Lebanese UNDOF, French, and USA Have Blood on Their Hands for Failing to
Stop Villagers from Attempting to Invade Israeli Positions
Dr. Aaron Lerner - 2 February 2025

As Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu prepared to fly today to Washington,
Hezbollah announced that Lebanese villagers would invade Israeli positions
in villages on the Lebanese border.

UNDOF didn't press the Lebanese Army to stop the invasion.

Ditto for the American-led "monitoring mechanism," which also includes
France.

And so, the Lebanese Army didn't stop the invasion.

Hats off to PM Netanyahu for endorsing the plan to open fire to drive back
the Lebanese invaders.

And I write "hats off" in all sincerity.

Hezbollah no doubt thought that we would turn tail.

And if we turned tail today, our future security would have been in the
toilet.

So the blood of 22 Lebanese invaders is shared by the Lebanese Army - which
didn't stop the invasion despite the advanced warnings - as well as all the
other players who should have pushed the Lebanese to do their job and, after
the fact, apparently declined to issue strong condemnations of the Lebanese
Army for leaving the IDF to stop the invasion.

What happened today in Lebanon is an important lesson to President Trump and
his team.

And the lesson is clear: the deployment of the IDF in Southern Lebanon must
be extended indefinitely.

The ceasefire deal between Hezbollah and Israel was dictated by people who
didn't give a damn about the efficacy of the deal -just the photo op of the
deal.

President Trump doesn't need a photo op in Lebanon.

So when he meets this week with Mr. Netanyahu, especially after this bloody
illustration of the farce that the Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire is, they can
discuss how America can support the only viable arrangement for the
foreseeable future: the continued Israeli deployment in Southern Lebanon.
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