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U.N. General Assembly Votes to Oblige Israel to Compensate Lebanon
2019-11-17
You and what army, guys?
[AnNahar] The U.N. on Friday voted in favor of obliging Israel to pay Leb compensations over the 2006 oil spill caused by its bombing of the seaside Jiye power plant.

According to a tweet posted by MP Hagop Terzian, the U.N. decision obliges Israel to pay Leb $856.4 million in compensations.

158 member states voted in favor of the resolution as nine rejected it and six abstained.

The oil spill was caused by an Israeli Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
on oil storage tanks during the 2006 war.
Posted by:trailing wife

#9  And ask to be called by the proposed collective preferred pronoun - the uns.
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-11-17 23:59  

#8  ...solely by Muslim name...

How dreadfully trendy of them. Next they’ll all show up wearing acid-washed skinny jeans.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-11-17 20:11  

#7  154 U.N. nations call Temple Mount solely by Muslim name Haram al-Sharif
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-11-17 16:09  

#6  In addition to all that, the UN General Assembly was deliberately designed to be nothing more than a talk shop. All the power is vested in the Security Council.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-11-17 15:16  

#5  Israel liable for injuries from hypergolic fuel from hitting missiles aimed at them?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-11-17 13:28  

#4  Definitely not Bee-grade satire, but I figured it might be The Onion.
Posted by: SteveS   2019-11-17 09:52  

#3  maybe the repayment, or portionofit, should come from would have been the UN dues....
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2019-11-17 09:18  

#2  
"Nope. But we'll buy Mt Hermon for $200m, take it or leave it."
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-11-17 04:11  

#1  Lebanon is a beautiful country - currently heavily infested with vermin.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-11-17 03:30  

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