The Zionist-regime’s announcement on Wednesday to ‘withdraw’ its occupation forces from the northern part of the tiny strategic village of al-Ghajar and hand-over its control to a UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) – is nothing but another PR stunt. The so-called ‘withdrawal’ is no different than the lie Israel used to cover its defeat at the hands of Hizbullah fighters in 2000 and 2006. Under UNIFIL control, the northern part, will be under Israeli control for strategic and water-supply purposes with the added benefit that the international community will bear the cost of protecting the Zionist entity from possible Hizbullah attacks to recapture the territory which was re-stolen from Lebanese people in Summer 2006 by the Zionazi forces. The UNIFIL has been proven to be infiltrated by Israeli agents
The three water sources which the European Zionist leaders considered a “must” to be part of their plan to create an illegal state on Arab land – were the Litani River, the Hasbani River and the Wazzani Springs. The first one is located entirely in Lebanon and comes from the valley of Beqaa, where its springs are near the city of Baalbek, coming from the Mount Lebanon and Anti-Mount Lebanon ranges. It flows through the Beqaa, fills up the lake of Qaroun and shortly after turns west and heads toward the Mediterranean Sea. It is about 106 miles long in total and it is the largest river in Lebanon. The Hasbani and Wassani both origin from South Lebanon and flow southwards. They are contributors to the Jordan river.
The al-Ghajar village is situated at the Israel-Lebanon border where Hizbullah fighters gave a good-beating to the invading Jewish army during the 34-day war in 2006. The village is a great source of water-supply for the Jew-settlers in the occupied Palestine. It is located on the banks of Hasbani river and Jews have been profiting from stealing water from its Wassani springs, which they bottle and sell it in many foreign countries.
The Zionist plan is to divide the village, which lies between southern Lebanon and the Israeli occupied Golan Heights, into two. While the northern part (with native Arab population) will be governed by UNIFIL, the southern part (occupied by illegal Jew-settlers) will remain under Israeli control.
Ghajar was considered part of Syria until after the Six Day War in 1967, when Israel captured the village and the Golan Heights from Syria. Israel annexed the Golan Heights in 1981 in a move which has not been recognized by the international community.
In 2000, when Israel ended its occupation of south Lebanon after 22 years, the UN determined that the northern part of the village was in Lebanon and Israeli troops evacuated the area. Israel re-occupied the northern part of the village during its war against Lebanon’s resistance movement of Hezbollah in 2006.
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