Lebanon's Proposal

A new proposal was advanced at the U.N. Security Council today. The Lebanese government, and the Arab League as a whole, proposed that Lebanese national army would deploy fifteen thousand soldiers into the south of Lebanon, and the Israelis would withdraw. This is, if not the best thing, then almost as good. This proposal would allow the Lebanese government to reassert its authority over the entire country, it would end the needless slaughter of Lebanese civilians by the IDF, and it would stand a decent chance of ending the launching of rockets into northern Israel. It is important that the Lebanese government unanimously agreed to this proposal, including the two Hezbollah members of the cabinet.

Also important to this proposal is that the Israeli government has announced that the proposal will be seriously considered. The Israeli government must agree to withdraw its soldiers. It is unnacceptable that Israel should remain in Lebanon's land. Israel should never have invaded, it should never have bombed the civilians of Lebanon. Israel has committed illegal aggression, and that must be recognized. But unfortunately, the assent of the government of Israel is needed to put this proposal into effect.

As well, the permanent members of the Security Council must recognize that this is the proposal that will end the fighting for the near and medium term in Lebanon. Aid organizations must be allowed to bring aid to the citizens in the south of Lebanon. The killing of Lebanese civilians must be stopped. And the Lebanese/Arab League proposal is the way to do that. The U.N. Security Council and the government of Israel must recognize this, and the agreement must be implemented.

Cheers,

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