"A vote is set to take place at the UN Security Council on August 31 to renew the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL), which was formed in 1978 in order to 'restore international peace and security' to the volatile border region between Israel and Lebanon...
According to Brig. Gen. (ret.) Michael Herzog, who held senior positions in Israel's Defense Ministry under the stewardships of Ehud Barak, Amir Peretz, Shaul Mofaz, and Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, 'UNIFIL has definitely not fulfilled the key element of its mandate-to prevent the deployment of unauthorized armed elements to southern Lebanon.'... In the result, Hezbollah has been able to rebuild its operational infrastructure, which poses the biggest long-term threat to Israel...
Within this context, former Israeli ambassador to the UN Ron Prosor ... contended that 'the US should seek a UN Security Council resolution ... providing UNIFIL with explicit powers to disarm Hezbollah and demilitarize south Lebanon under Chapter 7 of the UN charter, the section that deals with peace enforcement.' He also highlights the fact that American taxpayers are on the hook for 43% of UNIFIL's $488 million budget in 2017, and suggested that 'Congress make that funding conditional on performance.'
Holding UNIFIL to account would mark a significant departure from the four-decades-long approach of simply rubber-stamping its activities, which have not put an end to the cycle of violence..."