Israeli withdrawal ‘non-negotiable,’ says Lebanon president

BEIRUT: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Monday said Israel’s withdrawal from the country’s south was a “non-negotiable” demand that authorities would pursue through negotiations, days ahead of a new round of talks in Washington. In a statement commemorating Israel’s previous withdrawal from south Lebanon in 2000 after some two decades of occupation, Aoun said that “this year, the anniversary of the liberation comes as Lebanon is weighed down by a painful reality.” “Israeli attacks have not stopped, and our dear southern villages are still suffering under a renewed occupation,” he said.

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