International incident: Lebanon falsely claims Israel stole seven cows

From Naharnet:

Fifteen Israeli soldiers on Sunday opened the border gate at al-Wazzani and scoured the area facing the parks, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported.

“Before their withdrawal, they seized seven cows,” the agency added.

Lebanon is accusing the Israeli army of opening a fence, stealing seven cows, and bringing them to Israel.

Does this make any sense whatsoever? Only to people already predisposed to antisemitism, who consider all Jews to be thieves.

Some Lebanese made fun of the absurd news, even making a hashtag #freethecows.

Fortunately, Lebanon still have some independent news sources. The Daily Star Lebanon disputes the official state version of events:

A small Israeli force combed a border area with Lebanon early Sunday, seizing seven cows that had strayed into Israel, a Lebanese security source said.

The source said 15 Israeli soldiers searched an area facing parks and restaurants on the Wazani river in south Lebanon. The soldiers did not cross into Lebanon but as they pulled back they seized seven cows who appeared to have strayed across the border while grazing in the area.

The fate of the cows was not immediately clear.

Perhaps the seven cows represents seven years of plenty. 

Israel always ends up returning cattle that cross over, but they have a real concern for Hezbollah booby trapping animals - something that Palestinians have done repeatedly.

---

---