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Israel says international community failed it by allowing Hezbollah to be a threat

November 26th 2024 , ,
Hezbollah carried out attacks in northern Israel.

Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel said Tuesday that the international community “failed” Israel by allowing Hezbollah to become a security threat and now demanded guarantees, especially from the US and France, that the ceasefire agreement with Lebanon that is about to be approved can “be sustained in the coming years.”

“Our main concern is implementation. The international community tried to prevent Hezbollah from consolidating more power and building up a serious threat like the one it currently poses to Israel, but they failed us,” Haskel said at a press conference at the ministry’s headquarters.

“That is why we are working with our American allies to build a mechanism of guarantees that can sustain (the agreement) for years”, he clarified.

One of the key elements of the proposed agreement is the creation of an international mechanism, with the presence of five countries - headed by the United States, as well as the United Kingdom, France, Germany and a fifth Arab nation. to monitor compliance by the parties with the ceasefire.

The Israeli Security Cabinet is scheduled to meet this afternoon to “discuss and approve the agreement,” which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said He has already accepted “in principle” although the main loose end is the demand for “freedom of action” by Israel if Hezbollah violates the ceasefire..

The proposal includes three stages: a truce followed by the withdrawal of forces from the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah to the north of the Litani River; a complete withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon within 60 days; and finally, negotiations between Israel and Lebanon on the demarcation of their border, which is currently a line set by the UN following the 2006 war.

“For a whole year, we have been waiting for the international community to intervene and bring a diplomatic solution. This is what Israel wanted. A few months ago, we had no choice but to defend our people, to bring back more than 60.000 displaced people from the north,” the minister stressed.

Haskel explained that the objective of the ground operation in Lebanon, which began on October 1, It was precisely about getting those residents back to their homes “safe and sound”, which was necessary to prevent Hezbollah from accumulating more arsenal - Israel has bombed the arms supply lines on the border with Syria - and to prevent its forces from moving north of the Litani River, the containment barrier that Israel has imposed.

“We will not allow a return to October 6. Any violation will be addressed immediately. We will no longer, under any circumstances, agree to sell our future in exchange for temporary peace in the present,” Haskel said, stressing that Israel was “forced to enter a war it did not choose.”

The deputy minister also referred to the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, which she described as “a moral defeat” of justice that has turned “evil into good.”

Haskel says the Hague's decision deprives democracies of their right to defend themselves, referring to the Israeli counteroffensive in Gaza.

“The Court became an instrument at the disposal of the terrorist organization”, criticized the deputy minister, who described the court's decision as "political" because it had issued an arrest warrant against Hamas military chief Mohamed Deif, who Israel claims is dead but the court has not been able to corroborate.

Haskel criticised the equivalence in the joint arrest of Israeli and Palestinian leaders.

Agencies contributed to this Aurora article.

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