(Jerusalem Post) Israeli Ambassador to Germany Jeremy Issacharoff has stepped up his push for the German government to ban activities of the Lebanese Hezbollah terrorist organization in the federal republic.
“The decision of the Bundestag, which calls for the prohibition of Hezbollah activities, came at the right time and is very important,” Issacharoff said, German newspaper Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung reported on Wednesday.
In December, the governing coalition parties passed a Bundestag resolution urging the federal government to accept a ban on Hezbollah activities.
Issacharoff hopes that means measures against Hezbollah will be adopted. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Interior Minister Horst Seehoffer have vehemently resisted outlawing Hezbollah in Germany.
