The Jerusalem Post reports that the Lebanese government reached a deal with Hezbollah. Lebanon won’t disarm Hezbollah as long as the terror organization’s weapons aren’t publicly displayed. The Post goes on to write that international peacekeepers — if any arrive — won’t be responsible for disarming Hezbollah either:
Annan angered Israeli officials when he told Channel 2 on Tuesday that “dismantling Hizbullah is not the direct mandate of the UN,” which could only help Lebanon disarm the organization. Annan upset officials further when he said that deploying international forces in Lebanon would take “weeks or months,” and not days as expected.
Israel warned that it will resume hostilities if Hezbollah isn’t disarmed. Should it come to that, could the world condemn Israel for enforcing UN Security Council resolution 1701 when nobody else would?
