ISRAEL

AFP: Israel Calls For End Of 'Syrian
Occupation' Of Lebanon!

JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom called on the international community to put an end to the "Syrian occupation" of Lebanon.

"Since 1976, Syria has been occupying Lebanon and stealing its resources and it is time for the world to order it to leave," Shalom told the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday.

He called on "the countries of the free world to start a diplomatic campaign" to force a withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon and said he had raised the issue with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.

"Da kann man ?ber die Heuchlerei nur noch lachen"