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CIP Statement on Lebanon Ceasefire Agreement [1]
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Date: 2024-11
In response to the announcement of a permanent ceasefire agreement to be fully implemented over the course of 60 days in Lebanon, Center for International Policy president and CEO Nancy Okail issued the following statement:
“We welcome news of a ceasefire agreement in Lebanon and hope that it can be implemented and sustained to prevent further harm to civilians who have been under threat of attack or suffered other great loss during the fighting.
“This agreement nonetheless comes too late. While Israel has the right to legitimate self-defense against Hezbollah, the Netanyahu government’s deliberate escalation of the conflict in September resulted in disproportionate harm to civilians, hundreds of whom have been wounded or killed, with hundreds of thousands more displaced. Mixed messages and prevaricating by the Biden administration on its position on Israel’s escalation and the need for a ceasefire has further prolonged the fighting and exacerbated the death and destruction it has brought.
“The U.S. and its partners must ensure that the terms of this agreement are fully honored so that civilians on both sides of the border can safely return to and rebuild their communities. What remains of the utmost urgency, however, is also ending the war in Gaza, where the U.S. arming of the Netanyahu government’s campaign of displacement, starvation, slaughter and – per the repeated vows of senior Israeli officials – settlement continues in violation of American and international law.”
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