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Source: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-892918
Israel's U.S. Ambassador: Israel and Lebanon "Are On the Same Side" Against Hizbullah
(Jerusalem Post) Amichai Stein - Israel's Ambassador to the U.S., Yechiel Leiter, met on Tuesday with Lebanon's Ambassador to the U.S., Nada Hamadeh, in Washington. The meeting included U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Leiter said, "It was a crushing victory over Hizbullah. We are on the same side, we and the Lebanese, that the evil of Hizbullah must be eradicated. We are united in this need. We talked about possibilities, a vision for the long term, about how Lebanon can prosper." The focus of the meeting was on efforts to disarm Hizbullah, while the broader goal is to open a path toward normalization between Israel and Lebanon. Leiter stressed that Israel would not discuss a ceasefire with Hizbullah, which continues to attack Israel.