Israel sends telephone threats to Lebanese
Posted by tearsforlebanon on January 14, 2009
BEIRUT, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) — Lebanese residents in
south Lebanon received Wednesday telephone messages from Israel
threatening them against cooperation with Palestinian radical factions
and al-Qaida, local Elnashra website reported.
The recorded messages were sent
from “the state of Israel,” saying “do not deal with the Palestinians,
do not allow al-Qaida or the General Command to launch rockets at
Israel from bases between your homes,” said the report.
The “General Command” refers to a
radical Palestinian faction, the Popular Front for the Liberation of
Palestine General Command (PFLP-GC), which is closer to Hamas movement
than moderate Fatah movement.
”Remember the catastrophe you went through in 1982 because the Palestinians were in south Lebanon,” the messages said.
Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982
reaching the capital Beirut, and expelled the Palestinian Liberation
Organization (PLO) which took Lebanon as a base to launch attacks
against Israel.
On Wednesday morning, three Katyusha rockets were launched from south Lebanon.
Similar messages were sent by Israel
during the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war, urging Lebanese citizens to
revolt against the Shiite armed group in south Lebanon.
source:xinhuanet
