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Monday, July 15, 2024
DISPLACED RESIDENTS OF NORTHERN ISRAEL OPPOSE CEASEFIRE IN GAZA AND CALL FOR FULL-SCALE WAR AGAINST HEZBOLLAH
Residents of northern Israel demand war, reject talk of ceasefire
Protesters in Jerusalem insist they will not
return to their homes in the north until military victory is achieved
against Hezbollah.
The northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona has been a ghost town since October 7
Displaced residents of northern Israel demonstrated in Jerusalem on
Sunday against a ceasefire deal in Gaza that Western leaders believe
will also result in a cessation of hostilities on the Israel-Lebanon
border.
According to the protest movement “Fighting for the North,” only
military victory over Hezbollah can restore true security to the Upper
Galilee and Golan Heights. And without true security, they won’t return
to their homes.
Ever since October 7 of last year, when Hezbollah began shelling
northern Israel in support of Hamas in Gaza, over 60,000 residents of
Israel’s northern border region have been living in hotels and other
accommodations further south, refugees in their own country. And this
arrangement has been enormously expensive for the government. Everyone
knows war is necessary to rectify the situation, but Western powers are
determined to find a “diplomatic solution” even if it doesn’t delivery
the sense of security the northerners demand.
Government figures like Diaspora Minister
Amichai Chikli visited the protesters and promised to champion their
cause.
UN Security Council Resolution 1701
that brought the Second Lebanon War to an end in 2006 called for the
withdrawal of Hezbollah forces to north of the Litani River in central
Lebanon. But the resolution was never enforced, and Hezbollah remains on
the border, under which it has dug numerous attack tunnels into
northern Israel and where it has deployed tens of thousands of rockets
and missiles.
Following the surprise Hamas invasion of Oct. 7, the residents of
northern Israel are no longer willing to live under the shadow of such a
threat, and insist that Resolution 1701 be implemented. And since
Hezbollah isn’t about to voluntarily withdraw or disarm, that must be
accomplished by force.
Hezbollah leaders now say they’ll stop firing on northern Israel if a
ceasefire is reached in Gaza. But Israelis know that will only delay
the inevitable – a future Hezbollah invasion of the Galilee
that will see tens of thousands dead and unprecedented destruction.
Hezbollah has promised as much. It’s the sole purpose for the group’s
existence.
“We won’t let anyone in the country sign a deal on our lives; sign a
deal on your own lives. We are going home to full security,” insisted
“Fighting for the North” protest leader Rephael Slav.
“The IDF knows what to do. We will accept nothing less. We can’t return
home under a surrender agreement. No one will return [to the north]. You
[the government] have abandoned an entire region and must take it back
with great force. Fight for our lives.”
The residents of the north know that a full-scale war in Lebanon
could mean they remain displace for another year or more. And they are
prepared for that, so long as there is a determined plan for victory
that will allow them to one day return home in security.
What they will no longer accept is living in fear.
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