UN calls on Israel, Hizbollah to stop fighting
Reuters Link
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council adopted unanimously on Friday a resolution calling for an end to fighting between Israel and Lebanon's Hizbollah and authorising up to 15,000 new peacekeepers to enforce it.
Bit more after the fold.
The vote capped weeks of anguished negotiations on a plan to halt the war that began when Israel attacked Lebanon after the July 12 abduction of two Israeli soldiers by Hizbollah guerrillas in a cross-border raid. Hizbollah then rained rockets on northern Israel.
So, without taking sides I think it will be interesting to watch how events on the ground will be spun to fit actions authorized in the resolution.
In Canada there is much talk of "honest brokers" and how they apply or if they exist in this conflict. This resolution will also be tested against conventional definitions of the term.
Only time will tell. Let's discuss... as honest brokers of course.