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Israel on alert as sectarian clashes rage across Lebanon for sixth day
By Yoav Stern and Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondents and Haaretz Service
Tags: Lebanon, Hezbollah, Israel

Israel's defense establishment has raised its intelligence alert in case Hezbollah decides to exploit its hold on Lebanon to wage an armed conflict south of the Litani River, Army Radio reported on Monday.

Nevertheless, Israeli security officials are downplaying concerns of an imminent direct conflict with the Lebanon-based militant group, the radio said.

Hezbollah guerillas seized west Beirut over the weekend and sectarian clashes have raged across Lebanon between the group and pro-government fighters for six consecutive days.
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Heavy fighting broke out in the northern city of Tripoli on Monday, Lebanese security officials said. Officials said machine gun fire and rockets were being used in battles between government supporters and pro-Syrian gunmen. Earlier fighting in Tripoli stopped Sunday morning. But it broke out again Monday after Lebanese troops pulled out from the area.

Lebanese paramedics also said Monday that at least 36 people were killed in clashes in a mountainous region Beirut, bringing the death toll to 81 since the fighting began on May 7.

The defense establishment is particularly concerned about Hezbollah's relationship with Iran and the possibility that it is upgrading its rocket arsenal with Tehran's help.

On Sunday, former IDF chief of staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak said Hezbollah's persistent attempts to take over Lebanon could eventually benefit Israel in its struggle against the militant group.

"If an armed conflict erupts it will be simpler to strike Lebanon when Hezbollah is the legitimate ruler," Shahak told the Army Radio.

Earlier on Sunday, Israel's Vice Premier Haim Ramon told cabinet members that Lebanon must be viewed as a "Hezbollah state," after the Shiite guerilla group seized control over the western part of the Lebanese capital over the weekend.

"Lebanon has no government. It is a fiction, there is only Hezbollah," Ramon said during the weekly cabinet meeting. "Hezbollah is directly responsible for everything that happens [in Lebanon], and the organization completely controls the state."

Later in the cabinet meeting, Minister Ami Ayalon called for an emergency meeting of the political-security cabinet to discuss the ongoing crisis in Lebanon and Gaza.

Ayalon said that "the critical situation in the north" and the impending lull in the fighting in Gaza require a special session.

Also during the meeting, Military Intelligence Chief Amos Yadlin said Lebanon had been embroiled in a political crisis since former Lebanese president Emile Lahoud completed his term and stepped down.

Referring to Lebanon's inability to appoint a new president since then, Yadlin said "there is a consensus regarding the identity of a president, and that is Lebanese army commander, General Michel Suleiman, but the objective of the extreme camp goes far beyond the selection of a president. They want to restore the balance of power in Lebanon to what it was before the anti-Syrian revolution."

According to Yadlin, "in the beginning, Hezbollah tried to do it in democratic ways, and later via non-violent demonstrations, and they failed, and that is why they advanced to a move involving a military force."

Minister of Religious Services Yitzhak Cohen (Shas) said that "Israel must immediately ask the [United Nations] Security Council to hold renewed discussions over resolution 1701." The minister was referring to the resolution that ended the 34-day conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in 2006, maintaining a fragile cease-fire.

According to Cohen "the Lebanese army proved to be a doormat, stepped on by Hezbollah."

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that Israel was following the violence in Lebanon closely, but would refrain from intervening.

Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai told Army Radio Sunday that Israel was prepared for the possibility that the situation in Lebanon will deteriorate into another civil war.

Vilnai also said the current sectarian fighting could end with a Hezbollah takeover of the government.

"We need to keep our eyes peeled and be especially sensitive regarding all that is happening there," Vilnai told Army Radio.

"We shouldn't get involved. We need to watch and should follow this very closely even when we are dealing with other fronts," he said, referring to continued fighting against the Iranian-backed Hamas militant group in the Gaza Strip. Hamas has controlled Gaza since last June.

"Israel is especially concerned about the situation in Lebanon in light of the Hamas' control of Gaza," Vilnai said. "Hamas and Hezbollah, as Iranian proxies, are mutually dependent," he said. Gaza is located on Israel's southwestern flank, while Lebanon sits on Israel's northern border.

Cabinet Minister Meir Sheetrit said Israel should not yet take any action, but warned that things could change if Hezbollah takes over Lebanon.

"I think it's very dangerous, the [possible] situation in which Iran is in fact sitting on our border, and controlling Lebanon," Sheetrit said. "It's really dangerous in the long term because now its plain to everyone that ... Hezbollah is just the long arm of Iran and that's the way we should relate to it."

For the time being, Jerusalem has decided not to issue any official comment on the confrontations between Hezbollah and the Beirut government. But various officials have expressed concern over the escalation and the possible implications for Israel's northern border.

Lebanon: IAF flies over south of country

Meanwhile Sunday, a Lebanese security official reported that Israel Air Force warplanes violated Lebanon's airspace and flew over the southern part of the country.

"More than four Israeli jets flew over areas near the port city of Tyre," the official said.

IAF jets regularly overfly Lebanon in violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701. The United Nations has called on Israel to stop doing so. The organization says the overflights undermine the credibility of UN peacekeepers stationed in southern Lebanon to observe a fragile ceasefire in the area.

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      179.   #79 GFYS 19:46  |  Justin Uther-Jew 12/05/08
      180.   CLICKFOOL (#48) Really Clicky Only Jewish Life 19:49  |  Gil 12/05/08
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      206.   #193 Imad -- PLO and HZB, not the same 20:52  |  Jo 12/05/08
      207.   # 182, GIL 20:54  |  indrajaya 12/05/08
      208.   # 4 The time will come for all the beasts, Fatmeh... 20:54  |  misha 12/05/08
      209.   STOP MAKING FOOLS OF THE LEBANESE ARMY 20:57  |  Arik Silverman 12/05/08
      210.   christoph #171: no bad intents - 21:07  |  ivo 12/05/08
      211.   re 37 Clicky the robber baron 21:14  |  Alan the real one 12/05/08
      212.   re 43 Which way is London clicky? 21:16  |  Alan the real one 12/05/08
      213.   re 75 Not even close clicky. 21:18  |  Alan the real one 12/05/08
      214.   re 100 Multi sourced clicky 21:22  |  Alan the real one 12/05/08
      215.   Tosefta # 199 Lebanese Demographics 21:28  |  Jeff Northridge 12/05/08
      216.   Clickfool, we need some help in Israel 21:45  |  Sam C 12/05/08
      217.   For my friend Dror again # 189 21:50  |  Clickfool 12/05/08
      218.   Arik S. #209 Nasrallah knows where they live. 21:51  |  FOX 12/05/08
      219.   Ahmed #185: don`t talk about something you don`t know - 21:53  |  ivo 12/05/08
      220.   To Arik Silverman, no. 184 21:59  |  Sam C 12/05/08
      221.   #174 Freethinker-Lebanese have great blogs 22:08  |  Aphemia 12/05/08
      222.   What UN credibility???????? 22:11  |  Tony 12/05/08
      223.   To Clickfool... 22:17  |  Jordan 12/05/08
      224.   Poor, Poor Lebanon; One Step Foward And Two Steps Back 22:18  |  Jeff Northridge 12/05/08
      225.   185 ahmed 22:20  |  yonah 12/05/08
      226.   Big problem in Israeli thinking. 22:23  |  gus 12/05/08
      227.   Indrajaya... 22:26  |  Paul 12/05/08
      228.   Walid where were you when Israel was killin gus in the south 22:28  |  gus 12/05/08
      229.   Ivo vs. Lebanon #205 22:30  |  Tosefta 12/05/08
      230.   Walid and Israeli intervention 22:32  |  natan 12/05/08
      231.   More from Jeff Northridge #215 22:37  |  Tosefta 12/05/08
      232.   # 172 Clickfool...re:Paul Harris Just read on.. 22:37  |  KATHY 12/05/08
      233.   #128, Tosefta, there is no sea blockade on Lebanon 22:38  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 12/05/08
      234.   # 89 emad...wonder what the "polls" would 22:40  |  Lynn 12/05/08
      235.   lebanese Druze 22:42  |  natan 12/05/08
      236.   Nasrallah crossed the limits 22:43  |  Jorge 12/05/08
      237.   Rabid FOX: I do not get paid to support Hez/Syria 22:43  |  Tossi 12/05/08
      238.   Why should Hezbollah be stopped? 22:45  |  Fritz T. 12/05/08
      239.   #215 On one Hand Right, On on Hand Wrong 22:47  |  Lebanon Druze Muslim 12/05/08
      240.   #44 - Swiss(Dino) - So, what`s new about that? 22:47  |  JP 12/05/08
      241.   #205, ivo, the real purpose behind Hezbollah actions 22:56  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 12/05/08
      242.   should act now 22:58  |  bashar 12/05/08
      243.   If you are Clicky? 22:58  |  Dror 12/05/08
      244.   #238 - People like Fritz T. Talk Big, Lack Substance & Courage 23:12  |  JP 12/05/08
      245.   showing more restraint (on talkback...) 23:14  |  christoph 12/05/08
      246.   #239 - Leb. Druze - Why would anyone want to free Samir Qantar? 23:16  |  JP 12/05/08
      247.   For Kathy, on Paul Harris # 232 23:18  |  Clickfool 12/05/08
      248.   # 240 JP 23:26  |  Swiss (Dino) 12/05/08
      249.   FOX re: Tosefta P1 23:26  |  TonyL 12/05/08
      250.   Tosefta # 231 Tverian Troll Turds 23:26  |  Jeff Northridge 12/05/08
      251.   FOX re: Tosefta P2 23:28  |  TonyL 12/05/08
      252.   Oy, not learning from reality (Bird from Outerspace) 23:30  |  Tosefta 12/05/08
      253.   # 156 terrornator 23:32  |  Swiss (Dino) 12/05/08
      254.   Read Wikipedia below. 23:38  |  Steven 12/05/08
      255.   you`ve got clicky all wrong... 23:40  |  citizen zero 12/05/08
      256.   #235 you are from the Little People 23:43  |  Arslani Druze Muslim 12/05/08
      257.   To the Druze Talkbackers (#15#34), a very odd thing. 23:48  |  Ben Alofs 12/05/08
      258.   The Global Onness Community?? 23:54  |  Steven 12/05/08
      259.   To #12, Greetings to you ! 23:55  |  Shimon Cleopas 12/05/08
      260.   To #12 23:59  |  Shimon Cleopas 12/05/08
      261.   Imad.....Hezbollah is killing UNARMED Druze 00:01  |  Lynn 13/05/08
      262.   Worldly wisdom for Jeff Northridge #243 00:02  |  Gepetto 13/05/08
      263.   #73 Tosefta, the opposition movement in Lebanon 00:03  |  Ben Alofs 13/05/08
      264.   I. Introducing: Judge Jeff, the math genius; Jeff N`s rulings#247 00:08  |  Tosefta 13/05/08
      265.   #241 - Swiss(Dino) - I Really Think They Know That Already 00:10  |  JP 13/05/08
      266.   swiss,i knew you wouldn`t answer any of the questions i ask 00:14  |  terrornator 13/05/08
      267.   Thanks, Ben Alofs #263 00:25  |  Tosefta 13/05/08
      268.   #135 Indeed, Fox, let us remember the Armenians... 00:43  |  Ben Alofs 13/05/08
      269.   #252, Tosefta, master googler 00:48  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 13/05/08
      270.   Cipora Julianna Kohn re: Tosefta 00:53  |  TonyL 13/05/08
      271.   Indrajaya (#207) Thanks for your ``love`` letter 01:00  |  Gil 13/05/08
      272.   Lebanon Druze Muslim # 239 That`s Fine With Me 01:02  |  Jeff Northridge 13/05/08
      273.   # Terrornator to Viper. "Typical Aussies." 01:10  |  Maureen Ann 13/05/08
      274.   TOSEFTA (#252) Any one wants to know what TOSEFTA stands for 01:13  |  Gil 13/05/08
      275.   Catholic American to Catholic Isreali 01:16  |  Yaakov Sullivan 13/05/08
      276.   #44/ 01:19  |  Joelle 13/05/08
      277.   # 81 Swiss....."hit the road"? 01:22  |  Lynn 13/05/08
      278.   #264, Tosefta, Gaza`s territorial waters 01:25  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 13/05/08
      279.   Ahmed #5 If that`s the case... 01:27  |  Free Gilad Shalit 13/05/08
      280.   Clickfool 10 re lemonade 01:31  |  Free Gilad Shalit 13/05/08
      281.   CLICKFOOL THE PLAYWRIGHT OR NOVELIST 01:35  |  Brant 13/05/08
      282.   Druze of Israel #15 01:37  |  Free Gilad Shalit 13/05/08
      283.   LYNN bleat bleat bleat #261 01:44  |  Roo 13/05/08
      284.   LYNN bleat bleat bleat #261 01:44  |  Roo 13/05/08
      285.   TonyL . #251 post ad absurdum 01:51  |  anthropol ogist 13/05/08
      286.   Lynn, what, where, when? 01:52  |  Ben Alofs 13/05/08
      287.   Clickfool 37 Learn something... 02:00  |  Free Gilad Shalit 13/05/08
      288.   Zahi , Akram and other Lebanese 02:05  |  Free Gilad Shalit 13/05/08
      289.   ivo #197 02:08  |  emad 13/05/08
      290.   Tosefta # 264 Territorial Seas 02:19  |  Jeff Northridge 13/05/08
      291.   Lebanon needs your help 02:24  |  Joseph 13/05/08
      292.   Lynn (polls today?)234 02:55  |  emad 13/05/08
      293.   Thanks, Ben Alofs #263 02:56  |  Tosefta 13/05/08
      294.   Tosefta 132 re Jeff Northbridge 03:06  |  Free Gilad Shalit 13/05/08
      295.   roo 03:07  |  alfredo 13/05/08
      296.   To Ramzi , Utrecht 03:10  |  Free Gilad Shalit 13/05/08
      297.   christoph 03:18  |  Free Gilad Shalit 13/05/08
      298.   #272 Cipora on territorial waters 03:19  |  Johnboy 13/05/08
      299.   Clickfool is consistently on target 03:20  |  meengla 13/05/08
      300.   Arslani - the little people means the masses 03:37  |  natan 13/05/08
      301.   What the Mullahs couldn`t do,Israel & the US did`t for them. 04:08  |  Akram Zekaria 13/05/08
      302.   Lynn 04:13  |  Danite 13/05/08
      303.   DRUZE ISRAELI 04:47  |  ELIAS KHOURY 13/05/08
      304.   #61WALID THE SAUDI ASKING ISRAEL FOR HELP 04:51  |  ELIAS KHOURY 13/05/08
      305.   II.2 Judge Jeff, the math genius: Gaza Territorial waters #288 04:57  |  Tosefta 13/05/08
      306.   II.3 Judge Jeff, the math genius: Gaza Territorial waters #288 04:57  |  Tosefta 13/05/08
      307.   I`m no fan of Hizbollah 04:57  |  Palestinian Prince 13/05/08
      308.   Everyone sees what they want to see in Lebanon 05:23  |  Joe 13/05/08
      309.   #273 Maureen 05:34  |  Rab Burns 13/05/08
      310.   Indy....what`s up with the rioting in your country? 05:54  |  Lynn 13/05/08
      311.   #303 Do you not reflect? 06:09  |  Arab Druze Muslim 13/05/08
      312.   The truth as I see it. 06:10  |  Akram Zekaria 13/05/08
      313.   I`m No Fan of Arafart 06:40  |  Tex 13/05/08
      314.   #306 Tosefta 07:23  |  Joe 13/05/08
      315.   #298, johnny get serious 07:40  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 13/05/08
      316.   # 310, LYNN 07:44  |  indrajaya 13/05/08
      317.   # Rab Burns. "The many shocking regimes around the world." 08:30  |  Maureen Ann 13/05/08
      318.   #306 Tosefta 08:56  |  Joe 13/05/08
      319.   What to do now 08:58  |  Aaron 13/05/08
      320.   For Dror # 243 09:15  |  Clickfool 13/05/08
      321.   Druze will avenge every drop of blood 09:56  |  Russ 13/05/08
      322.   Jeff & Tosefta both fatally locked into position 10:04  |  Objective observer 13/05/08
      323.   indrajaya ` AID `. 11:00  |  Roo 13/05/08
      324.   #286 Ben Alofs-Lynn just made that up 11:05  |  Roo 13/05/08
      325.   Cipora Julianna Kohn. post 241`veto power` 11:07  |  Jabre 13/05/08
      326.   The problem with Rationale 11:09  |  FOX 13/05/08
      327.   Objective observer 11:13  |  examiner 13/05/08
      328.   #286 Ben Alofs-Lynn just made that up 11:55  |  Roo 13/05/08
      329.   Cipora Julianna Kohn. post 241`veto power` 11:58  |  Jabre 13/05/08
      330.   indrajaya Lynn`s `aid` claims 12:03  |  Roo 13/05/08
      331.   Objective observer 12:04  |  examiner 13/05/08
      332.   emad #289: it`s a shaky comparison (US-israel vs. iran-hezb.) - 14:59  |  ivo 13/05/08
      333.   #315 Cipora simply repeats the same mantra. 15:07  |  Johnboy 13/05/08
      334.   #322 Objective Observer sees dimly... 15:10  |  Johnboy 13/05/08
      335.   Oy, another lesson from reality is needed (Bird from Outerspace#2 15:20  |  Tosefta 13/05/08
      336.   #278 Bird from Outerspace does not learn from reality 15:21  |  Tosefta 13/05/08
      337.   Cipora, & also Jabre: the veto issue etc. - 15:29  |  ivo 13/05/08
      338.   ivo 16:36  |  emad 13/05/08
      339.   UNpeacekeepers have fishing-nets for missiles passing over head? 17:14  |  Marco 13/05/08
      340.   312# follow up:The truth as I see it. 17:24  |  Akram Zekaria 13/05/08
      341.   moron ann#273 i see you omitted a response to the aborigine issue 17:46  |  terrornator 13/05/08
      342.   #333, JB 17:49  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 13/05/08
      343.   #337, ivo 18:00  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 13/05/08
      344.   Cipora #343; hard to tell - 21:04  |  ivo 13/05/08