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The Western-backed Lebanese government of Prime Minister Fuad Siniora on Monday confirmed what its international allies refuse to acknowledge: that it supports Hizballah and is party to the group's violent aggression against Israel.
A policy statement drafted and approved by a council of Lebanese government ministers guarantees "the right of Lebanon, its people, army and resistance to liberate or recover [occupied lands]... by all legitimate and available means."
The term "resistance" is understood to refer exclusively to Hizballah.
The policy statement, which will go before the Lebanese parliament later this month, represents a violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which brought an end to the 2006 Second Lebanon War.
Resolution 1701 obligates Lebanon to prevent weapons shipments to Hizballah and to work toward the group's disarmament.
But Timur Goksel, a former spokesman for the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), said that the new policy statement had "put an end to any dreams of disarming Hizballah. It secures Hizballah's armed existence."
A policy statement drafted and approved by a council of Lebanese government ministers guarantees "the right of Lebanon, its people, army and resistance to liberate or recover [occupied lands]... by all legitimate and available means."
The term "resistance" is understood to refer exclusively to Hizballah.
The policy statement, which will go before the Lebanese parliament later this month, represents a violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which brought an end to the 2006 Second Lebanon War.
Resolution 1701 obligates Lebanon to prevent weapons shipments to Hizballah and to work toward the group's disarmament.
But Timur Goksel, a former spokesman for the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), said that the new policy statement had "put an end to any dreams of disarming Hizballah. It secures Hizballah's armed existence."