Hariri rules out independent Lebanon-Israel peace track

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Except for Israel's rightwing government, everyone else is jumping on the Obama bandwagon.

Last update - 03:06 10/06/2009

Hariri rules out independent Lebanon-Israel peace track

By Haaretz Service

Pro-West Sunni lawmaker Saad Hariri ruled out on Tuesday an independent peace track between Israel and Lebanon, speaking a day after his coalition beat its Hezbollah-led rival in Lebanon's national election.

"We will follow after the Arab initiative," Hariri, who is poised to become Lebanon's next prime minister, told CNN. "You see, the Arab initiative includes many countries for the peace process, and Lebanon will come as we see fit."

Hariri said the most important factor in the Middle East peace process was what the United States would do. "The United States has a big role to play, and if it plays it in the right way, if it plays its role like it should play it, then we will have peace in the region...They should pressure both sides to move forward - whether the Palestinians and the Israelis, whether the Syrians and the Israelis - and I'm sure we'll get there," he told the U.S. news network.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1091789.html

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1. Lebanon could never make peace with Israel even

if they wanted to. Hizbollah wouldn't let them.