Biden’s Ambassador Jack Lew Says Ceasefire Will Hold If Israel Ignores Terrorist Violations

Fiery but mostly peaceful ceasefire continues.

The Biden ceasefire for Lebanon fell apart within 4 days. Officially the ceasefire is holding even as fighting continues between Israel and the Hezbollah Islamic terrorist group.

When is a ceasefire not a ceasefire, but still officially a ceasefire? When it’s a fiery but mostly peaceful ceasefire with terrorists.

Hezbollah and Israel Trade Fire, Further Testing Cease-Fire – The New York Times

Why Israel and Hezbollah Are Still Firing Amid a Lebanon Cease-Fire – The New York Times

So it’s a ceasefire in which the fires has not ceased. And Biden’s Israel ambassador warns that while the ceasefire is ‘holding’, this will only work if Israel ignores the terrorists violating it.

Ambassador Lew cautions Israel against blowing issues out of proportion in trying to maintain the ceasefire with Hezbollah.

“Israel has made clear that it has to be able to defend itself, but they also have to act in a way that doesn’t take small things and turn them into big things,” Lew says.

That was the policy with Hamas. Proportionate responses only when attacked. And that led to Oct 7.

In Lebanon, this would mean Israel ignoring as Hezbollah advances back to its old positions, puts up rocket launchers, refortifies, and waits until Hezbollah attacks to respond.

Lew promises that things will get better when “the Government of Lebanon has to increasingly gain control” except that the Lebanese government is a puppet of Hezbollah. So it controls nothing and will control nothing except whatever Hezbollah allows it to.

Biden’s ambassador claims that the ceasefire is holding. And it’ll go on holding if Israel just pretends that the terrorists aren’t there.

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