tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post3971149279711484321..comments2023-11-06T17:59:14.655+02:00Comments on Eco R Geo: Israel's Greatest Ecological Catastrophe Unfolding in Arava Desertantixronoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17321757470762094126noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-21132875465487089392014-12-20T11:56:52.229+02:002014-12-20T11:56:52.229+02:00Israel rejects UN demand to pay Lebanon $850 milli...Israel rejects UN demand to pay Lebanon $850 million for 2006 oil spill ...<br /><br /> Israel has strongly rejected a United Nations General Assembly resolution calling on it to pay Lebanon over $850 million in damages for an oil spill caused by an Israeli air force attack on oil storage tanks during its war with Hezbollah in July 2006.<br /><br />"It's the sort of UN decision that we're used to, mixing alternative history, manipulation politicization and self-interested narrow-mindedness," the Israeli mission to the UN said in a statement issued on Friday night.<br /><br />"The UN has never stopped to check the cost of the war on Israel. Apart from the heavy cost in lives, the war caused huge environmental damage in the north of the country. All that, without even mentioning that the war was a consequence of a terrorist organization, Hezbollah," the statement continued.<br /><br />"The time has come for the UN to look around and notice the real sources of the threats against it."<br /><br />The assembly voted 170-6 in favor of the resolution on Friday, with three abstentions. Israel, the United States, Canada, Australia, Micronesia and Marshall Islands voted against the resolution.<br /><br />General Assembly resolutions are not legally binding but they do reflect world opinion............http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.632803<br />20/12/14Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-79935395304922166462014-12-20T08:20:30.890+02:002014-12-20T08:20:30.890+02:00UN: Israel must pay Lebanon 850 million Dollars .....UN: Israel must pay Lebanon 850 million Dollars ...<br /><br />The UN General Assembly approved on Saturday a resolution calling on Israel to pay Lebanon more than $850 million for damages caused by an oil spill allegedly resulting from attacks by the IDF on oil storage tanks during the Second Lebanon War. <br /><br />The resolution, which was past by a vote of 170 countries supporting and only six opposing, does not obligate Israel to pay...............http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/UN-Israel-must-pay-Lebanon-850-million-Dollars-385222<br />20/12/14Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com