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Meretz leader Yossi Beilin
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Beilin: Widening operation – prize for Hizbullah

Decision to give 'green light' to expand IDF operations in Lebanon met with severe criticism from left

The decision Friday to expand IDF operations in Lebanon met with severe criticism from the Left wing. Chairman of Meretz-Yahad Yossi Beilin said the move was "a prize for Hizbullah."

 

"I hope Olmert and Peretz's decision is part of the arm-twisting on the eve of the security council decision (on a ceasefire). If the ground operation is indeed stretched to the Litani, the result will be long weeks of exhaustive warfare," Beilin said.

 

Chairman of the Meretz faction Zahav Galon defined the decision as "hasty and thoughtless."

 

"This decision was a surrender to the army's agenda to expand the war process instead of waiting for a diplomatic victory," Galon said.

 

On the other hand MK Yisrael Hason (Israel Our Home) praised the decision made by the prime minister and defense minister.

 

"The past few days prove that the Homefront and the army need leadership. The government must stand up to the goals the prime minister presented in his speech at the beginning of the war, and the agreement being reached (in the UN) is a severe hindrance which at best will result in generations of tears," Hason said.

 

Ilan Marciano contributed to the report

 


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