Will UNIFIL’s Irish Outpost Stop Israel’s Advance into Lebanon?

The Irish peacekeepers of UNIFIL outpost UN-6-52 are standing their ground in the face of the IDF advance. Heroes. Right, so much of what stands between Lebanese civilians and the invading Israeli Defence Forces centres right now around UNIFIL peacekeeping troops based at outpost UN-652 within the Irish region of responsibility as it is marked as, this outpost manned chiefly by a contingent of Irish peacekeepers. Essentially if Israel wants to get to Lebanon, they have to go through the Irish first, because despite being ordered to leave by Israel, despite Israel telling the Irish government to recall their troops and indeed to UNIFIL themselves, these Irish peacekeepers are refusing to leave their posts. They are standing their ground, they will not abandon the civilians behind their outpost, the villages they effective stand guard over, all of which should if the UN functioned correctly, be a declaration of war itself against the whole of the UN. Sadly one nation stands out as very much not being on the side of the UN but the side of Israel and it doesn’t take three guesses to realise that is the US and nothing quite sums up their callous attitude towards this stand being made by Irish heroes, than one of their peace time advisors – make note of that title – saying that Israel should ‘Carpet bomb the Irish area & then drop napalm over it.’ Right, so this stand by Irish peacekeepers is truly remarkable and the bravery being shown by those manning UNIFIL outpost UN-652 is all the more remarkable when you imagine what these people have been in close proximity to, the actions by Israel on Gaza having been going on for a year now, but so has the Hezbollah attacks on Israel in response to their Gaza genocide. Whatever the outcome of this standoff as it currently is, these Irish peacekeepers are absolute heroes dedicated to their job which they knew they risked their lives to do anyway, but certainly never more true is that fact than right now for them. UNIFIL, as I’ve spoken about before is the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, supposedly a temporary force going by that name, but they’ve been in place to a greater or lesser extent permanently, for pretty much as long as I’ve been alive, coming into being in 1978 just as I did. They are there to defend the Lebanese border from Israeli incursions, placed there by the UN itself, so for them to be ordered to move and actually do it, completely undermines the reason for UNIFIL’s existence. They aren’t there for decoration, they are there for security purposes. So these Irish peacekeepers not moving, they’re literally doing their jobs. Even more remarkable, as they face the full force of the IDF, is that manning that outpost, there is just 30 of them. The whole situation right now is reminiscent of the stand off of King Leonidas and the 300 against the Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae, I just sincerely hope this has a different outcome for these Irish Spartans. ***Subscribe to the channel here*** ►ABOUT ME: Hi, I’m Damien Willey. I’m a former welder, but now I’m a writer, blogger, vlogger and presenter and interviewer with Socialist Telly (Please do go and visit what we all get up to on ) I’m an unpaid carer for my disabled wife and daughter and as such we know all too well the difficulties that associated with that living in Tory Britain and I personally believe the answer lies in socialism. This channel, along with my other social media act as outlets to push back against that, to demand better of our politicians and leaders, to pull apart the media spin that supports them and the way the UK is run and to give a voice, loud as mine is, to the voiceless. ►CONTACT: Email: @ ►SUPPORT: If you appreciate the importance of alternative media in the UK and enjoy my work please consider financially supporting it. Various options to suit all budgets, please visit to find out more. Please support Independent Media. ►SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS Alternatively please share this video on your favourite social media & if you’d like to see what I get up to elsewhere, yoy can also find links to my presence elsewhere at Damo Rants Kernow Damo Lebanon,Israel,UNIFIL,UN Security Council,regional stability,security issues,Israel Defense Forces,foreign policy,military presence,international relations,humanitarian efforts,UN peacekeepers,Lebanese army,conflict resolution,Middle East conflict,Lebanon-Israel border,peacekeeping,israel,israel iran,israel war,israel hezbollah war,israel hezbollah,netanyahu,news,hezbollah,israel vs lebanon,irish peacekeepers,un outpost 6-52,kernow damo,damo rants,damo