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...before the gates--until Hizballah commanders discreetly directed the teens to ride elsewhere. Hizballah's 700 fighters are not being decommissioned. The organization says it will continue to fight as long as prisoners are held in Israel and Israel continues to hold a small piece of land near the Golan Heights called the Shebaa Farm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Courage Under Fire | 6/5/2000 | See Source »

...Israel's primary objective remains protecting its northernmost population centers from attacks across the Lebanese border. But the key to long-term peace on its northern flank is reaching agreement with Syria over the fate of the Golan Heights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After Lebanon Withdrawal, What Now for the Main Players? | 5/26/2000 | See Source »

...long as the Israelis have, and Damascus retains de facto military and political control over its fragile neighbor. Israel's Lebanon dilemma had for most of the past decade been a key bargaining chip in Syria's efforts to negotiate a peace agreement involving Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights. Israel's unilateral retreat from Lebanon has now deprived Damascus of that leverage, calling Syria's bluff. Moreover, it's beginning to raise the question among Lebanese of what purpose is served by Syria's presence, which has been presented as a defense against Israel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After Lebanon Withdrawal, What Now for the Main Players? | 5/26/2000 | See Source »

...tranquillity. Oh, sure, that final White House signing ceremony that eventually ends hostilities will open the way, unevenly and begrudgingly at first, for tourism across the Golan Heights, quiet along the Galilee, coexistence in Jerusalem and joint ventures in Jordan and the Gaza Strip. But a Middle East peace deal doesn't mean peace in the Middle East...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Will Peace Mean To The Middle East? | 5/22/2000 | See Source »

...backdrop for the latest exchange is the breakdown of peace talks between Israel and Syria over Israel's refusal to accept Assad's demand of total Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights, which Israel took control of during the 1967 war. Syria's primary leverage in dealing with Israel in recent years has been its ability to guarantee security in Lebanon, which is subject to de facto Syrian military control, and allow Israel to end an occupation that's deeply unpopular with the Israeli electorate. But when talks broke down over the Golan issue, Prime Minister Ehud Barak decided...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel Finds That Leaving Lebanon Isn't Easy | 5/5/2000 | See Source »

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