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Israel warns Lebanon on Ahmadinejad tour | JTA – Jewish & Israel News.

By Ron Kampeas · October 2, 2010

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israel warned Lebanon not to allow Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinjead to tour the border between the two countries.

Ahmadinejad, who has denied the Holocaust, called for the removal of the Jewish state and whose government is suspected of preparing for the manufacture of a nuclear weapon, will visit Lebanon this week and plans a tour of the border area.

Israeli authorities have made representations through U.S., United Nations and French intermediaries warning Lebanon to keep Ahmadinejad away from the border area, Ha’aretz reported on Saturday.

Tensions escalated on the border in August when a Lebanese officer fired across the border at Israeli troops inside Israel. In the ensuing gun battle one Israeli officer, two Lebanese soldiers and a Lebanese journalists were killed.

Ahmadinejad spent Saturday in Damascus with Syrian President Bashar Assad. The leaders pledged continued support for “resistance” to Israel. Both countries supply logistical support to Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

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