Now, it’s a bad thing if Hezbollah drives Israeli’s out of their homes in Northern Israel, but it’s a good thing if Israel drives Palestinians out of their homes in Gaza and on the West Bank. From Tyler Durden at zerohedge.com:
France has issued a written proposal to Lebanon which seeks to de-escalate the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon’s south, which stands on the precipice of becoming a broader and deadlier war.
The French plan calls for Hezbollah to remove its fighters a full 10km from the border, after which the governments of Lebanon and Israel would enter negotiations on expanding a buffer zone “in a gradual way”. The document calls for these talks to begin 10 days after Hezbollah’s draw back from the border.
The ultimate goal, according to the proposal, would be to achieve ceasefire based on an de-escalation zone which expands 30km from the border up to the Litani River, based on the similar 2006 peace plan which settled the war then.
The document emphasizes that this conflict “risks spiraling out of control” while urging the implementation of “a potential ceasefire, when the conditions are right” and calls for delineating deconflicted land between the two sides.
However, just hours after the French plan was reported in international press, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah gave a televised speech Tuesday and warned that Hezbollah will not stop its attacks on Israeli troops until the assault on Gaza is ended.
