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Israel Complied with UN Resolutions; Peace Never Came

(Foundation for Defense of Democracies) Hussain Abdul-Hussain - Israel repeatedly conceded territory, but the only result was more terrorism and more attacks on its citizens. In May 2000, Israel left Lebanon. In June of that year, the UN certified that Israel had met the requirements of Resolution 425. In July 2006, Hizbullah launched a major cross-border attack. A 33-day war ensued, and ended with Resolution 1701, which included disbanding Hizbullah south of the Litani River. Yet Hizbullah redeployed and rearmed all the way to the border with Israel. In 2022, Hizbullah demanded that Israel agree to allow Lebanon to explore the maritime border's seabed for gas. The Biden administration gave itself a pat on the back for helping reach "a historic" maritime border demarcation that demonstrated "the transformative power of American diplomacy." A year later, on Oct. 8, 2023, Hizbullah launched its war on Israel in support of Hamas. 31 years after Israel started experimenting with coordinated withdrawals with Palestinian leaders, 24 years after Israel unilaterally withdrew from Lebanon, 19 years after it left Gaza and Jenin, none of the deals or unilateral withdrawals brought Israel peace. For its concessions, Israel got a Hamas massacre of 1,200 of its citizens on Oct. 7. On Oct. 8, Israel found itself facing Hizbullah attacks that have depopulated its north. Three decades of Israeli concessions have proven the futility of compromising. The writer is a research fellow at the FDD.
2024-09-05 00:00:00
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