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> As a (former) military officer I will refrain from commenting on current foreign politics. I just observe that both countries could gain a lot from the cessat
by eli_gottlieb 6y ago
> As a (former) military officer I will refrain from commenting on current foreign politics. I just observe that both countries could gain a lot from the cessation of their current conflict.
It would also be nice if Lebanon accepted the international community's ruling that yes, the 2000 Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon really happened, and there is in fact no remaining occupation of Lebanese land.
- bjourne 6y agoWhy should Lebanon accept rulings from the international community when Israel has ignored almost every single one since 1948?! The core of the issue is the 30 square kilometers Shebaa Farms area which Israel occupied in 1967. Syria and Lebanon claims that it is Lebanese territory and Lebanon wants it back. Israel claims that it was Syrian territory that it occupied and subsequently annexed in 1980. Regardless of whether the Shebaa Farms area is Syrian or Lebanese territory, it clearly isn't Israeli territory. https://pij.org/articles/9/understanding-the-shebaa-farms-dispute-roots-of-he-anomaly-and-prospects-for-resolution https://pij.org/articles/9/understanding-the-shebaa-farms-di...
- eli_gottlieb 6y agoThat sounds like rather much of a diversion from the simple factual question of whether any under international law Lebanese land remains occupied by Israel, to which the answer is a simple no.