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Israel: The Moment that Hizbullah Is Dismantled, We Can Leave the Lebanon Security Zone
(CBS News) Margaret Brennan - Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter told "Face the Nation" on Sunday: "When the United States signed the MOU with Iran just a few weeks ago, there was one item, just one thing, that the Iranians had to fulfill, and that was keeping the strait open. And that they've completely ignored. So they forced the U.S. to go back into kinetic activity. We're a partner, we're an ally. If the United States calls on us to rejoin kinetic activity against Iran, we're going to be there for the United States." "I'm actually leading the negotiations on Israel's behalf with Lebanon....What the agreement with Lebanon does is completely remove Iran from the paradigm. Iran is not to be involved in Lebanon. They have no business in Lebanon. Hizbullah has no business in Lebanon....We can withdraw the moment that Hizbullah is dismantled. If Hizbullah is not dismantled, then we have to stay in our security zone."