Hariri vows united Lebanon against Israeli threats

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri voices concern about escalating Israeli threats but insists that Tel Aviv will be confronted by a united Lebanon if a war breaks out.

“We hear a lot of Israeli threats day in and day out, and not only threats,” Hariri told the BBC on Wednesday.

“We see what’s happening on the ground and in our airspace and what’s happening all the time during the past two months — every day we have Israeli planes entering Lebanese airspace,” Hariri added.

The Lebanese leader noted that such moves by Israel were on the rise and warned, “This is something that is really dangerous.”

The remarks come after repeated threats from Israeli officials in recent weeks of a full-fledged war against Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement, and amid Tel Aviv’s war of words with the Damascus Government.

Hariri said Israel counts on Lebanon’s confessionally-divided politics and the assumption that the Lebanese could not unite in case of a foreign attack.

“I think they’re betting that there might be some division in Lebanon, if there is a war against us…Well, there won’t be a division in Lebanon.”

“We will stand against Israel. We will stand with our own people,” he vowed.