Israel Matzav

Ban urges Hezbullah and Israel to stop trying to spy on each other

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has warned Hezbullah not to send any more drones to Israel on behalf of Iran. Not because Ban has anything against Iran or Hezbullah spying on Israel. No, Ban is afraid that Israel might hurt Lebanon. And for the sake of 'even-handedness,' he also called on Israel to stop sending reconnaissance flights over Lebanon to observe the job that Ban's UNIFIL forces aren't doing.

In a report released Thursday on the statue of UN Security Council Resolution 1559, Ban urged Hezbollah to cease any military activities inside or outside of Lebanon, calling Hezbollah's launch of the drone into Israel "a reckless provocation."

Resolution 1559, passed in 2004, called on Syria to withdraw its forces from Lebanon. Additionally, it called for the disbanding of all militias and for the extension of the Lebanese government’s control over all Lebanese territory.

Israeli officials have said that given Hezbollah's participation in the Lebanese government, Jerusalem would consider reacting to any Hezbollah attack on Israel with retaliation on the Lebanese state.

Ban also called on the Israeli Air Force to stop its daily flights of fighter jets as well as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles over Lebanese airspace.

"These overflights are violations of Lebanese sovereignty," Ban said. "I have deplored them and demanded that they cease immediately," he added.

Enough of the Jew-hating UN. Really enough. 

Labels: Ban Ki-Moon, drone, Hezbullah, Iran, Lebanon

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 1:27 AM