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Lebanon’s new PM vows to take back land it sees as occupied by Israel
Bloviating that will have no effect on anyone. [IsraelTimes] Najib Mikati says ’Lebanese citizens have the right to oppose Israel’s occupation, and to respond to its attacks’; he also demands UNIFIL end Israel’s ’invasions’.Lebanese politicians convened on Monday to confirm the country’s new government, following a power outage and a broken generator that briefly delayed the start of the parliament session. Kinda symbolic, no? The Shebaa Farms — known in Hebrew as Mount Dov — is a small patch of land captured by Israel from Syria in 1967. Leb  ...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers, a practice dating back to the heady human sacrifice days of Baal Moloch. In 2020 Hezbollahblew up a considerable portion of Beirut and many of its inhabitants when its ammonium nitrate faci8lity exploded. They blamed it on... somebody else. It wasn't them though. Trust them on that...maintains that the strip of land is a part of Lebanon, despite it having been under Syrian control from the 1950s until it was captured and later annexed as part of the Golan Heights by Israel in 1981. Neither Israel, Syria or the United Nations ...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships... recognize Mount Dov as Lebanese territory. At the same time, Mikati said that his new government supports UNIFIL, the UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon. But he added that he would demand it "end Israel’s invasion of Lebanese illusory sovereignty — land, sea, and air." Related: Najib Mikati: 2021-09-18 Lebanese PM Najib Mikati says Iran’s fuel shipments imported by Hezbollah breach Lebanon’s sovereignty, Israel won’t interfere Najib Mikati: 2021-09-17 Lebanon's new cabinet agrees policy program Najib Mikati: 2021-09-14 PM Mikati says he has no 'magic wand' to fix Lebanon crises Related: Shebaa Farms: 2021-08-06 Hezbollah fires rockets into Israel from Lebanon; Israel responds, as do the Druze Shebaa Farms: 2021-07-31 Lebanon army warns against Israeli moves on border; says won't let country plunge into chaos Shebaa Farms: 2021-06-04 Criticisms Target Hezbollah As It Asserts Adherence to Its Weapons Posted by: trailing wife 2021-09-21 |
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