Tag: South Lebanon

United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)

South Lebanon: Zionists Openly Attack UN Compound! (14.10.2024)

On Sunday, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati condemned the attacks. Responding to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s earlier remarks urging the UN to “get the UNIFIL forces out of harm’s way” from southern Lebanon, Mikati said this “represents a new chapter in the enemy’s disregard for international legitimacy and its relevant resolutions.”

“Lebanon, while condemning Netanyahu’s position and the Israeli aggression against UNIFIL, reaffirms its commitment to international legitimacy, Resolution 1701, and the role of the United Nations forces in the south, and demands that the international community take a firm stand to halt Israeli aggression,” Mikati added.

Since Oct. 8, 2023, Hezbollah and the Israeli army have been exchanging fire along the Lebanon-Israel border, raising fears of a broader conflict as the war between Hamas and Israel rages in the Gaza Strip.

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UN Peacekeepers Staying in Lebanon!

UN Chief: Southern Lebanon Peacekeepers Staying in Place – Despite Zionist Aggression! (4.10.2024)

Responding to a question concerning a request by Israel to vacate some UNIFIL positions, including those very close to the Blue Line, Lacroix said the peacekeepers “are currently staying in all their positions.”

“This is a decision that we have made after thorough consideration of all the elements, including the safety and security of our peacekeepers, but also the responsibility we have in regard to the mandate and the population,” he said.

UNIFIL was originally created by the Security Council in March 1978 to confirm the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, restore international peace and security and assist the Lebanese government in restoring its effective authority in the area. After the 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel, UNIFIL’s mandate was expanded to monitor the cessation of hostilities and to accompany the deployment of Lebanese armed forces throughout southern Lebanon as Israel withdraws its troops.

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Haitham Abdo: Interview

Lebanon: Haitham Abdo – “Remove the Zionists to Build a Free Palestinian State!” (22.1.2024)

As many Palestinian leaders have been assassinated – from Wadih Haddad, to Ghassan Kanafani, through the martyr Abu Ali Mustafa, Fathi Al-Shaqaqi and Abu Ammar – and yet despite all this, the Resistance has developed further, took a firmer root in the land and has not retreated.

He added, there is an internal American movement pressuring Biden – especially after Trump won the Republican Party primary elections – which has increased ever more pressure on Biden.

He concluded by saying: “Building and solidifying the Resistance, developing it (and ourselves) is the foundation of any battle, and the conflict with the enemy is an existential conflict, not just a border conflict! It does not end except with the removal of this Occupation from our region – and the establishment of an Independent Palestinian State built upon the entire Palestinian territory – from the river to the sea!”

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Lebanon: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Visits the Liberated (Disabled) Prisoner Yasser Al-Moazin! (22.07.2023)

During the visit, the conditions the prisoners are held in the prisons of the Zionist Occupation were reviewed. This assessment included the conditions the prisoners are forced to suffer during home-detention. Yasser Al-Moazin gave an account of the conditions of his arrest, his exposure to disease, his suffering in the Zionist prisons until his release and exile to Gaza. His further exile to Syria, and finally to Lebanon. We also discussed the health conditions he is going through now – which led to the amputation of his legs.

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Zionist Military Aggression (1942-1982) – Forty-Years of Terrorism Disguised as Self-Defence!  

The so-called Six Day War that broke-out on June 5, 1967 – was a massive land-grab exercise perfectly planned and executed by the Zionist Authorities of Israeli! In typical (and deceptive) Zionist style, this mass invasion of Arab territory has been presented as an ‘act of self-defence – falsely implying that the Arabs are responsible for their own plight and deserve everything that Israel has perpetuated against them! In reality, this shocking exercise in neo-imperialism saw the military defeat of Egypt, Syria and Jordan. This defeat led to the Israelis occupying East Jerusalem, the West Bank of the Jordan River, the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights and only served to tighten the Zionist noose that was already around the necks of the Palestinians! On June 8, 1967, the Israeli Airforce deliberately attacked the USS Liberty – a lightly armed US Naval ship that was sailing in international waters north of the Sinai Peninsula. This planned Israeli attack upon a US Naval ship killed 34 US Naval Personnel and wounded another 171! The Israeli method of trying to provoke the US to get involved in a conflict the Zionists themselves had started failed yet again.  

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