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A spokesperson for UN peacekeepers in Lebanon on Saturday said that Israel had requested it leave its positions in south Lebanon where Israel is clashing with Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, but they had refused.

They asked us to withdraw “from the positions along the blue line … or up to five kilometers (three miles) from the blue line,” UN Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) spokesperson Andrea Tenenti told Agence France-Presse (AFP), using the term for the demarcation line between both countries. “But there was a unanimous decision to stay,” he said.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 days ago

Good. Brave fellows. I hope their observation of Israeli war crimes ends up used in trials in the future.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 5 days ago

israel has no right to command anyone else in sovereign country. It has the same value as that degenerated retard putin talking about something happening in Ukraine.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Can/will the peacekeepers actually shoot back? I can't imagine the orders that they were deployed under accounted for an Israeli ground invasion

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The worst scenario, in self-defense, when life is threatened.

The US satellites won't go against Israel.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 days ago (1 children)

There are three basic principles that continue to set UN peacekeeping operations apart as a tool for maintaining international peace and security.

These three principles are inter-related and mutually reinforcing:

-Consent of the parties
-Impartiality
-Non-use of force except in self-defence and defence of the mandate

https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/principles-of-peacekeeping

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago

Seems like they have activated condition 3.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Respect for staying determined to do the job they was assigned to despite all the risks

[–] [email protected] 39 points 5 days ago (2 children)

The risks of observing Israel commit war crimes. Props to them for staying and fuck the IDF for firing on the UN.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Agreed. They are fine folks for what they do. Proud to have them represent the UN.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

The risk of being Israeli war crime victims