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Posted on 07/09/2026 3:23:17 PM PDT by thegagline
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Thursday rejected President Donald Trump's suggestion that Israel could withdraw from southern Lebanon.
He said Israel does not need anyone's approval to maintain its military presence there.
"We didn't ask for anyone's approval to enter Lebanon, and we don't need approval to stay in Lebanon," Katz said in a statement, according to The Washington Examiner. "It is our right and duty to defend the residents of the Galilee and Israeli citizens from the threats of the jihadist terror group Hezbollah, which aims to destroy the State of Israel."
Katz said Israel would continue to hold its positions in southern Lebanon until Hezbollah is disarmed and no longer poses a threat to northern Israel.
"As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and I have clarified, we will continue to stay in the security zone in Lebanon and to act from it as needed, until Hezbollah is disarmed in all of Lebanon and the threat to the residents of the north is removed," he said.
Katz's remarks came a day after Trump, speaking at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, said he believed Israel was prepared to leave southern Lebanon following discussions with Netanyahu.
"I talked to him about that. I think they're going to. I think they want to," Trump told reporters when asked whether Israel would withdraw. "They're getting along with Lebanon; they're signing deals with Lebanon." ***
Israeli leaders have consistently said any withdrawal will depend on Hezbollah being disarmed and the threat to northern Israeli communities being eliminated.
Israel has maintained that its continued military presence is necessary to prevent Hezbollah, the Iran-backed terrorist organization, from rebuilding its military capabilities near the border after months of fighting.
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The closer they are to Hezbollah the easier it is to kill ‘em.
Trump needs to demand Hezbollah leave Lebanon, no just disarm, leave. Maybe they can get refugee status in Iran, then Israel can find their barracks there and then take it out.
“Israel shouldn’t be blamed for protecting its citizens.”
Yes. Israel should continue to do what it needs to do to survive. Not sure why Trump wants them to leave. To placate some Iranian terrorists? That is absurd.
Fk. Israel. They dumped on Trump from the word go. Fk Israel.
The Hezbos need to be relocated to Yeman.
Israel’s not leaving. They’d be absolutely insane to do that. Anyone with two gray cells to rub together knows that.
Good.
<< Not sure why Trump wants them to leave. To placate some Iranian terrorists? That is absurd. >>
Yup. Total absurdity. Just like expecting Iran to comply with the provisions of any “deal.”
Stay strong, Israel 🇮🇱
Hezbollah, Hamas, and the rest of the Palestinians should be shipped to Iran.
Curse Israel all you want. They will protect their people from those islamic maniacs trying to annihilate them.
He’s playing Iran with words while in reality they are being pounded.
If allowed to do so, Hezbollah would attempt another October 7.
Yikes an anti-Jihad post from you. Hezbollah is run by IRGC commanders in Lebanon. They took over after Israel mutilated so many with exploding beepers. Many exploded in their pockets taking out their genitals.
IRGC took over after Israel killed off demon Nasrallah. These days Hezbollah turf is the province of Iran that borders Israel and sends rockets into Israel. The real Iran is 1000 miles away.
Trump obviously hates Jews. S/
You seem nice.
Am Yisrael Chai!
Have a great day!
I’m for Israel but not Israel getting away with extreme killing and violence when their citizens are harmed.
Ronald Reagan Ronaldus Magnus told Israeli PM Menachem Begin back in 1982 that Begin was engaging in a “Holocaust” and told him to back down in Lebanon.
And to think Begin was trying to eradicate the Soviet-backed Palestine Liberation Organization of confirmed terrorist Yassir Arafat.
But that’s Reagan for you.
Is President Trump up to that?
Hamas did October 7th from Gaza funded by President Trump’s friends in Qatar allowed to get the money by Benjamin Netanyahu.
Hezbos are Iran-aligned Shia Muslims bad guys but Trump was willing to deal with Kim Jong-Un so why not them too?
And trying to appease Muslims worked out so well for the US jn Beirut! Just ask the wives and parents of 241 Marines.
Ultimately, Netanyahu will lose the next election because of that.
Netanyahu was trying to destroy the two state solution and his way of doing that was to indirectly support Hamas in Gaza over PLO.
Obviously, that worked. The two state solution is dead.
But it came at the cost of Octover 7th.
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