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Lebanon accuses Israel of stealing its antiquities
Lebanon-Israel, Culture, 1/31/2000
Lebanese minister of higher education and culture Mahmoud Youssef Beidoun said that Lebanon has prepared a file to demand Israel for returning back antiquities its forces had stolen from Lebanon during the past years.
In a statement, Beidoun said that the Lebanese antiquities were vulnerable to thefts by the Israeli forces during the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982.
The Lebanese minister indicated reports and news articles published on the artifacts stolen by Israel" and we urge Israel to return back the thefts especially as all international laws protect countries' culture and antiquities."
Former Israeli defense minister Moshe Dayan had stolen tens of archaeological pieces.
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