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Yaroun Mukhtar Says Israel is Occupying His Land
Continual resistance in south of Lebanon to the Israeli occupation.
As joint efforts to re-demarcate the Blue Line continued on Monday, the mukhtar of the Southern border village of Yaroun told The Daily Star that his plot of land remains "occupied by the Israelis." The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and the Lebanese Army have been replacing markers along the UN-demarcated Blue Line that had been destroyed or damaged during the summer war with Israel.
"The UN is setting up new posts on my land, ignoring 150,000 square meters of land still under the Israeli occupation," said Ata Salloum, 80.
Salloum urged the UN to give him back his land back, saying he had documents "which prove that the land is mine."
He also urged the Lebanese government to "take care of us so we will not be forced to leave our country."
"We are used to living in Yaroun along with our Muslim brothers ... It is the village of coexistence," said Salloum, who is Christian.
As joint efforts to re-demarcate the Blue Line continued on Monday, the mukhtar of the Southern border village of Yaroun told The Daily Star that his plot of land remains "occupied by the Israelis." The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and the Lebanese Army have been replacing markers along the UN-demarcated Blue Line that had been destroyed or damaged during the summer war with Israel.
"The UN is setting up new posts on my land, ignoring 150,000 square meters of land still under the Israeli occupation," said Ata Salloum, 80.
Salloum urged the UN to give him back his land back, saying he had documents "which prove that the land is mine."
He also urged the Lebanese government to "take care of us so we will not be forced to leave our country."
"We are used to living in Yaroun along with our Muslim brothers ... It is the village of coexistence," said Salloum, who is Christian.
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Looking at an Israeli flag fluttering on his land, Salloum said: "The Lebanese flag will be hoisted here one day."
As soon as the mukhtar stepped on his land, Israel informed UNIFIL that Lebanon had violated the Blue Line. But Salloum insisted defiantly: "This is my land and I will step on it whenever I want."