Hizbullah: "Israel" is alone in violating 1701

Source: Compiled by Daily Star, 26-3-2007
"Israel" is alone in violating UN Security Council Resolution 1701, a spokesperson for Hizbullah said Sunday in response to "Israel`s" claim that the continued captivity of two captured "Israeli" soldiers and alleged arms shipments to the resistance are endangering the implementation of the resolution.
"`Israeli` officials are continuing to make these incorrect statements about Lebanon, but they are the ones [violating] Resolution 1701, especially with their overflights," Hussein Rahal told The Daily Star.
Rahal was responding to comments made by "Israeli" (War) Defense Minister Amir Peretz Saturday to Ban Ki-moon during the UN chief`s first visit to "Israel".
Peretz, greeting Ban at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, said a main subject of talks would be the status of Resolution 1701.
The resolution authorized the deployment of a 15,000-strong UN peacekeeping force in South Lebanon to help the government here patrol the South and establish a weapons-free buffer zone between Lebanon and "Israel".