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There were few grounds for optimism last week. Lebanese, Israeli and U.S. negotiators held their 26th meeting to discuss the conditions under which Israel would withdraw its 35,000 troops from Lebanon. They made no substantial progress, and on Thursday U.S. Special Envoy Philip Habib flew back to Washington for consultations. Administration officials charged privately that Israel was stalling in order to thwart any prospect for broader peace talks. Apparently frustrated by Israeli intransigence, and perhaps to give King Hussein some timely encouragement, President Reagan said last week that the U.S. would continue to hold up delivery...
Most disappointing to Hussein has been the failure of the U.S. to demonstrate that it has much influence over the policies of the Begin government. Habib was still in Jerusalem two weeks ago when the Israeli Cabinet decided to build eight new settlements, some in heavily populated Arab areas. But the most glaring symbol of American lack of clout is Lebanon, where the U.S. has struggled without result to get a withdrawal agreement satisfactory to Israel. Said a Jordanian politician: "If the U.S. cannot push the Israelis out of Lebanon, why should anyone believe it can get them...
...Special Envoy Philip Habib is to break the deadlock in the negotiations for Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon, he must convince the Israelis that their demand to keep a residual military presence in the country is unnecessary. With that aim in mind, Washington has undertaken a $251 million crash program to rebuild the regular Lebanese army, which is in a state of serious disrepair after eight years of civil war and sectarian strife. Last week 32 U.S.-made M48 tanks were hoisted off a ship in Beirut for delivery to the Lebanese army. Twenty-eight Green Berets from...
...ignorance of international law, let me inform him that legally justifiable use of force according to the terms of Article 51 must be preceded by an "armed attack." No such "armed attack" from the Palestinian side had occurred since the July, 1981 ceasefire agreement which U.S. presidential envoy Philip Habib had succeeded in negotiating between the PLO and the Israeli government. On the other hand, the U.N. Forces in Lebanon and Western journalists had reported several Israeli attacks and numerous other attempted provocations by the Israel forces (such as massing troops and equipment along the borders...
...Reagan and Habib push hard, the Administration will probably be able to forge an agreement on Lebanon over the next few months. Israeli reasons for remaining there diminish daily. The occupation is not politically popular at home, the casualty list is growing, however slightly, and the cost-both economic and moral-is high. But when Reagan presses for his peace plan, tempers are sure to flare again...