UNIFIL

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    Cards (2)

      • Security council passes Resolutions 425 + 426 and this was on March 19 1978.
      Resolution 425: Required Israel to withdraw/Israel's independence respected.
      Resolution 426: established UNIFIL (UN Interim forces in Lebanon)
      1. Confirm withdrawal of Israeli forces
      2. Restore international peace + security
      3. Help Lebanese gov restore peace
    • 23rd March 1978: UNIFIL arrives in Lebanon.
      13th June: Israel forces withdraw
      But: Leave SLA in charge of territory taken (South Lebanese Army)
      UN weakened
      • UNIFIL ignored, SLA attack UNIFIL (8 killed)
      PLO start shelling Israel in 1979
      Israel says UN is sympathetic toward Palestine