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Palestinian Authority flagIsrael news photo: Flash 90

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has tied the knot with Lebanon, raising the Palestinian Authority flag on its new embassy there and looking forward to the day when the Lebanese flag will fly over Jerusalem.

"In these days it delights us as Palestinians to see the Palestinian flag flying in the heart of Lebanon, in the heart of the Lebanese people, and in the heart of every Lebanese who loves Palestine," the Lebanese website Naharnet.com quoted Abbas as saying.

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Miqati unveiled a plaque at the entrance to the embassy as Abbas added that he hoped "to see the day when the Lebanese flag will be hoisted in Jerusalem."

Since the ceremony was held last week, Hizbullah, which dominates the Lebanese government through its alliance with pro-Syrian parties, has praised the Al Qaeda-linked terrorist attacks north of Eilat on Thursday.

The terrorist organization said it was proud “of the heroic resistance fighters, irrespective of the side they belong to. What they did is the only means to make the enemy understand that this land is ours and it cannot occupy it forever.”

Hizbullah added that the attacks were acts “of resistance that achieves the Arab and Islamic will, which holds that all Palestine, from the [Mediterranean] Sea to the [Jordan] River is sacred and owned by its people.”

Abbas has stated to English-speaking media that he wants to establish the Palestinian Authority as an independent country within Israel's borders, covering all of Judea and Samaria and large areas of Jerusalem, including the Old City and Temple Mount.

Official PA media and speeches have told Arabs that all of Israel, including Tel Aviv, Haifa and the Negev, are “Palestine."

Abbas' visit to Lebanon comes a month before the scheduled Arab League bid to the United Nations for recognition of the PA based on its unilateral territorial and political demands.

The rotational presidency of the United Nations Security Council will place Lebanon as the presiding member in September.

“The Lebanese government will exert utmost efforts within its available resources to improve the living conditions of our Palestinian brothers residing in Lebanon," Miqati told Abbas.