[New York Post] Editorial - Will the fragile cease-fire in Lebanon hold? Should it hold? No on both counts. To repeat for the record, it was Hizballah - and not Israel - that ignited the current crisis. Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was correct when he warned Monday that "there will be another round" of fighting. "Right now, we are in an interim period between wars," he added. "And there is no one who will prevent our enemies from preparing for the next round." This is the fourth time the UN Security Council has demanded that Hizballah relinquish control of southern Lebanon and unilaterally disarm. All of the previous demands were simply ignored by Hizballah - without consequence. Indeed, history suggests that only Israel stands to be handcuffed by the UN. More basically, Iran's ambitions are such that the latest cease-fire is doomed - and every honest player in the game knows it. Sooner or later, Israel will have no option other than to finish what it already has started - or, rather, to win the war forced on it by Iran and its terrorist cats-paw, Hizballah. Sooner is better than later.
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