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International-UN-NGOs
UN asks Israel to pay Lebanon $850 millions for oil spill
2014-12-20
[IsraelTimes] The U.N. General Assembly
...the powerless place where countries go to jointly register disapproval of Israel...
has overwhelmingly approved a resolution asking Israel to pay Leb over $850 million in damages for an oil spill caused by an Israeli air force attack on oil storage tanks during its war with Hezbollah in July 2006.

The assembly voted 170-6 in favor of the nonbinding resolution, with three abstentions. Israel, the United States, Canada, Australia, Micronesia and Marshall Islands voted ?no.?

The resolution says ?the environmental disaster? caused by the destruction of the tanks resulted in an oil slick that covered the entire Lebanese coastline and extended to the Syrian coastline, causing extensive pollution.

The assembly acknowledged the conclusions in a report by Secretary-General the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon
... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan...
 that studies show the value of damage to Leb amounted to $856.4 million in 2014.
Posted by:trailing wife

#9  tw, does the UN EVER look at Israel ' side?
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2014-12-20 21:41  

#8  Frank G nailed it, according to The Times of Israel:

The mission said the decision was typical of the General Assembly and is “part of many other decisions we are used to from the UN.”

“It’s made up of a known recipe of alternative history, manipulation, a large dose of politicization and a narrow view on the part of interest groups,” the Israeli mission said in a statement.

“The UN never bothered to check what the war cost Israel in damages and did not mention that the war broke out in response to the operation by the terror group Hezbollah,” the statement went on.
Posted by: trailing wife   2014-12-20 19:15  

#7  I want you to take that invoice, fold it up real tight, spread your cheeks, and shove it up your @ss.
Posted by: newc   2014-12-20 14:46  

#6  "If I pay by December 31st, can I write this off on my tax return?"
Posted by: Raj   2014-12-20 13:12  

#5  What happens when they say "no"?
Posted by: tu3031   2014-12-20 11:26  

#4  So, Leb hosts a Hezbollah army that attacks Israel and expects to be compensated when consequences happen? FOAD
Posted by: Frank G   2014-12-20 09:26  

#3  Take it out of what Israel gives the palieos. Make them pay for it.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2014-12-20 08:06  

#2  How about we won't kill the lot of them in the next two weeks?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2014-12-20 06:33  

#1  They are asking, not demanding. That is a step up.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2014-12-20 00:44  

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