by Ethan Huff, Natural News:

A highly influential former defense minister out of Israel is calling for the Jewish state to assume control over southern Lebanon for the next half century, which he says is the amount of time Israel needs the land for “self-defense” purposes.

Avigdor Lieberman, a longtime war hawk, says the reason Israel needs to take control over southern Lebanon is to create a permanent security buffer zone between northern Lebanon and the Jewish state.