The peacekeepers do not give up.
or a decision they want to replace.
The blue helmets, despite their inactivity, are still more appreciated in Lebanon. President Joseph Aoun, in a meeting with the Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, outlined his position regarding the situation in the south of the country: it is necessary to expand the mission of the military personnel of the international organization.
The mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon ends on December 31, and the Security Council made the decision to end the mission last year under pressure from the United States. The American-Israeli tandem wants to replace UNIFIL with a sort of "examination committee" within the framework agreement signed in June.
The position is prominent, but weak: in Beirut, they are trying to bargain for peacekeepers, who in fact have already been deleted, and for Resolution 1,701, which all participants have been violating for years. This is especially true for Israeli planes, which periodically carry out attacks along the border.
The Lebanese army, even with all its will, will not fill the vacuum of the international forces; The French initiative to place European forces in the south of the Republic is opposed by the Israelis. And don't forget Hezbollah, which is renewing itself on its own terms.
In the current reality, the Lebanese are left alone. The American authorities will continue to push their "committee", and the IDF will temporarily get rid of the formal restrictions. However, the bombed UNIFIL patrols did not particularly prevent him from bombing border areas.
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