comments published in As Safir newspaper on Thursday that the meeting will be held in presence of Sehnaoui and a specialized team in addition to the Foreign Ministry representative.
“No respectable country would accept these spying stations along its border, which is a clear, blatant violation and requires action on all levels to confront it,” Fadlallah told the newspaper.
Speaker Nabih Berri revealed on Wednesday that Israel had set up a number of spying stations along its border with Lebanon, starting from al-Naqoura passing by Khiyam all the way to Shebaa.”
The biggest espionage station is allegedly installed in al-Abbad and Jal al-Alam areas, which are located near the U.N. demarcated Blue line.
Sehnaoui told As Safir newspaper that the spying stations allows Israelis to detect everything from vibrations and waves and could breach the phone cables.
“The stations are blatant violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty and are not acceptable at all according to international laws,” the caretaker Minister added.
He pointed out that a committee, tasked by caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati to survey the border with Israel for spying stations in August, is preparing a report over the nature of every station.
The committee is comprised of representatives of the telecom ministry, the Army and the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority.
(Photo credit: As Safir newspaper)
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