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...killed by the Iran-backed militia in the past two weeks, and the likely escalation threatens to jeopardize Israel-Syria peace talks. Although Israel had hoped to achieve security along its Lebanon border as part of a peace deal with Syria, pressure is now mounting on Prime Minister Ehud Barak to keep his election promise of withdrawing by July, unilaterally if necessary...
...EHUD BARAK Finance scandal looms over Israeli P.M. Even Carville may not be able to save him from this...
South Lebanon's explosive political-military cocktail is back on the front burner, with Israel, Syria and the Hezbollah militia all adding their own interests to the mix - and all standing close enough to get burned. Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak came under mounting pressure Monday to either blast Hezbollah or unilaterally withdraw from Lebanon - or both - following a weekend attack by the Iran-backed guerrillas that killed the fifth Israeli soldier in two weeks...
...Barak had promised in last year's election campaign to effect a unilateral withdrawal from Lebanon by July, but with the stalled Israeli-Syrian peace talks unlikely to produce Syrian security guarantees along the Lebanese border, retreat remains risky - and that's a fact not lost on Damascus. "Syria has the ability to shut down Hezbollah, but with no sign of movement in talks with Israel over the Golan Heights, it may have little incentive to do that," says TIME Middle East bureau chief Scott MacLeod. "Hezbollah, though, has its own reasons for raising the temperature. It wants to boost...
...lurch. "Syria doesn't want Israel out of Lebanon before an agreement on the Golan Heights, because guaranteeing Israeli security there is one of Syria's prime bargaining chips," says MacLeod. "The Israelis may be trying to take advantage of that by threatening unilateral withdrawal, but that could get Barak into trouble if Hezbollah starts firing rockets directly into Israel." Which may be why Israel has been reluctant to strike too hard in Lebanon for fear of hampering a resumption of talks with Syria. But while the high-stakes brinkmanship between Israel and Syria continues, Hezbollah is more than happy...