You Write The Narrative
Aug 30th, 2006 at 12:00 pm by Susie
Noble beleagured Israelis, evil U.N., crafty Lebanese terrorists masquerading as sick women and children, etc. You know the drill:
Israel rebuffed a United Nations request to lift its sea and air blockade on Lebanon. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, fresh from a visit to Beirut, made the request to Ehud Olmert in their meeting in Jerusalem on Wednesday.
The Israeli prime minister said the blockade, which was imposed shortly after Hezbollah killed eight Israeli soldiers and abducted two on July 12, sparking a 34-day war, would remain in place until a U.N. cease-fire resolution is put into action.
“Everything will be implemented, including the lifting of the blockade, as part of the entire implementation of the different articles,†Olmert said at a news conference with Annan.
Annan demands Hezbollah free Israelis
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan demanded Monday that Hezbollah turn over two captured Israeli sold