[familyop]

Here's one.

US and France back plan to end Lebanon fight
NY Times by way of the International Herald Tribune, France - Aug 6, 2006

"But one disappointment for Jerusalem would be the absence of any order to return its two captured soldiers, an original reason Israel cited for going to war. The only language addressing that is in the preamble to the resolution, which 'emphasizes' the need to release unconditionally the abducted Israeli soldiers."

[DannyTN]

I see. That's insufficient. There should be no cease fire while the prisoners are held.

[DannyTN]

And this idea that Israel can take defensive actions but not offensive, puts Israel into a tit for tat game that they can scarely afford with a billion Muslims.

If Israel has to take defensive actions, then the cease fire is obviously broken. This sounds like a unilateral cease fire, and the US shouldn't be supporting any such thing.