The End of Lebanon?????
by:Ran HaCohen
The UN Security Council resolution draft on Lebanon reflects a new stage of Western colonialism in the Middle East, and perhaps a historic precedent:
for the first time, the UN Security Council – should the resolution draft be endorsed – breaches the fundamental principle of the right of people under occupation to resist, and in fact legitimizes the violent partition of the sovereign state of Lebanon.
The American-French draft reflects the interests of three central colonial powers in the region: the U.S., the main colonial power in Iraq and Afghanistan; its client and proxy Israel, which is occupying the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza as well as part of Syria, and occupied south Lebanon for 22 years (1978-2000); and France, the former colonial empire in Lebanon after WWI.
No wonder that the draft, which pays lip-service to Lebanon's sovereignty and territorial integrity, in fact suggests a partition of this small land.
Challenged Sovereignty
Lebanon's sovereignty has always been challenged. France and Great Britain did not end their colonialism until after WWII.
Syria considered Lebanon one of its provinces.
Israel's first leader, David Ben-Gurion, believed the natural border of the Jewish state should be Lebanon's Litani River, and this legacy has apparently guided the Israeli army ever since.
Up to the last half decade, Lebanon was in fact partitioned into two power spheres: the Israeli-occupied south, and the Syrian-occupied rest of the country. Both countries used each other's occupation of Lebanon as an excuse not to end their own.
Finally, Israel withdrew from Lebanon in 2000, but it has not respected Lebanon's sovereignty for a single day since. As every UN report for the years 2000-2006 stresses, Israeli jets have violated Lebanese air space by daily overflights, sowing anxiety by sonic booms over populated areas.
At the same time, pressure grew on Syria to end its occupation
At last, the international – mainly Western – community made president Assad Jr. withdraw the Syrian forces from Lebanon in 2005.
These developments, which looked like the rehabilitation of Lebanon's sovereignty, now seem to lead to the very opposite: a renewed Israeli occupation of south Lebanon, supported by the U.S. and France and backed by a UN Security Council resolution
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The UN Security Council resolution draft on Lebanon reflects a new stage of Western colonialism in the Middle East, and perhaps a historic precedent:
for the first time, the UN Security Council – should the resolution draft be endorsed – breaches the fundamental principle of the right of people under occupation to resist, and in fact legitimizes the violent partition of the sovereign state of Lebanon.
The American-French draft reflects the interests of three central colonial powers in the region: the U.S., the main colonial power in Iraq and Afghanistan; its client and proxy Israel, which is occupying the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza as well as part of Syria, and occupied south Lebanon for 22 years (1978-2000); and France, the former colonial empire in Lebanon after WWI.
No wonder that the draft, which pays lip-service to Lebanon's sovereignty and territorial integrity, in fact suggests a partition of this small land.
Challenged Sovereignty
Lebanon's sovereignty has always been challenged. France and Great Britain did not end their colonialism until after WWII.
Syria considered Lebanon one of its provinces.
Israel's first leader, David Ben-Gurion, believed the natural border of the Jewish state should be Lebanon's Litani River, and this legacy has apparently guided the Israeli army ever since.
Up to the last half decade, Lebanon was in fact partitioned into two power spheres: the Israeli-occupied south, and the Syrian-occupied rest of the country. Both countries used each other's occupation of Lebanon as an excuse not to end their own.
Finally, Israel withdrew from Lebanon in 2000, but it has not respected Lebanon's sovereignty for a single day since. As every UN report for the years 2000-2006 stresses, Israeli jets have violated Lebanese air space by daily overflights, sowing anxiety by sonic booms over populated areas.
At the same time, pressure grew on Syria to end its occupation
At last, the international – mainly Western – community made president Assad Jr. withdraw the Syrian forces from Lebanon in 2005.
These developments, which looked like the rehabilitation of Lebanon's sovereignty, now seem to lead to the very opposite: a renewed Israeli occupation of south Lebanon, supported by the U.S. and France and backed by a UN Security Council resolution
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posted by Huda Nassar at 11:37 AM
2 Comments:
Ah, dear Huda, I do not know why I was so naive and thought that the darned draft might bring an end to the massacre... Well, now I know that the proposed resolution is a disgrace, I feel like they gave izzies everything on a silver platter... they gave them all the things they could not achieve by military force through this resolution!!! No wonder they rejected it, it was the only thing to do... I am sorry for having thought that France would surely stand by Lebanon, I am sorry for being so naive and thinking that other countries might support Lebanon, it seems they are on their own in what any just diplomatic act is concerned...
well Sarah i am not that good either,thats why i try to read about that in order to comprehend well
I wish not many are like us..thtas why I posted this.
izzies ya sarah..lol..don't give them pet names
{hugs}
i am typing well now ;)
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