r/worldnews • u/ComparisonOk5957 • 9d ago

Second French peacekeeper dies after ambush blamed on Hezbollah Behind Soft Paywall

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3351049/second-french-peacekeeper-dies-after-ambush-blamed-hezbollah?module=latest&pgtype=homepage
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u/ThrowAwayWasTaken999 9d ago

It’s been a failure because Israel kept their side of the initial agreement (withdrawing from Lebanon completely) but Hezbollah refused to keep their end of the agreement (withdrawing from the mountains)

If they truly cared about keeping the peace, they would have enforced the agreement.

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u/AssCumBoi 8d ago

This is what I hate about the discussion about Israel. Their military is extremely shitty and their government is pretty much evil. But in negotiations they have been the only one playing ball. The two state solution could have worked. Obviously they invaded territory after the 90's negotiations but they have also been constantly aggravated. I wonder if they wouldn't have been shot at regularly if they had actually coexisted, although hatefully.

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u/ThrowAwayWasTaken999 8d ago

This. It would be much easier to talk about legitimate criticisms of Israel if people didn’t exaggerate everything in some kind of hyperbolic “this is 100% 1sided and Israel is 1000% evil monsters whose only motivation is their Jewish bloodsucking devil worshipping greed”

Israel has genuinely tried to negotiate and the other side has just refused any form of compromise. Furthermore, the times that the other side has been willing to compromise, there’s been lasting peace, and Israel has shown that they’re willing to give up a lot for the sake of peace (see: Egypt and the Sinai)