But not all southerners shared her grievances. Umm Ali, who was forced to leave her home in the village of Khiam and live in Beirut during the Israeli occupation has no complaints. We are happy to be able to return to our home. Now we are back and my son opened a shop and we are surviving. Mistrust between religious communities are high even though they are kept beneath the surface.
Reconciliation seems only skin deep.
UN peace-keepers have also denied responsibility for border stability. We cannot be responsible for the border of a sovereign nation. What you have there is a law and order problem to handle. We must have the national authority with us. There are almost daily incidents of Lebanese throwing stones and Molotov cocktails at Israeli troops on the other side of the border fence that prompts the soldiers to fire back using live ammunition.