it if Israel did not have a strong defense and an even stronger offense if needed. When they REALLY want peace then these won't be necessary.

Just part of the verbal diarrhea that has been emanating from the other side since 2006. Hariri has sold his soul to the devil - not worth listening to. Yearly exercises are carried out in all countries without regard to the situation on the ground. They are just that - exercises.

his own father's killers, he should crawl in a hole like Nasrallah, because that's where he'll end up. If he's lucky.

Hariri is a chicken. He is fearful Hizballah will assassinate him. He is just a mouth piece for them.

Sure he can tel us that "Israel has to go to the negotiating table in order to achieve peace" but until he is willing to join us at the table his words are meaningless.

train the Israeli public to absorb rocket attacks from Lebanon, Syria, Iran and Gaza with minimum casualties is of no importance to Hariri. Indeed, why should he be pleased when his armed forces - regardless of their name - fail to mass murder civilian Israeli Jews as planned because they have been prepared to deal with such aggression? What a cynical world!!! P.S. And Obama is silent of course. He is going to treat Hariri like a king. The humiliations he reserves for the Jews only.

Silly question. Does he need some PR? With what is going on in Lebanon, Iran, and with Gaza's Hamas Israel can ill afford to rely on peace to guarantee it's safety. Being prepared is normal. I dont see Hariri stoping Hezbollah's war of words or smuggling of weapons in sovereign Lebanon, do you? What can that mean?

But do you know? I liked the question:) I think "Israel" will answer Mr. Hariri question in its own way

The suggestion that holding a miltary drill in the face of hezbollah's constatn provaocations is anti peace just shows how co-opted harairi is. He is controlled by hezbollah who controls the government. His father would never have tolerated this and that is why the syrians kncked him off. Lebanon has become the poster boy for pending war. No one honestly believes that there isn't going to be a confrontation between Israel, hezbollah, syria and iran. its coming and this fool is guiding the lebanese into the thick of it. The one thing that everyone can agree on is that the next war will be a big time confrontation and that alot if people will die and alot of infrastarcuture will be destroyed. Given how badly the Israelis are out numbered and since they will be fighting on several fronts, you can expect an immediate and massive escalation by the IDF who will go after power plants, transmission lines, cell towers, sewerage plants and all infrastructure. This is what hariri is bringing to Lebanon and he is powerless to stop it. He is lamb being taken to the slaughter a nd these remarks show how intellectually bankrupt he is.

...after all, they never tried to stop Hizballah efforts to keep weapons and launching sites right in the middle of densely populated areas, they never tried to protect their people from being used as human shield by N-ass-rallah cohorts, they never bothered to provide people with a minimul level of protection against an Israeli retaliation they knew was bound to happen. The simple truth is that the Lebanese political and economical elite heve never, never given a damn to the fellahin and other anashim pshutim who live there, the better proof being the more than 7 million Lebanese descendants that live here, in Brazil, and whose great-grandparents fled the poverty and religious prosecution the'd suffered in the Land of the Cedars

Saad Hariri must win the hypocrite of the year award. He hasn't got the guts to represent Lebanon at the negotiating table and has allowed his once-civilized country to be taken over by Hezbollah - Iran's fundamentalist pet poodle. I wonder if he's even smart enough to realize that the second the mad dogs in his midst launch their first rocket at Tel Aviv, Lebanon will cease to exist.

Firing rockets into Israel by Hezbollah State within State is OK with him. Lebanese army not having full access to areas controlled by Hezbollah State within State is OK with him. Iranian agents roaming in Lebanon and undermining its sovereignty by Hezbollah State within State is OK with him. A million Syrians in Lebanon with the potential of disturbing the delicate political balance there is OK by him.

... there would be peace. If Israel lays down its arms, there would be genocide.

The Lebanese worry about what's going on in their country. They should be more concerned with the fact that Beruit went from being the Paris of the Middle East to just another Third World capital city. Lebanon's only claim to fame now is that they are in the Guinnes Book of Records for making a big plate of hummus.

lebanon is not a sovereign country. hariri is a puppet and a figurehead. he can't say the truth otherwise he will find himself blown up like his dad. hezbollah is an agent of iran and stronger than the lebanese army. they run lebanon but hide behind the government just like they hide behind the people during war. this is the essence of a very sneaky, very smart, ethically and morally bankrupt enemy, and why hezbollah is so dangerous.

Hariri is a pupet of the Hezbolah. The next War will not be a Pc of Cake for Lebanon. In any case Lebanon is Dead. They have sold out to Iran, Syria and the idiot mouse called Nashrala

saad hara iri the queation should be how can Israel launch negotiations with palestinians while your bosses threaten to wipe Israel off the map can you anwser that one mrlapdog

originating in the 7th century Arabia and occupying and destroying half the civilized world in 100 years, still remains largely destroyed after 1300 years because Arabs are incapable of building anything. Israel has created a tiny civilized and prosperous corner of the Middle East in 62 years, less time than it took you to destroy it. This is why you envy Israel, you want equal backwardness everywhere in the Middle East, cannot tolerate anything different. You had to destroy Lebanon "Switzerland of the Middle East" too starting in 1975, for the same reason.

Lebanon PM slams Israel defense drill Saad Hariri says Israeli decision to launch week of military exercises 'runs counter to peace efforts... How can you launch peace negotiations with Palestinians while holding military maneuvers?' THE MILITARY DRILL HAS NOTHING WITH THE PALESTINIANS TO DO. Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Saturday lashed out at Israel's defense exercises and said they ran counter to current Middle East peace efforts. SURE THING - SO THE PROMISE TO WIPE ISRAEL FROM THE MAP DOES NOT THEN ??? Israel's annual week-long civil defense exercises, which start on Sunday, are designed to prepare emergency responses to rocket strikes on Israel. PRECISELY !!!. Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai has stressed that the exercises were planned long in advance and had no bearing on the Jewish state's present relations with its northern neighbors, Lebanon and Syria. AND - But on Friday, Lebanon's Hezbollah mobilized thousands of militants in southern Lebanon in response to the exercises, said an official from the Shiite group which is backed by Damascus and Tehran. SO THIS IS NOT COUNTER TO PEACE EFFORTS ???. IRANS,SYRIAS,LEBANONS,HIZBOLLAHS AND HAMAS ACTIONS, ARE IN NO WAY CONTRARY TO PEACE EFFORTS. DO THIS IDIOT REALY BELIEVE HIMSELF ???

jumbalatt said last week lebanon will never seek peace or normalization with israel, hizbullah is arming to the teeth for war, hariri just returned from licking bashar assad's shoes. name ONE lebanese leader that wants to pursue peace with israel. that person doesn't exist, so prepare for war we must.

The more his father rolls in his grave. At this rate, his father may just dig a screw hole through to the centre of the Earth

unloaded hazardous materials that required the people unloading it to wear gas masks and hazmat suits. Obviously, a chemical warfare attack is planned against Israel according to a retired US Army Major General Paul E. Vallely who was interviewed on PJTV. He warned of possible pre-emptive chemicals attacks on Israel by Hezbollah this summer. He said Hezbollah has mobile missile launcers on trucks that can hit any place in Israel. Time to dust off the neutron bombs, Israel.

Hariri & other Lebanese leaders have sold the independance of their country to Iran proxies, Syria & the Hezbollah & have not any longer a say in its future. The agressive intentions (& deeds on the field) of Lebanon new "protectors" do not seem to worry Hariri that his country might be drawn in a conflict in which it has no reason to be in & no reason to suffer from since it has nothing to gain. What ever would be the outcome of such a conflict, which is likely, given the nature of the agressors, Lebanon will be a deeply hurt looser. Israel would have to inflict tremendous damage to the country to reduce the threat of Hezbollah & of the Lebanese army if it gets involved. If the Israel failed to win, then Lebanon would be formally or de facto annexed by Syria. Hariri by allying with the rogue state & organizations promissing to "wipe" Israel off the map is contributing to keep alive among Palestinians the hope that they do not need to make concessions for peace since a nuclear Iran will give them all of Israel.

Hariri talks about Palestinian-Israeli peace because he want to see Palestinian out of Lebanon as soon as possible.

Will Lebanon find its way out of the grip of bigotry and terror? Across the Lebanon border, Israelis may have once found a culture not so distant from their own, with mercy, decorum and “rules of engagement” even in times of conflict. The Lebanese will have to retrieve that older world if they are to find their way out of the grip of bigotry and terror. More about the reality of the M-E at : http://xrl.us/kkxrc

lets see scuds coming in , new missiles and new rockets coming in , submarine offload last week , hizbullah building a large wall , and this helps peace talks , Right!!!!! I dont know what they are smoking but they need to get off it real fast, "israel to lebanon if you want to load up for war so can't we" may the lord bless the State of israel"

Hariri's father will turn in his grave ( and he probably does ) if he saw his son hugging a long time foe, Syria. Syria and hezbollah, that's where their slaughtering expertise came out handy.--- You are wrong Mr. Alberto from St Georges, USA ; Nasrallah is not an idiot mouse. He is a very smart rat, for remaining in his specially designed 'rat hole'. Saddam was stupid, and paid the price for not learning from him, but he probably will wound up at the end of a rope anyway.