“Lebanon cannot be another Gaza,” the UN Secretary General’s Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said last week in response to a question during a press briefing regarding Israel’s war in Lebanon. Earlier this month, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich openly spoke about Israel’s plans to extend its non-declared borders into Syria and Lebanon, besides the encroachment already in place and extending in Gaza. Israeli ministers also spoke of applying the same tactics used in Gaza to South Lebanon. Dujarric’s statement carries as much weight as contradiction in UN rhetoric. Lebanon cannot be another Gaza, and yet, the UN is doing nothing to stop Israel from expanding its borders and increasing its kill toll. On that level, Lebanon is on a par with […]
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How the UN maintains Gaza as an exception to the detriment of the Palestinian people
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