Does Lebanon Join Treaties For Humanitarian Reasons?

The Daily Star:

Steve Goose, chair of the Cluster Munition Coalition, said that while Lebanon could be proud of its ratification of the Convention on Cluster Munitions in November 2010, its refusal to sign up to the Ottawa Treaty banning land mines was disingenuous. “Lebanon has been quite clear that it has joined [the cluster munitions] convention because it is convinced of the humanitarian harm that cluster munitions cause. Well guess what? Land mines cause the exact same kind of humanitarian harm,” he said.

In case you didn’t get it, here’s what he’s trying to say: Lebanon joined the Cluster Munition Coalition because it makes Israel look bad. But it’s being hypocritical by not banning land mines, weapons that Hezbollah happily uses.