Posted on June 27th, 2008 by Marian Houk
Some interesting details on the Shebaa Farms issue from Nicholas Blanford in The National, an English-language paper published in Abu Dhabi :
“Securing the liberation of the Shebaa Farms has been a cornerstone of Fouad Siniora’s diplomacy since 2005 when he headed his first government. Mr Siniora said he believes that an Israeli withdrawal from the [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East Peace Process, Shebaa Farms, Syria, UN Peacekeeping, United Nations
Posted on June 19th, 2008 by Marian Houk
Peace appears to be breaking out all over, after one of the gloomiest recent periods in the region, during which speculation about imminent war has been nearly non-stop .
The truce or calm (“tahdiya”) between Israel and Hamas – which the parties say they hope will last at least an initial six months — started at [...]
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Filed under: BAN Ki-Moon, Gaza, Human Rights, International Law, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East Peace Process, Palestine & Palestinians, Sanctions, Shebaa Farms
Posted on January 30th, 2008 by Marian Houk
“A semi-military organization of a few thousand men resisted, for a few weeks, the strongest army in the Middle East, which enjoyed full air superiority and size and technology advantages. The barrage of rockets aimed at Israel’s civilian population lasted throughout the war, and the IDF did not provide an effective response to it. [...]
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Filed under: Israel, Lebanon, Middle East Peace Process, Shebaa Farms, UN Security Council
Posted on September 9th, 2007 by Marian Houk
Aluf Benn reported in Haaretz last week that: “The United Nations cartographer Miklos Pinter is in Israel this week to move ahead on the specifics of marking the controversial boundaries of the Shaba Farms on the slopes of Mount Hermon, government sources in Jerusalem said. Pinter said a few weeks ago that [...]
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Posted on August 30th, 2007 by Marian Houk
Nobody knew what else to do, apparently — and they were absolutely unwilling to take any initiative other than to bring vials of Iraqi chemical weapons to NYC. They stored them in a drawer at UNHQ/NY. Some people knew about this, and talked about it in scandalized tones with family and [...]
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Filed under: Iraq, Shebaa Farms, UN Administration, UN Secretary-General, UN Security Council
Posted on August 29th, 2007 by Marian Houk
Last summer’s Israeli invasion of Lebanon has provoked year-long speculation about a repeat performance this year. Some commentators have recently said that summer lasts a few more months here than in other places of the world, so, they said, the danger still persists.
Today, Israel announced that it is moving its troops — at least, [...]
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Posted on February 28th, 2007 by Marian Houk
Yes, the very same UN SG BAN who met last week in Vienna with former UN SG Kurt Waldheim, (who fell into disgrace when it was revealed that he had lied about his service to the NAZI war machine before and during the Second World War), met yesterday with the families of two Israeli soldiers [...]
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Filed under: BAN Ki-Moon, Israel, Lebanon, Shebaa Farms, UN Peacekeeping, UN Secretary-General
Posted on December 14th, 2006 by Marian Houk
Here are some excerpts from the SG’s Report S/2006/933, Letter dated 1 December 2006 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council:
“I have the honour to submit a factual update to my report of 12 September 2006 on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1701 (2006)(S/2006/780), in particular on the operations of [...]
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Filed under: Israel, Kofi Annan, Lebanon, Shebaa Farms, UN Peacekeeping, UN Secretary-General, UN Security Council, United Nations
Posted on December 13th, 2006 by Marian Houk
In a presidential statement — which has less weight than a resolution — the members of the UN Security Council welcomed the SG’s appointment of a cartographer (map maker) to “to review relevant material and develop an accurate territorial definition of the Shabaa Farms area”
This area, on the border between Lebanon and the Israeli-occupied Golan [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Israel, Kofi Annan, Lebanon, Middle East Peace Process, Shebaa Farms, Syria, UN Peacekeeping, UN Secretary-General, United Nations
Posted on December 11th, 2006 by Marian Houk
That means, of course, that Israel has not completed its withdrawal from Lebanon. Â
Intensive discussions have been going on for weeks. The UNIFIL (UN Interim Force in Lebanon - reinforced) Commander, Major-General Alain Pellegrini, met again today with “senior representatives” of the Israeli Defense Forces and of the Lebanese Army. According to UN spokesmen: “They discussed the issue [...]
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