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Your move, Mr. Assad. Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak threw down the gauntlet to his Syrian counterpart Sunday, in the form of a cabinet decision to withdraw from south Lebanon by July irrespective of the state of peace negotiations with Syria. And that leaves the Syrian president no easy response on the strategic chessboard of the Mideast's most troubled relationship. "The last thing the Syrians want is a unilateral Israeli withdrawal in Lebanon," says TIME Middle East bureau chief Scott MacLeod, "because that would deprive them of one of their most important cards in negotiations with Israel - Syria...
...Ehud Barak's parliamentary setback can be easily repaired; it's the erosion of trust in his peacemaking ability that may cost him dearly. The Israeli leader suffered a dramatic 60-53 defeat in the Knesset Wednesday, after three of his coalition partners backed an opposition bill that would jeopardize chances of peace with Syria - the legislation requires that Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights be approved by a majority of eligiblevoters rather than simply those who bother to vote, making the necessary target more like 65 percent of the actual turnout. But the bill, which is still...
...within its boundaries. The Israeli occupation of this zone is, and has always been, considered temporary. Indeed, the shorter the occupation lasts, the better. It was established, and is maintained, solely to protect northern Israeli villages against attacks from terrorists within Lebanon. The current Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Barak, was elected on the promise that he would, among other things, speedily pull out Israeli troops from the Lebanon security zone. This will only happen when Israel can guarantee the safety of its citizens...
...more things change... Eight months ago Israelis celebrated the election of Ehud Barak as the turning point that would finally set the Jewish state on a course to durable peace with its Arab neighbors. But the last two weeks have provided a harsh reality check. A Hezbollah attack in southern Lebanon Friday killed the seventh Israeli soldier to die there in the past two weeks, despite the heaviest Israeli air raids in four years. Friday's attack further set back U.S. efforts to stop the escalating from derailing the Israel-Syria peace process. "Israel's bombing attacks were a message...
...been 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...