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As Lebanon bleeds: a savage and unwinnable gambit : Comments
By Pierre Tristam, published 17/7/2006Israel's offensive against Lebanon is an assault justified by the false rhetoric of self-defence.
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They did, you don't, what gives?
Tell you what if Hizbollah does not see any reason to comply with the laying down of its arms, and the Lebanese Government did not place its army on the Israel/Lebanon border, Israel's obligation to maintain compliance with UN425 is over. Israel exchanged all of Southern Lebanon for those two conditions, and is certified by the UN to have done so entirely.
Israel always complies with UN resolutions eventually, whereas it appears that Hizbollah and their partner in peace, Lebanon, do not ever even attempt to comply with their obligations.
The IDF is still not in top gear, if they are forced to go in hard Lebanon will pay an extremely heavy price for Hizbollah's stupidity.
Inshallah
2bob
PS There is an agreement under UN 425 for Israel to pull out of Lebanon, which is certified as fully complied with, the other side has attempted to withdraw from an agreement without meeting any of their obligations under that agreement (Lebanese army on the border & border security), after gaining all the benefits to which they were entitled under the agreement. In contract law, this means that the party which is damaged, must be returned to their position prior to their entry into the contract, so I would expect, given that this is also based upon the law of obligations, that International law would be similar.