MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The UN Security Council Resolution 1701 adopted
in 2006 calls for the cessation of hostilities between Israel and
Lebanon-based Hezbollah. “The constant threats that are being expressed by Israeli government
officials and in the media against Lebanon’s civilians and their
legitimate institutions and infrastructure aim at covering up for
Israel’s persistent violation of UN Security Council Resolution No.
1701, to which Lebanon is committed,” Hariri said, as quoted by the LBCI
broadcaster. Hariri reportedly asked Bassil to prepare a letter to the UN Security
Council describing Israel’s threats and urging the international
community to respond. According to the Haaretz newspaper, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor
Lieberman said last week that Lebanese army was “a subsidiary unit
of Hezbollah.” Hezbollah, a paramilitary and political organization supported
by Lebanon’s Shiite population, was established in the 1980s. It
originally wanted to end what it considered Israel’s occupation
of Lebanon.