Israel Okays Indonesian UNIFIL Troops

[Jerusalem Post] Herb Keinon - Israel has agreed to Indonesia's participation in the UNIFIL force in Lebanon. Indonesia said Saturday it will send up to 1,000 troops to southern Lebanon by the month's end. However, diplomatic sources in Jerusalem said Saturday night that Israel still was opposed to the participation of Malaysia and Bangladesh in the force. Both those Muslim countries openly supported Hizballah in the recent conflict, while the Indonesian government took a much more "moderate" approach. Furthermore, Israel has for years had some quiet diplomatic activity with Indonesia,


2006-09-04 01:00:00

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