Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa says Jerusalem doesn’t need American permission to defend itself
New U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa said last week that Israel does not need an American green light to defend itself, while stressing the importance for regional security of disarming the Hezbollah terrorist group.
The Beirut-born Christian Lebanese-American businessman told Haaretz on Nov. 27 that Israel “does not require the permission of the United States” and “will take whatever measures it deems necessary to protect its citizens.”
Issa added that the Trump administration is maintaining full communication with the Lebanese government and is “strongly urging it to implement its own historic decision to disarm Hezbollah,” referring to Beirut’s acceptance in September of an army plan to disarm the Iranian proxy and bring all weapons under state control.