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Their remit for the last 20 years has been to support the Lebanese government in disarming Hezbollah. Israel is not Lebanon. The sad truth is that Lebanon neve
by s1artibartfast 2y ago
Their remit for the last 20 years has been to support the Lebanese government in disarming Hezbollah. Israel is not Lebanon.
The sad truth is that Lebanon never went to disarm Hezbollah and the UN didn't care. However, UNIFIL also wants to keep Israel out of Lebanon and track their intrusions. This brought UNIFIL and Israel into conflict
- aristofun 2y agoWhy do you think unifil is so crazy about israel even if they’re doing their jod for free?
- s1artibartfast 2y agothey have multiple jobs. 1) help disarm Hezbollah, 2) make sure Israel stays out of Lebanon. The area is supposed to be a DMZ and is a warzone instead. Israel's presence highlights the hollow promises and lies of the UN mediated ceasefire that ended the 2006 Lebanon-Israel war.
- aristofun 2y agoThey failed 1. Which left israel no choice. And now why don’t they use israel help to rix 1? Which would then lead to 2 naturally.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoThey dont get to make these choices. The UN could vote to have them do it, but it wont support Israel. As it stands Helping Israel is against UNIFIL rules. It can only help the Lebanese government. If the Lebanese gov asked UNIFIL to attack Hezbollah, they could. But the Lebanese gov wont do that either. This leads to the current state. A UN force too small to do anything hiding in their bases and whining about Israel not staying on their side of the boarder.