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Opinion

Double standards

August 4, 2010 14:55
Dov Harari
2 min read

So, the UN confirms that Israeli forces did not provoke yesterday’s attack that left four people dead and the Jewish state and Lebanon once again on the precipice of war.

Milos Strugar, senior political adviser for the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), confirmed the IDF was carrying out routine maintenance work "south of the international borderline," although on "the northern side of the border fence”.

The Israelis had gone so far as to inform UNIFIL that the work would take place to clear woodland blocking soldiers’ line of vision at the Galilee border. UNIFIL passed on that information to the Lebanese army.

Lebanese soldiers later opened fire on the Israeli troops. Tragically battalion commander Dov Harari (above), a 45-year-old store owner from Neyanya, was killed.