Israel to Continue Air and Sea Blockade

Ehud Olmert has rejected the appeal of Kofi Annan, the Secretary-General of the U.N., to lift the air and sea blockade of Lebanon. This is a direct violation of Security Council Resolution 1701. This is a crime against humanity. Aid must be allowed to arrive in Lebanon so that the Lebanese people may survive. Israel claims that Hezbollah is out to destroy Israel and the Israeli people, but it seems that Israel is the one out to destroy a country and a people. Israel is the one that has killed a massive number of civilians. Israel is the one that has used illegal weapons against civilian populations.

The Security Council ought to pass a resolution condemning Israel's actions and impose economic sanctions. But that will not happen because the United States is committed to using the Israeli forces as proxies to bring a "new Middle East" into being. Security Council resolutions against Israel over the past fifty years have been ignored by Israel with impunity, yet when Iran ignores a resolution, the U.S. leads the pack in saying that states cannot be allowed to get away with thumbing their nose at the United Nations. The same U.N. that the U.S., U.K. and Israel thumb their noses at. For shame.

Cheers,

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