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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Sir Francis Drake who wrote (53996)10/22/2002 7:17:17 PM
From: Bilow  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Hi Sir Francis Drake; Re: "Regardless, in my book Israel is in the clear wrt. Lebanon, ..."

I don't know if the last few details ever got worked out:

U.N. tells Israel to amend border with Lebanon
The United Nations told Israel on Wednesday to amend its border with Lebanon after cartographers found it had violated the line defining its withdrawal at one point.

Timor Goksel, spokesman for the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), told Reuters Israel had to change the border at its northern settlement of Misgav'am before his troops could verify that the Jewish state had ended its 22-year occupation.

"The Israelis have misinterpreted the U.N. line... and the United Nations cannot accept that," Goksel said.

"We have asked the Israelis to change it and are now waiting for them before sending any troops on the ground," he added.

UNIFIL was due to patrol the border area on Wednesday to ensure Israel had totally quit south Lebanon in compliance with U.N. resolutions.

A final verification would open the way for UNIFIL to deploy along the frontier, to maintain the relative calm that prevailed in the area since last month's withdrawal. The Lebanese government has also said it would decide about sending the army to the area only after the U.N. team ended its work.
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U.N. SAYS FEW POINTS OF CONTENTION
Both Lebanon and Israel have complained the withdrawal line does not comply with their version of the international border but Larsen said points of contention were few, with divergences ranging between 10 and 200 meters (yards).
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The Shebaa Farms is a remote area bordering Syria's occupied Golan Heights. Israel said it seized it from Syria in 1967 but both Beirut and its political master Damascus say it is Lebanese land. Hizbollah guerrillas, which led the fight to evict Israel from the south, had vowed to keep battling the Jewish state if it did not quit Shebaa.
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metimes.com

The above is from two years ago. Hopefully Nadine will comment on the details of the last "200 meters".

-- Carl

P.S. These guys (both sides) would find ways to argue over how to split a dinner bill. And making a big deal over 200 meters only goes to further illustrate Israel's hopelessly tiny size, in terms of military survival.
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