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Dan Gillerman: When I say eliminate, I mean totally disarm them, dismantle them so that they never again have the capacity to do what…

On the recordJuly 17, 2006
When I say eliminate, I mean totally disarm them, dismantle them so that they never again have the capacity to do what they're doing now, not only to Israel, but to Lebanon and to the whole region.
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Dan Gillerman

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Gillerman clarifies that Israel's goal is to disarm Hezbollah to prevent future threats to the region.

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