Editorial Note

Global Research brings to the attention of our readers, this widely discussed article that exposes the secret meeting(s) held by Prime Minister Siniora of Lebanon and Prime Minister Olmert of Israel, in Egypt, after the Israeli attacks on Lebanon. Saudi Arabia and Egypt also participated in these secret meetings with Israel, off the Egyptian coast.

The focus of the secret meeting(s) between Prime Minister Siniora and Prime Minister Olmert was the goal of solidifying Lebanon into the Anglo-American orbit by reducing and eliminating both the Lebanese Resistance and National Opposition movements.

The Ma’an News Agency also specified that Israel and Israel’s Arab allies, as it terms Saudi Arabia and Egypt, are preparing to draw a line in the sand as the stage is being set in the Middle East towards confrontation with Syria and Iran. 

Global Research, December 26, 2006

Battle lines are drawn as Israeli allies among Arab regimes meet to coordinate the fight against the Iran-Syria axis

Ma’an News Agency
December 21, 2006

It has been revealed to Ma’an News Agency that a secret meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora, the political advisor to the Egyptian president, Osama El Baz and the head of Saudi national security, Prince Bandar, was held two months ago, during the Eid feast following Ramadan, in Sharm el Sheikh.

The source, a specialist in Israeli affairs, added that the meeting, which was held in the residence of the Egyptian president, lasted for five hours in which the participants discussed mutual coordination and cooperation between Egypt, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Israel and its allied forces in Lebanon, to jointly face the Tehran-Damascus axis and the coalition of militant groups such as Hamas, Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad.

The Israeli Prime Minister allegedly told the Lebanese Prime Minister that the international presence in southern Lebanon, and the American support given to their friends, “has created a path, along which lies an unprecedented opportunity to get rid of the Iranian and Syrian allies in Lebanon”, the source added.

The source also confirmed that Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora told his Israeli counterpart that his government insists on the spread of law and order throughout the country, and to dismiss and disarm any militia, including the arms of Hezbollah, and to end the presence of any groups or people who are pro-Iran or pro-Syria.