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Last update - 11:02 26/05/2008 Israel: UNIFIL is ignoring Hezbollah violations in south Lebanon By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Hezbollah, Israel, UNIFIL, UN Israel has submitted a complaint to United Nation Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon against the commander of United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) General Claudio Graziono and UNIFIL official Milosh Strugger for giving interviews to the Lebanese press in which they ignored violations of UN resolution 1701. According to the Security Council resolution, which brought an end to the Second Lebanon War in the summer of 2006, armed Hezbollah militants are not supposed to be present south of the Litani river. In their interviews to the Lebanese media, both Graziono and Strugger spoke of UNIFIL's success in southern Lebanon. Graziono said that the only violations of the resolution were by Israel, who have continued to conduct flyovers in Lebanese air space. Advertisement Strugger said that "the situation south of the Litani River is calm. Hezbollah is a social group that runs many charity organizations." Israel is also concerned about the new instructions that were given to UNIFIL troops following recent incidents in which UNIFIL soldiers managed to take photos of armed Hezbollah militants. In some of these instances, Hezbollah managed to grab hold of the photography equipment. UNIFIL now instructs its soldiers not to take pictures of Hezbollah. According to Forign Ministry officials, Graziono is totally ignoring Israel's claims that the Hezbollah have an armed Bookmark to del.icio.us   From hunted to hunter Jerusalem camera catches brutal attack by Jewish teens on Arab youths. The will to power Palestinian governments violate human rights in quest for control.   1.   Who isn`t ignoring Hizbullah Violations? 13:21  |  isratinian 26/05/08   2.   Outrageous! 14:09  |  northern neighbor 26/05/08   3.   UNIFIL useless human shields for the next Hesballa war 14:09  |  PETER SM 26/05/08   4.   Here is the deal! 14:15  |  northern neighbor 26/05/08   5.   #3 14:21  |  Yonni 26/05/08   6.   outrageous #2 on hissibollocks operating in own territory 14:26  |  Ari ben Yisrael 26/05/08   7.   UNIFIL to Israel: That`s too bad 14:45  |  Natallie Durson 26/05/08   8.   Hypocrites 14:46  |  William 26/05/08   9.   UN will always defend Hezballah if it can stick a finger in 14:47  |  Lakshmi 26/05/08   10.   Ari ben Yisrael #6 15:22  |  northern neighbor 26/05/08   11.   Zionist entity 15:23  |  Imad 26/05/08   12.   Nasralla violated the agreement from day 1 15:45  |  DC 26/05/08   13.   get over yourselves 16:02  |  john 26/05/08   14.   #13 17:01  |  m 26/05/08   15.   Hezbollah is a peaceful charity organization 17:32  |  Clickfool 26/05/08   16.   Can the UNIFIL be trusted ? 17:37  |  Jean Van Daem 26/05/08   17.   Poor Hezbullies don`t want to fight. 18:48  |  x-ray 26/05/08   18.   To # 15, YOUR UNCLE HAS WHEELS, SO HE IS A BYCICLE JOJAJOJAJAJA 19:04  |  Jorge 26/05/08   19.   Do UN`peacekeepers` have fishingnets for overflying missiles? 19:23  |  Marco 26/05/08   20.   #2 The only thing outrageous is hypocrisy 19:45  |  DesMnsDave 26/05/08   21.   #7 Earth to Natatlie 19:48  |  DesMnsDave 26/05/08   22.   #8 Have the Palis lived up to ANY UN Resolutions? 19:50  |  DesMnsDave 26/05/08   23.   #15 Click, you ARE a fool 19:54  |  DesMnsDave 26/05/08   24.   Mr Fool 20:09  |  James 26/05/08   25.   Clickfool # 15. 20:32  |  David Nigel Braham 26/05/08   26.   Unifil ignoring Israeli violations of 1701 12:07  |  esqueleto 27/05/08   27.   UNIFIL 14:06  |  Samrat Yantra 27/05/08   28.   hiz will be vapourised when iran is, this summer. 18:46  |  frenz 27/05/08   29.   Clickfool - HEZBOLLA IS A TERRORIST GROUP THAT THE LEBANESE DON`T 00:50  |  CHECK IT OUT 28/05/08

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