The activities of a Lebanese environmentalist#group#reported to be a front for Hezbollah were brought to#the Security Council ‘s attention on Thursday, as Israel’s UN ambassador charged that the Shiite Islamist#organization was using the NGO as cover to conduct reconnaissance activities along the “Blue Line” — the border with Israel#drawn by the UN following the IDF’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000.
In a letter to the Security Council, Danon disclosed#recent intelligence gathered by the IDF showing that Hezbollah operatives were located in a series of outposts marked with the logo of “Green Without Borders” — a local environmentalist NGO whose ostensible mission is to plant trees in the locale.
In April, UNIFIL — the UN peacekeeping force in the area — was prevented from approaching a post marked with the#NGO’s flag by a group of Lebanese locals.
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