"Attacks against peacekeepers are a violation of international law and humanitarian law" and "They could be war crimes". This is what Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the UN, said. Emmanuel Macron and Pedro Sanchez have firmly condemned the attacks of the Israeli army against Unifil troops in Lebanon. In particular, as reported by the Ansa Press Agency, both the French President and the Spanish Prime Minister seem to share the substantial aspect of a decision that would seem to be impossible to ignore, namely that "we must stop selling weapons to Israel ... to put an end to conflicts".
Giorgia Meloni, in turn, wanted to underline that the attitude assumed by Israel appears "unacceptable" since it "violates (...) UN resolution 1701" which expressly prohibits the presence of weapons and so-called irregular militiamen in southern Lebanon.
Moreover, all States must make a constant commitment to ensuring respect for international humanitarian law by those involved in armed conflict, as provided for by the 1949 Geneva Conventions and customary international law. On the other hand, however, Benyamin Netanyahu, in the context of a statement, would have addressed the Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres to mean that the UNIFIL mission would hinder military operations against pro-Iranian Hezbollah fighters, claiming that "the time has come to remove UNIFIL from Hezbollah's strongholds and combat areas". This is therefore the situation as it seems to be learned.
What can I say? It would almost seem like a paradox within a paradox. From peacekeepers to an unwitting military target it would seem like a moment, someone might exclaim. It would be necessary to understand without stopping at the mere declaration of Benjamin Netanyahu, known as Bibi, addressed to the Secretary General of the United Nations.
An almost dramatically banal statement despite the shocking effect of its content. In essence, according to what has been understood in the last few hours, Bibi, through the military actions directed against the blue helmets, would like to pursue the objective of having a clear field to gain the upper hand in the clashes with Hezbollah, which have worsened in the last period. In short, he would like, it would seem, to consider himself almost “legibus solutus”, assuming and certainly not conceding, that he could ever be considered as such by the International Community. Even more so when Benjamin Netanyahu has even come to the decision to turn those same weapons supplied by the West against his own supporters.
