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Lebanon

Lebanon The steady development of the rule of law has continued in 1995 and 1996. The fragility of the system, however, became apparent with the flare up of the conflict over the continuation of Israel's 18-year occupation of south Lebanon. The daily guerrilla operation against Israel and its Lebanese allies, which is principally manned by the Islamic movement Hizbullah, had left several Israeli soldiers dead by the time the so-called "Operation Grapes of Wrath" started against Lebanon on 11 April 1996. The official Israeli reason for the operation - which consisted of continuous bombing by air, sea and land for over two weeks - was the rocket bombing of north- ern Israel. However, it was the increase of military resistance and its exacting toll, together with the approach of the Israeli elections set for 29 May and the deadlock in the negotiations between Syria and Israel, which offered the real background to the wide-scale operation. The attack left some 200 Lebanese dead - the massive majority of whom were civilians - and the south of Lebanon devastated once again. The culmination of the bombing took place on 18 April with the massacre of over a hundred civilians sheltering in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law Online Brill

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Brill
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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Abstract

The steady development of the rule of law has continued in 1995 and 1996. The fragility of the system, however, became apparent with the flare up of the conflict over the continuation of Israel's 18-year occupation of south Lebanon. The daily guerrilla operation against Israel and its Lebanese allies, which is principally manned by the Islamic movement Hizbullah, had left several Israeli soldiers dead by the time the so-called "Operation Grapes of Wrath" started against Lebanon on 11 April 1996. The official Israeli reason for the operation - which consisted of continuous bombing by air, sea and land for over two weeks - was the rocket bombing of north- ern Israel. However, it was the increase of military resistance and its exacting toll, together with the approach of the Israeli elections set for 29 May and the deadlock in the negotiations between Syria and Israel, which offered the real background to the wide-scale operation. The attack left some 200 Lebanese dead - the massive majority of whom were civilians - and the south of Lebanon devastated once again. The culmination of the bombing took place on 18 April with the massacre of over a hundred civilians sheltering in

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Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law Online – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1995

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