Berri Says Israel Consistently Violates 1701, Tattering Rules of Engagement
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Speaker Nabih Berri stressed on Saturday that Israel shattered the rules of engagement after its attack on Hizbullah's convoy in Syria's Quneitra, pointing out that the party's retaliation didn't violate the U.N. Security Council resolution 1701.
“It was a clean and fully examined operation that occurred on an occupied Lebanese land,” Berri's visitors quoted him as saying in comments published in al-Joumhouria newspaper.
He stressed that Israel violated several times the rules of engagement a day after Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah declared that the party no longer recognizes the rules of engagement with the Jewish state, saying that it has the right to respond to an Israeli attack in any way or time it deems fit.
“The escalation along the border seized after various contacts on the highest levels,” the speaker said, revealing that the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), the United States and the cabinet carried out the necessary endeavors to prevent any escalation.
Two Israeli soldiers were killed and seven wounded on Wednesday in a Hizbullah attack on a military convoy in the occupied Shebaa Farms.
The attack prompted Israel to shell areas in southern Lebanon in a significant escalation along the volatile border.
Hizbullah said in its claim of responsibility that it targeted several vehicles transporting officers and soldiers with missiles to avenge the Israeli raid on Syria's Quneitra that killed six of its fighters and a top Iranian general.
Berri stressed that Israel regularly violates resolution 1701 without taking into consideration any international law.
Israel routinely sends F-16 fighter planes over Lebanon, in violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution that ended the 2006 war. The Israeli planes have often broken the sound barrier over Beirut and other places as a show of strength, most recently after the drone incident.
31 January 2015, 08:52
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Your Iranian counterparts are no better, stop using the regular Lebanese...Hizballah are no better than Israel occupying Palestine.
31 January 2015, 20:38
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Hello le..FT, unlike you and your fake accounts I don't lower myself to your level. Grow up.
31 January 2015, 08:59
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Lebanon constantly violates 1701 by allowing the iranian militia to exist, to be armed, and to operate south of the Litani.
31 January 2015, 10:43
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"People think you are intelligent, until you speak...then any doubt is removed"
31 January 2015, 10:53
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Israel routinely violate 1701, i.e. very often; Hizbullah violate it every second by the very existence of its armed forces south of the Litani, i.e. permanently
31 January 2015, 16:46
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Excellent. These wise words are similar to the words of philosopher Kundera:
"Do not discuss with idiots, they lower you to their level"
31 January 2015, 21:32
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And here was the world believing that Resolution 1701 stated that there would be no armed forces south of the Litani River.
Can Mr. Berri now confirm that this is the case, as I am sure that if he knew that Hizballah forces are south of the river, he would state it categorically.
Please remember that Resolution 1701 has to be adherede to by both sides in order to be effective.
