Word: lebanonization
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BEIRUT: The weekend arrests in Lebanon of seven suspected members of the Japanese Red Army, which was active mostly in the 1970s, could be a signal that Syria is finally getting serious about peace with Israel. In raids staged throughout the weekend, Lebanese agents rounded up seven men thought to be members of the terrorist group that first fought American involvement in Vietnam, then moved on to champion Palestinian causes. The group, responsible for an attack on Israel's Lod airport in 1972 that killed 24 people, has hardly been visible since the mid 1980s. With many of its members...
...exist from our point of view." It probably won't be that easy. "Netanyahu knows he can't separate the pieces of the puzzle,? reports TIME?s Bill Stewart. ?Syria wages a guerrilla war on Israel through Hizbollah. So, Israel cannot have peace, or safely withdraw from southern Lebanon, until it satisfies Syria with the Golan Heights.? Netanyahu's hard line on the Golan may be primarily a negotiating ploy. Israeli support for the continued presence in southern Lebanon has been waning, especially after last month's deadly helicopter accident killed 73 Israeli troops there. Having already established the principle...
...exist from our point of view." It probably won't be that easy. "Netanyahu knows he can't separate the pieces of the puzzle,? reports TIME?s Bill Stewart. ?Syria wages a guerrilla war on Israel through Hizbollah. So, Israel cannot have peace, or safely withdraw from southern Lebanon, until it satisfies Syria with the Golan Heights.? Netanyahu's hard line on the Golan may be primarily a negotiating ploy. Israeli support for the continued presence in southern Lebanon has been waning, especially after last month's deadly helicopter accident killed 73 Israeli troops there. Having already established the principle...
...Times and the AP echoed the silent and unsympathetic consensus among Arab officials which was enunciated best by Lebanese Foreign Minister Farez Buez, who said that Israel should learn a lesson from the helicopter crash, and realize that it is time to leave southern Lebanon. He said the occupation of southern Lebanon had cost Israel more than all the war with the Arabs. The head of Hizbullah, Sheikh Naim Kassem, said, "The crash was a success granted...
Obviously, the Israeli government is reluctant about its presence in Southern Lebanon, which only the will to survive necessitates. Tremendous hazards would befall Israeli civilian communities living in Northern Israel were Israeli troops to retreat from their positions. The doubts created by the Times, the AP, the foreign minister, the Sheikh and others raise the insidious moral question of the legitimacy of Israel's southern Lebanon positions, and hence, are an attack upon Israel's right to self-defense...