(Algemeiner) Ron Prosor - This week the UN Security Council debated a report recently published by UNIFIL, the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, which ignored Hizbullah's 150,000 short- and medium-range missiles directed towards Israeli cities and threatening the entire Middle East. Instead of detailing the locations of weapon stockpiles and asking the UN Security Council to strengthen its mandate so they are able to raid them, the report goes into detail about the 420 Lebanese shepherds spotted near the border area. Hizbullah's ability to roam freely in southern Lebanon emboldens it everywhere else. It grows stronger by the day and wealthier through Iranian funding. The writer, former Israeli Ambassador to the UN, heads the Abba Eban Institute for International Diplomacy at the IDC Herzilya.
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