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Middle East: Berri, ceasefire in Lebanon instantly, we’ll management the border with Unifil

“I have called for and continue to call for an immediate ceasefire as the entire Lebanese government and the international community are doing. Lebanon will soon also bring this request to the UN Security Council to implement resolution 1701 in full. But all the calls and efforts we make clash with Israel’s refusal to stop its aggression against Lebanon. Israel continues with the massacres, which do not spare civilians, health facilities, paramedics, the international Unifil mission and the Lebanese army. Their goal is to strike at the foundations of resolution 1701 and reveals their real intention to cancel this resolution in order to pursue a broader war.” This was mentioned in an interview with Repubblica by Nabih Berri, 86 years outdated, president of the Beirut Parliament since 1990, who at present will meet the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni.

“Lebanon – he explains – approved the Franco-American ‘appeal’ for a ceasefire, which also obtained Arab and international support. The promoters of this initiative assure that the appeal is still valid and all the political components of Lebanon support it, including Hezbollah. But the ‘French-American’ proposal was manipulated and rejected by the Israeli prime minister.” However, Berri recalls that “since 2006, when resolution 1701 was approved, Lebanon – which is based on the documents and registers of the United Nations, of the International Emergency Forces (Unifil, ed.), of which Italy is an essential part, recorded more than 33 thousand violations by Israel by air, land and sea. The implementation of Resolution 1701 is not as difficult as many believe, if Israel accepts the conditions and withdraws from all Lebanese territory. In exchange, Lebanon undertakes to implement all the requested conditions, including sending 15 thousand Lebanese army soldiers to be deployed together with Unifil forces in the southern part of the Litani region up to the last Lebanese national border point , as the only legally recognized force present in the area”.