"short of an equitable resolution ... Israel eventually will destroy itself. Nations that live by the sword, die by it, and Israel is no exception. The alternative is peace and reconciliation, something Israel flatly rejects".

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In what is being interpreted in Israel as a declaration of ownership, the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) has built a road and set up a military position in the Shaba Farms

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The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon was created with the adoption of Security Council Resolutions 425 and 426 on March 19, 1978, primarily to confirm Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon and "to restore international peace and security".

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Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Shi'ite Muslim Hezbollah, was a hero in this Sunni village in south Lebanon when Israeli troops were forced to withdraw in 2000 but his picture was torn down a few weeks ago.

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10/26/06 "Information Clearing House" -- -- James Petras is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Binghamton University, New York. He's a noted academic figure on the US Left and a well-respected Latin American expert and longtime chronicler of the region's popular struggles.

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Linda Heard: Following Israel's military defeat in Lebanon Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is attempting to woo Beirut offering to negotiate over the Shebaa Farms as a precursor to a possible peace treaty.

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A military solution to Israel's savage war on Lebanon and the Lebanese people is both morally unacceptable and totally unrealistic. We in Lebanon call upon the international community and citizens everywhere to support my country's sovereignty and end this folly now.

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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has sent a letter to Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora saying that Beirut should honor Israeli presence in the disputed border area called the Shebaa Farms as long as a border demarcation agreement between Lebanon and Syria has not been signed.

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