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Alberto Arellano

Washington Proposes Deal To Halt Construction On Israel-Lebanon Border Barrier

A Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah0 supporter hold up the movement's flag as an Israeli flag floats in the background at the Fatima Gate on the Israeli-Lebanese border in Kfar Kila. PHOTO BY RABIH MOGHRABI/GETTY IMAGES

Washington recently proposed that Jerusalem halt construction on a security barrier in a village on the Israel-Lebanon border in exchange for the removal of a Hezbollah outpost set up on the Israeli side of the Blue Line, Channel 11 reported on Monday.

In doing so, the United States was repeating a Lebanese demand made on July 10 during a Beirut meeting between Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib and UNIFIL commander Maj. Gen. Aroldo Lázaro Sáenz.

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