Israel has said it has received implicit “authorisation” from international powers to continue its attacks in Lebanon.<\/p>\n
The Israeli justice minister, Haim Ramon, said Israel had “in effect obtained the authorisation to continue our operations” by Wednesday’s 15-nation Rome conference on the crisis in Lebanon.<\/p>\n
Ramon said on Thursday the conference had implicitly said Israel could continue its attacks “until Hezbollah is no longer present in southern Lebanon”.<\/p>\n
“The whole world knows that a Hezbollah victory will mean a victory for international terrorism, which will be a catastrophe for the world and for Israel.”<\/p>\n
Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the German foreign minister, described Ramon’s interpretation as a “gross misunderstanding” of the outcome of the conference.<\/p>\n
“I would say just the opposite – yesterday in Rome it was clear that everyone present wanted to see an end to the fighting as swiftly as possible.”<\/p>\n
Erkki Tuomioja, the Finnish foreign minister, whose country holds the European Union presidency said in Tel Aviv that the Israeli view was “totally wrong.”<\/p>\n
“The whole basic idea of the Rome conference was to very quickly help end the war and hostilities.<\/p>\n
“Without a doubt, there were diverging views in Rome, but most of the countries, including the European Union, also specifically want an immediate halt to the hostilities.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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