Reply #31: You're quoting Wikipedia, not the UN resolution...

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the official text of UNSCR 1701 is listed here on the Security Council web site. For some reason sometimes they don't allow direct linking to these documents, but if you have any trouble you can access it by going through their homepage:-

http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N06/465/03/PDF/N0646503.pdf?OpenElement

To reiterate, the text states as follows:-

Emphasizes the importance of the extension of the control of the Government of Lebanon over all Lebanese territory in accordance with the provisions of resolution 1559 (2004) and resolution 1680 (2006), and of the relevant provisions of the Taif Accords, for it to exercise its full sovereignty, so that there will be no weapons without the consent of the Government of Lebanon and no authority other than that of the Government of Lebanon

There is no mention of Hezbollah being illegal, and as I said before the Taif accord does not require it to disarm. The statement that UNSCR 1701 prescribes Hezbollah is illegal is therefore false.

You will note that Israel remains in breach of UNSCR 1701 by staging overflights of Lebanon. No doubt Israel's excuse is that while Hezbollah remains in breach of the resolution Israel is under no obligation to observe it either. Of course, Hezbollah's excuse is that while the Sunni and Druze militiae remain armed Hezbollah is likewise under no obligation to disarm in accordance with UNSCR 1559.

Furthermore, Israel remains also in breach of several other UN resolutions in relation to East Jerusalem, the Golan Heights and the West Bank. However illegal you claim Hezbollah to be, it seems that the IDF has much more illegality to worry about.