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Israel Rejects UN Demand that It Pay for Oil Spill from Lebanon War
(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - An Israeli government official said this UN resolution is another example of the degree to which the Arab states can bring any resolution against Israel to the General Assembly and get it passed. "It is clear to anyone who looks at the legality of the war, that Israel was responding to clear aggression from Lebanon into Israel," the official said. The 2006 conflict was triggered by a cross-border raid by Hizbullah and its capture of two Israeli soldiers.