Posts Tagged: UNIFIL Lebanon
After 47 Years of Failure, It’s Time to End UNIFIL
The United Nations certainly has a funny definition of the word "interim." Forty-seven years after its creation, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is...
The UNIFIL Peacekeeping Force in Lebanon Is a Failure; the UN Should Disband It
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) stretches the meaning of the word "interim." Deployed in 1978 as a peacekeeping force, its "temporary" mandate...
Hezbollah Has Violated a Major UN Resolution Since October — and No One Cares
Following the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1701, at the time perceived as a strongly worded document. It was aimed at not...
UNIFIL Patrol Comes Under Assault in South Lebanon Village; One Soldier Injured
JNS.org - UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) personnel came under assault while on patrol in a village in southern Lebanon, a UN spokesperson said...
Unknown Attackers Assault UNIFIL in Southern Lebanon
JNS.org - Unknown suspects assaulted a group of personnel in southern Lebanon associated with personnel from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Associated...
Ahead of UNIFIL Renewal, Israel Escorts International Delegation to Lebanon Border
JNS.org - The Israeli Foreign Ministry and Israel Defense Forces on Friday escorted a delegation of 12 ambassadors, UN Security Council members and representatives from...
How UNIFIL Can Still Succeed in Lebanon
There is a growing risk of war along the Israeli-Lebanese border. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has failed to disarm Hezbollah, forcing...
UNIFIL Has Another Opportunity to Do Its Job in Lebanon
JNS.org - Good riddance. These words are the proper sendoff for Maj. Gen. Michael Beary, the commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon...
Israel Tells UNIFIL About Lebanese Army Officer Working as Hezbollah Mole Near Border
Israel has informed the UN peacekeeping mission in south Lebanon that a senior officer in the Lebanese army, who presides over a command position near...
UNIFIL Steps up Patrols in Southern Lebanon Following Hezbollah Attack on IDF
JNS.org - The head of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon urged all sides to “exercise utmost restraint” in the wake of the Hezbollah terror...
UN Peacekeepers Failing to Stop Hezbollah Arms, Says Israel’s National Security Advisor
Israel's top national security advisor said that United Nations peacekeepers are failing to track Hezbollah arms in southern Lebanon. "Under pressure, a multi-national force is like...
