UNIFIL chief accuses Israel of violating Resolution 1701

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Maj.-Gen. Claudio Graziano, head of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Thursday accused Israel of unilaterally violating UN Security Council Resolution 1701, the cease-fire agreement that ended the 33-day-long Second Lebanon War.

Ambassador Dan Carmon, head of Israel's UN delegation, met with the UNIFIL chief on Friday over the remarks he made about Israel.

Graziano made his comments at a press conference at UN headquarters in New York. He said that continued Israel Air Force flights in Lebanese airspace and Israel's refusal to submit maps of areas on which it dropped cluster bombs during the war constituted a "permanent violation of 1701."

Graziano also referred to the village of Ghajar, which sits on the Israel-Lebanon border, as "a permanent area under occupation."

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1012134.html

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1. While hezbollah has been rearming like mad from Iran

Love that every single time there's anything negative reported about Israel, it has to be posted on DU, without any context.

[Vegasaurus]

2. Because some bozos like to blame every single world problem on JEWS

(they rule the world you know, according to some lame brains).

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4. no, but I'd say some right wing neo-con Zionists have too

much influence on the the Bush Regime.

don't worry, I wouldn't blame .. every single world problem on JEWS

[number6]

5. or Zionists either

don't worry, I wouldn't blame .. every single world problem on JEWS
nor would ...bemildred

who's these bozos your talken about ?

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6. Provide your own context. That's what message boards are all about.

I didn't realize I had to "contextualize" a news story to suit random posters or face a public drubbing myself.

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3. Israeli envoy meets UNIFIL chief over praise for Hezbollah, censure for Israel

Ambassador Dan Carmon, head of Israel's UN delegation, met with the commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Maj.-Gen. Claudio Graziano on Friday over the remarks he made about Israel.

On Thursday Graziano accused Israel of unilaterally violating United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, the cease-fire agreement that ended the 34-day Second Lebanon War between Israel and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah.

The UNIFIL chief made his comments at a press conference at UN headquarters in New York. He said that continued Israel Air Force overflights in Lebanese airspace and Israel's refusal to submit maps of areas on which it dropped cluster bombs during the war constituted a "permanent violation of 1701."

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1012134.html