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Barak: UN resolution on Lebanon war is a failure
By The Associated Press and Haaretz Service
Tags: Hezbollah, Barak 

Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Monday branded the United Nations resolution that ended the Second Lebanon War a failure, saying that it had not achieved the aim of disarming the Hezbollah guerilla organization in Lebanon.

UN Security Council resolution 1701 ended the month-long 2006 conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, which broke out after the latter abducted two Israeli reservists in a cross-border raid.

Barak told his Labor Party on Monday that the resolution had not worked, does not work now and will probably never work.
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Israel has complained that despite the resolution's call for a strict ban on arms shipments to Hezbollah, the group has rearmed and now has a larger rocket arsenal than it did during the war.

"Hezbollah is continuing to ignore [the resolution] with the ongoing intimate assistance of the Syrian," the defense minister said. "It is important not to disturb the delicate balance currently maintained along the northern border, two years after the Second Lebanon War."

According to Army Radio, Barak also addressed the upcoming prisoner exchange, scheduled for Wednesday, in which Israel will release five Lebanese fighters and the remains of several others in return for the two Israel Defense Forces reservists, Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev.

Barak said that returning the abducted troops from Lebanon does not mean that "Israel can rest on its laurels."

He stressed the importance of also securing the release of Gilad Shalit, an IDF corporal held hostage in the Gaza Strip by Palestinian militants since his abduction in June 2006
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  1.   ONE THING FOR SURE, BARAK AND CO. 17:39  |  indrajaya 14/07/08
  2.   Israel ( and Barak, in particular) Failed - Not the UN 18:03  |  Tod Zuckerman 14/07/08
  3.   Have Peace or vanish 18:10  |  Mike the American 14/07/08
  4.   Barack and Lebanon 18:11  |  Ralph 14/07/08
  5.   israel preps for another war w/ hezballah! 18:14  |  bashar 14/07/08
  6.   WOW, a genius, what a powerful insight, incredible 18:30  |  Pervert 14/07/08
  7.   How many lessons do you need? 18:40  |  Vital 14/07/08
  8.   #1, 1200 is on the high end of civilian deaths 18:57  |  Paul Freedman 14/07/08
  9.   #5, bashar, not necessarily 19:00  |  Paul Freedman 14/07/08
  10.   Real Peace, not Illusions of Power 19:05  |  Joseph 14/07/08
  11.   JUSTICE 19:10  |  petr vojta 14/07/08
  12.   indra #1: ONE THING FOR SURE. If Hezbollah starts the next war, 19:30  |  Vittorio 14/07/08
  13.   What`s Barak blaming the UN for?? 19:31  |  Silvienne 14/07/08
  14.   #3 Mike the American. Absolutely correct 19:34  |  Lou Medel 14/07/08
  15.   No one should depend on the UN; on either side 19:42  |  Peace 14/07/08
  16.   Silvienne # 13 - Lebanon can`t afford to "win" a repeat war. 19:54  |  WYSIWYG 14/07/08
  17.   Mike the American, Lou, wrong! Israel is and will be a 19:58  |  Steve the American 14/07/08
  18.   #3 Not American - Most likely Arab - Wanna be Pal 20:12  |  Levi 14/07/08
  19.   My condolences, Mr. Barak 20:12  |  TonyL 14/07/08
  20.   To Mike the American #1 - Getting Arrogant?? 20:15  |  Dolly 14/07/08
  21.   To Mike the American 20:28  |  Proud Jew 14/07/08
  22.   To Mike the American 20:29  |  Proud Jew 14/07/08
  23.   To Bashar 20:34  |  Proud Jew 14/07/08
  24.   Lesson1 of war:You can never`win`a war.. only achieve objectives. 20:35  |  Marco 14/07/08
  25.   War is not a game or a sport`s game. You can`t`win`or `lose` it. 20:37  |  Marco 14/07/08
  26.   You might survive or you don`t.. but you can`t win a war. 20:39  |  Marco 14/07/08
  27.   LEB is stronger - but so is the IDF, IAF, etc. 20:39  |  jewish doctor 14/07/08
  28.   Cuz what is it that you can `Win` in a war? Killing your enemy? 20:40  |  Marco 14/07/08
  29.   People talking about `winning wars`.. go back to school 20:42  |  Marco 14/07/08
  30.   BARAK PICKING UP PERETZ`S PIECES 20:43  |  Ian 14/07/08
  31.   Sorry Barak - It`s your faut 20:45  |  Slappy 14/07/08
  32.   Resolution 1701 was a GREAT success for Israel 20:46  |  Clickfool 14/07/08
  33.   Israel had a golden opportunity 20:57  |  Natallie Durson 14/07/08
  34.   UN Resolution 1701 was never put into practice. 20:58  |  Jean Van Daem 14/07/08
  35.   The politicos knew it would be a failure 21:08  |  Arie 14/07/08
  36.   The Blame Game 21:14  |  Andrew 14/07/08
  37.   UN242 is a bigger failure, unfortunately 21:25  |  KenB 14/07/08
  38.   Barak is a Lebanon`s Failure --he started that trend 21:28  |  Sal 14/07/08
  39.   #16, WYSIWYG....but as we know... 21:31  |  Silvienne 14/07/08
  40.   #3, Mike the American, Well said! 21:33  |  Silvienne 14/07/08
  41.   #17, Steve the American...would you really... 21:37  |  Silvienne 14/07/08
  42.   Vanish, you say? 21:39  |  Fish 14/07/08
  43.   What a joker! 21:46  |  Axel 14/07/08
  44.   barak 21:47  |  azad 14/07/08
  45.   #8: Launching pads in apartements? 22:12  |  LSD 14/07/08
  46.   Another such victory of Hezbollah over Israel 22:19  |  Pyrrhus 14/07/08
  47.   Barak is living in Lala Land. 22:30  |  Gilad 14/07/08
  48.   Mike the American and Lou 22:31  |  Ben the Israeli 14/07/08
  49.   #32 Silvienne - Read my Post 22:56  |  WYSIWYG 14/07/08
  50.   #Natalie Dooson 22:56  |  Raymond 14/07/08
  51.   hissy bowevil`s going down later this summer with iran. 22:57  |  frenz 14/07/08
  52.   #42 Fish missed his annual zionist update class 22:59  |  Labhras 14/07/08
  53.   Not Surprised 23:01  |  joe 14/07/08
  54.   Barak`s Failure 23:06  |  Steve 14/07/08
  55.   Barak is a failure. Why has he not brought this gov`t down? 23:07  |  had enuf already! 14/07/08
  56.   mike the american 23:07  |  dave the american 14/07/08
  57.   #33 durson upside down and inside out 23:17  |  odles 14/07/08
  58.   Hey Mike. Why don`t you quit lecturing others? Return land to the 23:20  |  Pssd off American. 14/07/08
  59.   The UN resolution is a failure... and so is Barak 23:21  |  David 14/07/08
  60.   we all knew 23:29  |  Harry 14/07/08
  61.   Barak Missing the Point 23:31  |  Mark of Lewiston 14/07/08
  62.   To Marco 23:35  |  Proud Jew 14/07/08
  63.   Disarming Hezbollah was never the goal of 1701 23:35  |  Pablo B 14/07/08
  64.   the values of the are the pillar of the current western values 23:53  |  Mike the American 14/07/08
  65.   When you loose the arguent 23:56  |  Mi