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Here’s a test for you: Pick out the bias in this AP piece. I’ll help you out by applying the bold tags.

Nasrallah’s interview was broadcast hours after Israeli warplanes staged mock raids over south Beirut and two southern Lebanese towns in the strongest show of force since the Israel-Hezbollah war ended.

The U.N. and the Lebanese government have condemned Israel for its repeated flights over its northern neighbor, saying such actions violate the cease-fire. But Israel has said it would continue the flights because Lebanon has failed to prevent arms from being smuggled to Hezbollah.

Now this:

Nasrallah has offered to exchange the two Israeli soldiers for Arab prisoners in Israeli jails, but Israel has repeatedly refused. Although the U.N. resolution that ended the 34-day war called for the soldiers’ unconditional release, Israel has exchanged prisoners in the past.

And this:

In the same interview, Nasrallah warned that any attempts by an international force to disarm Hezbollah would transform Lebanon into another Iraq or Afghanistan.

[…] A resolution passed by the U.N. in 2004 did call for the disarmament of all militias in Lebanon. But Hezbollah has refused to lay down its arms, and the 15,000 Lebanese troops patrolling the buffer zone in south Lebanon along with U.N. peacekeepers don’t have the political will to take the group’s weapons by force.

And this:

Nasrallah said Hezbollah, despite attempts to keep arms from being smuggled to the guerrilla group, has “regained all its vigor.” The group has 33,000 rockets, he said – up from the 22,000 he said his guerrillas had on Sept. 22.

Let us review: UNSC Resolution 1559 calls for the disarming of all “militias,” meaning Hezbullah. It has been flouted for more than two years. In other words, Hezbullah is in violation of 1559.

Resolution 1701 calls for the unconditional release of the captured Israeli soldiers. It is being flouted. In other words, Hezbullah is also in violation of 1701.

And yet, whom does the AP accuse of violating UN resolutions in this article?

Why, Israel, of course. For sending warships into Lebanon as a reminder to Hezbullah that the IAF can bomb what the terrorists are rebuilding. And they are rebuilding.

Hizbollah has stepped up the rebuilding of its military infrastructure in southern Lebanon despite the deployment in recent weeks of thousands of Lebanese troops and international peacekeepers to limit the Islamic militant group’s activities.

Standing firm against international pressure to disarm, the Shia group is rearming and rebuilding tunnels and trenches destroyed by the Israeli army during this summer’s 34-day war.

Locals in Bint Jbeil, a town which saw fierce fighting, told yesterday how Hizbollah was using the major reconstruction efforts to rebuild their security infrastructure.

“They are working extremely fast,” said one, who did not want to be named. “Militants in Shia strongholds have interconnected tunnels and bunkers under their houses. These are being rebuilt under cover of the reconstruction work.”

He said cables and telecommunications equipment had been installed and the number of trucks delivering aid and supplies made it easy to disguise weapons smuggling.

Which, of course, is in violation of both UN resolutions.

Funny, isn’t it, how nobody ever says that Hezbullah is in violation of the UN resolutions? Oh, the resolutions are mentioned, but in a backhanded sort of way, without the words “Hezbullah” and “violating” ever being put together.

Say, boys and girls, what time is it? That’s right: It’s Israeli Double Standard Time.