501 Casimiro José Sanjuan Martínez Southern Libano: a key area for security and stability which there were thirty dead and seventy wounded, Israel occupied southern Lebanon with the intention of destroying the infrastructure of the terrorist organization. Only four days later, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted resolutions 4257 and 426 indicating the truce of military actions, the withdrawal of the Israelis from Lebanon and subsequently they created the UNIFIL contingent. Nevertheless Israel was not satisfied due to the fact that in this fashion they considered that terrorism was not condemned and once again the lack of consensus emerged within the UN when reaching an agreement on its definition is due to the fact that Israel for the Arabs was considered a terrorist state.8 The blue helmets were deployed in the area and the lack of a physical obstacle which could be recognized as a border induced the UN with the endorsement of both Lebanon and Israel to draw an imaginary line made of marks on the ground which was renamed Blue Line,9 Nevertheless it could not be marked in all its dimension due to the fact that the area was whether disputed or mined. In fact it remains nowadays unmarked at the Eastern edge close to the Golan Heights. The presence of multinational troops failed to stop the activity of Palestinians who continually harassed the Israelis. In 1982, Israel invaded Lebanon10 again with the intention of destroying the PLO and, moreover, weaken the existing Syrian presence that had lasted for two years in Lebanon where they had firstly entered as part of an Arab deterrent.11 This action was considered , at an international level, a serious failure due to the significant loss of lives and considering that the response had been disproportionate12. In addition to that, the vacuum left by the Palestinians was occupied by a new enemy, a more dangerous and more supported one within the area, the pro-Iranian Shiite organization, Hezbollah.13 June 14, 2014. 7 Resolution 425 (1978) of the Security Council. S/20416 y Add.1, Add1/Corr.1 y Add.2, S/20742, S/21102, S/21406 y Corr.1 y Add.1, S/22129 y Add.1, S/22829, S/23253 y S/24341. Accessed June 14, 2014. 8 Bakit F. State Terrorism: Israel in the Middle East. Politics Part I. p. 2. Retrieved on June 14, 2014. 9 Ronald Cohn Jesse Russell. (January 2012). Blue Line (Lebanon). Page 2. Retrieved June 14, 2014. 10 Osvaldo Cifuentes. Santiago de Chile. (2009). History of Israel and Palestine. Volume II, ed. Ercilla. P. 43. Retrieved on June 18, 2014. 11 Pogany I (1987). “The Arab League and Peacekeeping in the Lebanon”. St. Martin s Press, New York. P 132. Retrieved on June 18, 2014. 12 George W. Ball (1984). “Error and Betrayal in Lebanon: An Analysis of Israel? Invasion of Lebanon and the Implications for US-Israeli Relations “. Foundation for Middle East Peace. Washington DC. P 23-48. Accessed June 18, 2014. 13 Gilles Kepel. (2000). “Jihad, expansion and decline of Islam.” Page 194. Accessed June 18, 2014. http://revista.ieee.es/index.php/ieee
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