Israel and the West surrender to Hizballah.

Terrorists and the U.N. win.

Here are the depressing details:

The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1701 Friday evening, calling for the cessation of hostilities between Hizbullah and Israel.

The resolution authorizes the deployment of 15,000 UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon to support a Lebanese force as it takes control of the region and Israel withdraws.

The UN force is to monitor the cease-fire and help Lebanese forces gain control over an area that has previously been under the de facto authority of Hizbullah. The resolution calls for the need for the “unconditional release” of the two IDF soldiers captured July 12, but does not make a direct demand for their freedom.

Additionally, it calls on Israel and Lebanon to agree to a long-term solution under which Hizbullah would be disarmed.

The text of the resolution does not specify under which chapter of the UN Charter the force would be authorized. Instead, it says the force’s mandate includes several elements: monitoring the cessation of hostilities, accompanying Lebanese troops as they deploy and as Israel withdraws, and ensuring humanitarian access.

The UN force, known by its acronym UNIFIL, will help coordinate the deployment of Lebanese forces to the south.

Yeah, the same UNIFIL whose flag flies beneath Hizballah’s.

Read Allah, Rick Moran, and Phares for more gloom.

Andy McCarthy:

Hezbollah wins this big just by being legitmized. Hezbollah is a terrorist organization, not a country. The resolution we are signing on to, however, addresses it as if it were a country. The resolution doesn’t purport to direct any UN member nation to make Hezbollah cease firing — least of all Lebanon, the purported sovereign of this territory. Instead, it appeals to Hezbollah directly — in the same paragraph in which it addresses Israel, as if there were no difference in status between the two — and “calls on” it to stand down.

How do we sign onto that? Didn’t we just say about 24 hours ago that we are dealing with “Islamo-fascists” who cannot be reasoned with? Yet, recognizing that no one is willing to fight them, we are joining the “international community” in calling on Hezbollah terrorists to stand down? And when they don’t what happens? Will we write them a strong letter?