Saturday, August 12, 2006
One of the disturbing parts of the ceasefire resolution is the reward it gives to Hizballah by re-opening the settled issue of Shebaa Farms. The UN has done exactly what they are not supposed to do -- reward aggression with territorial expansion. Ami Isseroff has a good post on this issue (written before the ceasefire resolution but completely relevant): Backing the Shebaa farms myth is succumbing to aggression
One of the most bizarre, yet unnoticed, aspects of the Israel-Hezbollah war is that the UN, including the US and all other permanent members of the Security Council, have apparently reneged on its earlier decision, given in to Hezbollah blackmail and legitimized the Hezbollah demand for surrender of Sheba farms. For Israel, this small area has little territorial significance. It should be noted, however that Hezbollah also claims seven villages along the Israeli-Lebanese border, and that these will surely be next on the Hezbollah agenda of war excuses...
