Israel has long had a problem with the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), the international peacekeeping force deployed in southern Lebanon since 1978. Complaints historically have been because the force, mandated to document violations of Resolution 1701, have...
The most recent round of trilateral talks between the US, Israel and Lebanon ended inconclusively, with no date even set for the next attempt at negotiations. Given how little the past “deals” actually accomplished for Lebanon, the lack of progress didn’t seem that...
As has often been the case lately, this weekend saw the Israeli military escalate the rate and intensity of strikes against southern Lebanon, punctuated by heavy artillery strikes and airstrikes against Kfar Tebnit. Direct bombardment of multiple towns has been the...
As the Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon continues to drag on, the extent of the destruction caused continues to mount, and Lebanese officials continue to provide details as to the troubling extent of the land burned or otherwise destroyed in the conflict. A new...
Multiple Israeli strikes were carried out against a pair of civilians on the outskirts of the southern Lebanon village of Qbrikha, a Shi’ite majority village in the Marjayoun District. One of the people was on a motorcycle, and later identified as a paramedic working...
Israel is in the process of invading and occupying southern Lebanon. That’s not unusual, of course, and they’ve launched multiple invasions of southern Lebanon in recent years, largely with little to no legal consequence. The Paris Judicial Court’s crimes against...
Israeli forces continued with their destruction of southern Lebanon, and while most of the focus is rightly on the municipalities they’ve attacked and in many cases outright destroyed, the long-term struggle for reconstruction could be the extent of damage to farmland...
Adding to concerns that Israel has designs on an open-ended military occupation of southern Lebanon, there are new reports from the Lebanese media that the Israeli Army is building a new network of roads around the south, linking up a growing number of their military...
Since invading Lebanon in early March, Israeli officials have tried to frame the war as primarily targeting Lebanon’s Shi’ite population. From early on, the war was about destroying Shi’ite villages, displacing Shi’ite locals, and at times threatening to annihilate...
It has been reported that Lebanese President Joseph Aoun received assurances from the United States that Israel does not intend to carry out any new strikes beyond the yellow line assuming Hezbollah doesn’t attack. The report was followed with suggestions that...
