Excerpt From Blog Post:http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/spain-israel-and-the-fight-over-unifil/
Posted By Soeren Kern On November 5, 2009 @ 12:00 am In . Column2 04, Europe, Israel, Middle East, World News | No Comments
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has canceled a November 4 and 5 visit to Spain [1] amid a dispute over the command of the European-led United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). The visit was called off after reports surfaced [2] that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had secretly asked Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to keep Italy in command of the 13,000-strong UNIFIL force for six months longer than planned, instead of allowing Spain to take over. Italian General Claudio Graziano is scheduled to turn the command over to a Spanish general in February 2010. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz [3] says Israeli officials want Graziano to stay on because they believe that replacing the UNIFIL commander now might further destabilize the...
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