"“Our reservations are regarding the German demand to search boats as they enter Lebanon,” Hezbollah member of parliament Hussein Haj Hassan told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa on Tuesday. “Such a demand stands against the sovereignty of Lebanon.”

Hezbollah “is not against the German government and has great respect for the German people,” Haj Hassan stressed, “but they want the German government to review its stand towards Lebanon.” Haj Hassan additionally accused Berlin of bias towards Israel’s policies in the region. [ Well that's rich. You might want to consider the likely central role for Germany in the latest Solution before you laugh out loud... -ed. ] "