UN Resolution 1701 remains the central legal framework guiding the fragile peace between Lebanon and Israel. Adopted by the UN Security Council in August 2006, the resolution called for a full cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal of armed groups from southern Lebanon, and the deployment of UN peacekeepers along the Blue Line. Nearly two decades later, its implementation is still incomplete, and the question of whether it is truly holding is once again at the center of regional diplomacy.The resolution did not emerge in isolation. It was built on the…
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