Jobran Bassil has sent a letter referring to Israel’s violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701 regarding the rights of the Lebanese people and Lebanon’s sovereignty. “Since the Israeli occupation forces persist in violating Lebanon’s sovereignty and fail to comply with international resolutions, particularly 1701, we hereby ask you [the diplomats] to inform the concerned authorities in the United Nations, particularly the Security Council, of Israel’s offences in the occupied Lebanese part of Al-Ghajar and Shebaa Farms.”