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Map of Mount Dov region (photo: wikipedia)
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| By Israel Insider staff August 21, 2007 |
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The United Nations has decided to send a cartographer within the next month to visit Israel's disputed Shaba Farms, also known as Mount Dov, which Hezbollah claims belongs to Lebanon. The Israeli defense is vehemently opposed to the UN's initiative to redraw Israel's border with Lebanon, according to the Jerusalem Post.
Israel contends that it conquered the area, 25 square kilometers located between Lebanon and the Golan Heights, from Syria during the Six Day War.
In the past, the United States and France have pressured Israel to concede the territory as a gesture to bolster Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora, whose position is tenuous at best.
However Israeli defense officials have warned of the consequences of ceding the area to Lebanon.
"If the border is changed, then this could be dangerous for Israel's national security," the paper quoted a senior official as saying.
The decision comes in the wake of Defense Minister Ehud Barak and other top officials' frequent expressions of concern about the Israeli Defense Forces' inadequate state. Officials have been meeting with greater frequency to discuss methods for improving the country's defenses.
According to Haaretz, Barak warned, "Israel is currently at less than half the maximum order of battle it had in the past."
"A military force is not merely hardware and technology, but first of all confidence and fighting spirit. There is no military force without training," he said
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