Mikati meets envoys of major world powers, asks them to press Israel
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Monday called on the “silent” international community to address “the Israeli enemy’s continued aggression against Lebanon and its crimes of killing and destruction.”
Mikati voiced his remarks in meetings with the ambassadors of the U.N. Security Council’s permanent members -- the U.S., the UK, France, Russia and China. He also met with the EU’s ambassador to Lebanon.
“The Lebanese government has openly declared its commitment to Resolution 1701 and its determination to boost the army’s presence in the south, welcoming all the stances that called for a ceasefire, but the Israeli enemy turned against all the suggested solutions and continued its war crimes in the various Lebanese regions, to the extent of targeting archaeological sites, which in itself is an additional crime against humanity that must be confronted and stopped,” Mikati added.
“We reiterate our call for exerting pressure to halt the aggression, to pave the way for discussing the means leading to the literal implementation of Resolution 1701, as it was adopted, without any additions or interpretations,” the premier went on to say.
Mikati also called for pressing Israel to stop targeting civilians and medical and rescue crews.
04 November 2024, 16:27
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You have blood on your hand! Order army to implement UN 1559 now for a permanent end of war and to stop the senseless destruction and killing of innocent civilians. Everyday you wait results in more killing and destruction. Hizbollah is not defending the South but causing its destruction. It is fighting to preserve its Iranian arms, tunnels & influence. Hizbollah is an Iranian brigade occupying our land and transforming the South into an Iranian rocket base to benefit Iran tyrants. Thousand volunteers including most Shia will join the army if it needs to help get rid Lebanon of this cancer that have oppressed and indoctrinated the Shia community making them strangers to their own culture and traditions. Hizb was created to prevent Lebanon Shia democracy from spreading to Iran. Time for Imam Saddr Shia to join Iran diaspora and reformists (as Imam Saddr was) to bring freedom and democracy to Iran, restore its glorious thousand years culture and free its people from this giant prison!
04 November 2024, 18:18
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The "international community" is silent because it is and has been telling Mikati and Lebanon "you are in the wrong; mend your ways". Asking again leads to the same response "mend your ways". Promising the government is committed to 1701 leads to the same response ... When Lebanese politicians speak, the international community does not believe what Lebanon says.
Action is needed, not words and certainly not accusations that others are the fault and Lebanon is the victim. Start moving the Army .. start taking custody of Hezbollah's underground weapons ... start the long march North .. ... then there is some role for the international community ... Until then, who do we think we are kidding?
