News From Antiwar.com by Jason Ditz
Israel’s decision to stay at five surveillance posts inside southern Lebanon after the February 18 deadline has caused considerable consternation among the Lebanese. Israel maintains the US green lit their stay, and now it appears that wasn’t the end of the territorial moves into Lebanon after the “withdrawal.”
Israel is now imposing two additional “demilitarized” zones inside Lebanese territory across the border from the northern Israeli town of Metula. This includes areas close to the Lebanese border town of Kfar Kela.
There have been multiple incidents in recent weeks where Israeli forces opened fire across the border at civilians trying to return to their homes in Kfar Kela. It now appears that it’s official policy that any attempt to return to those homes will be met with Israeli gunfire.
The terming of these areas as “demilitarized” appears to fly in the face of the traditional definition of the concept, as generally unarmed civilian residents aren’t barred from demilitarized zones, nor are they attacked militarily for entering…
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