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After Displacing Hundreds of Thousands, Netanyahu Claims Lebanese Christians Want Israel to Annex Their Villages
Among the Christian villages in Lebanon, some have even asked to be annexed to Israel, because we protect them from the fanatics of Hezbollah who want to kill them. And we do the same thing with Christians everywhere, Netanyahu said in a Fox News interview. It's not only the Christians in Lebanon who asked for our protection. It's the Druze, it's Muslims, the Sunni Muslims and quite a few of the Shiite Muslims, too, he added. Netanyahu did not specify which villages have made such requests to Israel. The mayor of the Christian village of Rmeish, Hanna al-Amil, quickly denied Netanyahu's claim as absolutely out of the question in an interview with Lebanese public television.
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All Israel News
· Jul 6, 2026
PM Netanyahu: Some Christian villages in southern Lebanon asked to be annexed by Israel
PM Netanyahu: Some Christian villages in southern Lebanon asked to be annexed by Israel
JFeed
· Jul 6, 2026
Netanyahu Says Some Lebanese Christian Villages Asked to Be Annexed by Israel, Villages Deny It
Netanyahu told Fox News that some Christian villages in southern Lebanon asked to be annexed by Israel for protection from Hezbollah, a claim mayors in those villages have firmly denied.
Hananya Naftali
· Jul 5, 2026
[Video] Prime Minister Netanyahu REVEALS that Christian villages in Lebanon asked to be annexe [...]
Prime Minister Netanyahu REVEALS that Christian villages in Lebanon asked to be annexed to Israel.
News24
· Jul 6, 2026
News24 | Lebanon Christian villages ‘asked to be annexed to Israel’, claims Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that some Christian villages in southern Lebanon had asked to be annexed by Israel, in order to be protected from Hezbollah militants.
South China Morning Post
· Jul 5, 2026
Some Lebanese Christian villages ‘asked to be annexed’ by Israel, Netanyahu says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that some Christian villages in southern Lebanon had asked to be annexed by Israel so that they could be protected from Hezbollah militants. Lebanon was drawn into the wider war in the Middle East on March 2 when Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel in retaliation for the killing of Iran’s supreme leader in US-Israeli strikes. Israel responded with massive air strikes and a ground invasion of southern Lebanon, where its troops now occupy...
Proto Thema - English
· Jul 6, 2026
Netanyahu: Christian villages in Lebanon have requested to be annexed to Israel for protection from Hezbollah
The Israeli prime minister does not specify which Christian villages he is referring to, nor whether these requests were made privately or publicly The post Netanyahu: Christian villages in Lebanon have requested to be annexed to Israel for protection from Hezbollah appeared first on ProtoThema English.
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