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Lebanon-Israel Ceasefire Resumption
The article points out that the armistice agreement signed between Lebanon and Israel in 1949 came in a context where Lebanon was a young and independent state, without ideological party control or corruption dominating its institutions. After the Nakba of 1948, Lebanon became a refuge for Palestinians and a basis for resistance operations against Israel, prompting Israel to commit massacres and carry out attacks. This led Lebanon to sign the armistice agreement in an attempt to stabilize the situation in the south. Over time, however, the agreement began to break down as tensions and regional conflicts escalated, especially following Lebanon’s signing of the Cairo Agreement in 1969 and the Malkart Agreement in 1973, both of which institutionalized armed Palestinian activity from Lebanon, despite the agreement still having a recognized legal framework. The article emphasizes the importance of the treaty’s provisions, particularly the recognition of international borders between Lebanon and Israel and the prohibition of using land against either side, along with the delineation of border forces’ responsibilities. On the international level, there is a desire by the United States to isolate the issue from the United Nations and push for a new agreement to end the conflict, rather than strictly enforcing the existing armistice. At the Lebanese level, there is a paradox: some opposition forces, especially Hezbollah, ignore the core of the agreement and instead use it to criticize the state and accuse it of being under Israeli influence, particularly in relation to restricting the use of Lebanese land against Israel. The repeated calls to revive the agreement, despite the failure to implement UN Resolution 1701, raise questions about the feasibility of such efforts or whether they are merely maneuvers to manipulate internal failures, especially since the internal conflict over who has the authority to decide on war and peace in Lebanon remains ongoing.
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