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Inconclusive end to Lebanese meeting in France
Jul 15, 2007, 18:00 GMT
Paris - Rival Lebanese factions ended a one-and-a-half day meeting in the French capital without reaching any resolution Sunday, according to French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner.
The atmosphere at the meeting had initially been tense, but had changed to a more amicable one by the end of the meeting, Kouchner said.
Kouchner plans to travel to Beirut on July 28 to continue the talks.
Jewish organizations had criticized the presence of the radical Islamic Hezbollah movement at the conference, calling them a terrorist organization.
Hezbollah agreed to take part in the conference despite being branded a 'terrorist' organization by French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
The groups had gathered Saturday in a castle outside Paris at Kouchner's invitation in an attempt to resolve the long-standing civil conflict in Lebanon.
© 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-AgenturCOMMENT
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...nted peace, they always strived for expansion.
Israel is the only nation-state in this world without having defined its borders!
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RogerJul 15th, 2007 - 22:40:10
Yeah, the Jewish organizations are always involved when it comes to spinning the news in their favor.
Would it not be for the Jewish expropriations of Palestinian lands, the Middle East would be a very peaceful place. Lebanon once was regarded as the Switzerland of the Middle East ... before the Jewish problem of land theft from Arab Semites.
David ben Gurion had it right; he understood the injustice served to the Palestinians. Simcha Flapan's book, The Birth of Israel, Pantheon Books, New York, Copyright 1987, has it right on the money: the Jews never wa
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