Feltman to Israeli Daily: Hizbullah Imposes Will Through Force
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman reportedly said that Hizbullah would resort to violence whenever it dislikes a certain situation.
“Hizbullah is a terrorist organization that participated in the elections,” Feltman told the Israeli Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper on Thursday.
“But when they dislike the status quo, they impose their will through force and violence,” he reportedly said.
Feltman’s comments came as he arrived in Beirut on Wednesday on a two-day visit for talks with top Lebanese officials.
Sources close to Hizbullah told pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat that Feltman is visiting Beirut to put new conditions on the Lebanese government after Lebanon paid its share of funds to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.
They said that Washington had threatened Premier Najib Miqati to impose Security Council sanctions on Lebanon if it had failed to fund the STL that is set to try ex-Premier Rafik Hariri’s suspected assassins.
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