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...statement also supported the right of Israel to act in "reasonable self-defense" and urged prayers for the safe return of three Israeli soldiers captured Saturday by Hezbollah guerillas in Lebanon...
...Arafat may not have to answer to a parliament, but even once he commits to it, he'll find it increasingly difficult to rein in a Palestinian street long skeptical of the value of his negotiating efforts. The attacks over the Lebanese border by the guerrillas of Hezbollah on Saturday may be more of a headache for the Palestinian leader than for Barak. Ever since Hezbollah's victory was acclaimed throughout the Arab world in the summer after Israel withdrew from Lebanon, young Palestinians skeptical of Arafat's peacemaking efforts have admiringly cited its example. Arafat is facing a direct...
...This may simply be posturing, since Arafat - not exactly a Palestinian Thomas Jefferson at the best of times - is unlikely to orchestrate what could well be his own career-defining humiliation. But since Hezbollah's victory in forcing an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon reminded his supporters of the merits of militancy, the Palestinian leader has been taking an increasingly hard line, painting himself into a corner from which a saleable compromise may be beyond his reach...
...against Iraq during the 1991 Gulf War. Rather than engage his enemies directly, Assad preferred to operate more subtly by giving space and succor to their enemies: For decades the principal expression of his conflict with Israel over the Golan Heights was the space and support he gave to Hezbollah guerrillas in southern Lebanon; while Syria's conflict with Turkey over water resources led him to allow the Kurdish guerrillas of Abdullah Ocalan's PKK to make their rear base in Syrian-controlled Lebanon...
...more complex challenge. "The Patriot system was cued by satellites whenever a SCUD was fired, giving it a minute or two's advanced warning of incoming," notes Thompson. Missiles fired from Iraq, separated from Israel by Jordan, had to travel some 300 miles before reaching Tel Aviv, whereas Hezbollah is able to deploy its Katyushas close to the border. "This system won't have much advanced warning, which makes its task that much more challenging. Then again, it has the advantage of speed, attacking its target with a sustained beam that travels at the speed of light rather than trying...