21.07.2011                      19.Tammus, 5771

Seegrenze:

J'lem yawns at Lebanon threat to take maritime line to UN

Lebanese MP reportedly said Israel's initiative to demarcate northern maritime border "threatens international peace and security."

Israel responded with a yawn on Wednesday to Lebanese media reports that the country might complain to the UN Security Council about the maritime border approved recently by the cabinet.
The Lebanese newspaper The Daily Star reported Wednesday that MP Muhammad Qabbain, head of the country’s parliament’s Public Works, Transport, Energy and Water Committee, said the county “can lodge a complaint saying that Israel’s actions threaten international peace and security. Following this move, and even if Israel does not abide by the UN resolution, large international [excavating and offshore drilling] companies will no more be able to operate in an area dubbed as disputed by the UN.”…