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The text of resolution 1559 (2004) reads as follows: “The Security Council, “Recalling all its previous resolutions on Lebanon, in particular resolutions 425 (1978) and 426 (1978) of 19 March 1978, resolution 520 (1982) of 17 September 1982, and resolution 1553 (2004) of 29 July 2004 as well as the statements of its President on the situation in Lebanon, in particular the statement of 18 June 2000 (S/PRST/2000/21), “Reiterating its strong support for the territorial integrity, sovereignty and political independence of Lebanon within its internationally territorially recognized borders, “Noting the determination of Lebanon to ensure the withdrawal of all non-Lebanese...

If we want to prevent further tragedies in the Israel-Hamas-Hezbollah war, we have to go behind the headlines and find the war's real root causes. The trigger for the present hostilities on both Israel's southern border with Hamas and its northern border with Hezbollah was not only the kidnapping of three solders (and the killing of others), but deliberate and unprovoked attacks across internationally recognized borders since Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000 and Gaza in 2005. Even before this summer, attacks against Israel were common. For example, in the aftermath of Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000, a Hezbollah...