EU tells Israel to stop its jets flying over Lebanon
The European Union’s foreign policy chief said yesterday he had told Israel to stop its jets flying over Lebanon, echoing an earlier call by France. "I’m coming from Israel to tell you that I talked with the prime minister (Ehud Olmert), I talked with the minister of defence (Amir Peretz) and made very, very clear ... that this has to stop," Javier Solana told reporters at a news conference with Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. "We want to have (UN) Resolution 1701 applied by everybody." French Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said last week that Israel’s violations of Lebanese airspace were "extremely dangerous" and the flights should stop immediately.
Israel later said its combat planes would continue to fly over Lebanon. Jerusalem also announced that if UNIFIL fires on Israel's flights then Israel will bombard UNIFIL headquarters in south Lebanon.
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