“The brother of “Israel’s” first ally in southern Lebanon was handed down a one-year-jail term for collaborating with the Jewish state during its twenty-two year occupation. Eleven members of “Israel’s” now-defunct proxy militia, including Labib Haddad, were sentenced to jail terms ranging from three weeks to fifteen years. Labib's brother Saad Haddad was the first Lebanese to publicly open contacts with “Israel” in 1976 and led militias that eventually formed the core of “Israel’s” proxy force in the occupied strip. His family was among the six thousand militiamen and their relatives who retreated to the Jewish state after occupation troops withdrew in May. Beirut's military court has sentenced nine hundred and fifty people to prison terms ranging from three weeks to the death sentence in absentia for collaborating with “Israel”. Some 2,200 militiamen have surrendered to the Lebanese authorities. Beirut has urged those in “Israel” to return and face fair trials.

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