'UN report ignores Hizbullah violations'
Jul. 1, 2008 JPost.com Staff , THE JERUSALEM POST
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is expected to submit on Tuesday morning
the quarterly report on the implementation of UNSC Resolution 1701, which
cemented the end of the Second Lebanon War. According to reports, the
document does not accuse Hizbullah of violating the terms of the cease-fire,
despite Israeli allegations that the Shi'ite militia has retaken its border
positions and continues to amass rockets and other arms banned under 1701.

Diplomatic sources quoted by Army Radio assessed that the conciliatory tone
of the report stemmed from the UN's desire to maintain political stability
in Lebanon.
The report also states that both Israel and Syria have yet to address maps
of the contested Sheba Farms area drawn up by a UN representative and
submitted to the two countries over six months ago.

Defense Minister Ehud Barak has said that "United Nations Security Council
Resolution 1701 is not being implemented. Rockets continue to be moved into
Lebanon, Hizbullah is becoming more powerful, and I think it is the Security
Council's duty to convene and decide how to ensure that this resolution is
indeed being enforced and carried out."

According to Army Radio, the report only mentions kidnapped IDF reservists
Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser to say that "This subject is also sensitive
and there have been developments in recent days, which is why we cannot
report on the matter to the Security Council."

Meanwhile, Lebanese sources quoted by Israel Radio Tuesday morning said that
the swap deal between Israel and Hizbullah is expected to take place in the
coming week.

According to the sources, who spoke to a Kuwaiti news agency, the deal will
be completed in two phases, the first of which will last two days. On the
first day, Hizbullah will transfer to Israel remains of soldiers killed
during the Second Lebanon War in exchange for the bodies of dozens of
Hizbullah fighters and terrorists buried in Israel. On the second day Israel
will receive captured reservists Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser and will
transfer Samir Kuntar and four additional Lebanese prisoners to Hizbullah.

The second phase of the deal, the release of Palestinian prisoners, will
only take place after 30 days. Israel, according to the sources, will
probably release only women, children and sick inmates.

The Jerusalem Post could not confirm the reports.

Meanwhile, Army Radio reported that German mediator Gerhard Konrad was set
to meet Hizbullah representatives in the coming days and peruse a dossier
compiled by the organization on the subject of missing IAF navigator Ron
Arad. According to the report, the deal will only be officially signed if
Konrad confirms the seriousness of the Hizbullah dossier.