Israel urges int'l pressure to stop Hezbollah arms smuggling
August 4, 2008 - 3:00pmHAARETZ
By Barak Ravid
The diplomatic-security cabinet will meet on Wednesday for another discussion on Hezbollah's rearmament in Lebanon, and is expected to make operative decisions on diplomatic and/or defense-related action.
The last meeting on the subject was devoted entirely to briefings by the intelligence agencies.
The government believes that Israel has not yet exhausted diplomatic channels for action against Hezbollah's arms smuggling. What is needed, one official said, is international pressure on two countries: Syria, because it is the main conduit for Hezbollah's arms, and Russia, since it is responsible for making some of the weapons now being sent to the Islamic organization.
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