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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (192156)	7/20/2006 3:51:29 PM
From: Noel de Leon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

"Israel did everything that was demanded of it by the UN and Europe." Nonsense, here is Resolution 425 en.wikipedia.org "The resolution text "The Security Council, Taking note of the letters from the Permanent Representative of Lebanon and from the Permanent Representative of Israel, Having heard the statement of the Permanent Representatives of Lebanon and Israel, Gravely concerned at the deterioration of the situation in the Middle East and its consequences to the maintenance of international peace, Convinced that the present situation impedes the achievement of a just peace in the Middle East, 1. Calls for strict respect for the territorial integrity, sovereignty and political independence of Lebanon within its internationally recognized boundaries; 2. Calls upon Israel immediately to cease its military action against Lebanese territorial integrity and withdraw forthwith its forces from all Lebanese territory; 3. Decides, in the light of the request of the Government of Lebanon, to establish immediately under its authority a United Nations interim force for Southern Lebanon for the purpose of confirming the withdrawal of Israeli forces, restoring international peace and security and assisting the Government of Lebanon in ensuring the return of its effective authority in the area, the Force to be composed of personnel drawn from Member States; 4. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Council within twenty-four hours on the implementation of the present resolution." [edit] Aftermath The first UNIFIL troops arrived in Lebanon on March 23, 1978, just four days after the resolution was passed. Israel did not accept the resolution and refused to withdraw as no international pressure was exercised on it to abide by the resolution. Israel, however, expanded its occupation in a larger scale invasion in June 1982 where Israeli troops occupied the capital city of Beirut --See 1982 Lebanon War. Other major attacks against Lebanon took place in July 1993 and April 1996 --See Operation Accountability and Operation Grapes of Wrath. In May 2000, more than 22 years after the resolution 425 was passed, Israel withdrew its troops from southern Lebanon. Prior to the withdrawal, opposition voices inside Israel were putting high pressure on the Israeli government to withdraw from Lebanon as they saw no valid reason for staying there and having to sustain the Lebanese resistance attacks. The UN Secretary-General had concluded that, as of June 16, 2000, Israel had withdrawn its forces from Lebanon in accordance with resolution 425 (1978). Lebanon, however, claims that Israel is still keeping Lebanese land under its occupation mainly in Shebaa Farms. Israel says, and the UN agrees, that Shebaa Farms is Syrian and not Lebanese and therefore it is not included under the resolution 425. Lebanon has not extended complete control over south Lebanon, though it was called on to do so by UN Resolution 1391 of 2002 (see un.org and urged by UN Resolution 1496 of 2003. Israel has lodged multiple complaints regarding Lebanon's conduct. Immediately after the withdrawal, Israeli aircraft crossed the Blue Line on an almost daily basis, penetrating deep into Lebanese airspace.[1][2] Since mid-December 2005, the number of Israeli air violations has decreased. [3] Israeli warships also continued to violate the Lebanese territorial waters.[4] On October 22, 2005 a Lebanese fisherman was reported missing. His boat ran aground in Israel, and was returned by the Israeli army. There were a number of bullet marks on the boat. The IDF explained that they had opened fire as a precaution in case the boat was booby-trapped, but that it was already empty at the time[5] Many other incidents were reported along the Blue Line such as gunfire and cross border attacks. Both Lebanon and Israel have lodged multiple complaints regarding the other party's violations. Hezbollah, a Shiite paramilitary group which holds de facto sovereignty over much of South Lebanon, continues to launch attacks against Israeli troops from time to time, primarily inside the Shebaa Farms area. Lebanon also calls on Israel to free the prisoners of war and to hand over the maps of the land mines in the area that was under its occupation." 22 years later Israel decides to cut its losses. Do you claim that Israel didn't create "An even more dangerous enemy (considering the quantity of rockets and their range)."? As for the need for Hizbullah one has just to ask why the popular support for Hizbullah exists?