UN hypocrisy

So if UN Security Council Resolution 1701 calls for the unconditional release of the Israeli soldiers:

… but at the same time emphasizing the need to address urgently the causes that have given rise to the current crisis, including by the unconditional release of the abducted Israeli soldiers…

why is the UN negotiating with Hezbullah to free them?

Hezbollah is asking “a price” for information about whether two Israeli soldiers kidnapped by the militant group are still alive, Britain’s U.N. ambassador said Thursday.

Emyr Jones Parry’s comment comes two days after Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah revealed that “serious negotiations” were taking place over the soldiers, whose capture provoked a 34-day war between Hezbollah and Israel.

“They’re asking a price for proof of life,” Jones Parry said Thursday.

He gave no details on what he meant by “price.”

Nice. But that’s not quite the capper. This is:

Nasrallah said in an interview on his group’s television channel Al-Manar that a negotiator appointed by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan who has not been publicly identified had been mediating between Hezbollah and Israeli officials.

This would be the same Kofi Annan who accuses Israel of being in violation of UN resolutions at the drop of a hat, but who cannot seem to notice that he is willfully aiding and abetting Hezbullah’s violation of UNSC 1701.

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