Word: lebanons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hizballah, the pro-Iranian Shi'ite Muslims in Lebanon, have been firing rockets into Israel. Since you have disarmed other militias in Lebanon, why haven't you disarmed Hizballah...
Consider recent events in Lebanon, which is effectively under Syrian control. Earlier this month, the Israelis displayed relative restraint in responding to rocket assaults on its frontier communities by guerrillas of the militant Shi'ite group Hizballah. Syria eventually put a clamp on the attacks. Significantly, neither side broke away from the Middle East negotiations in Washington...
...Many Israelis wonder how Syria can be involved in the peace negotiations while allowing rejectionist Palestinian organizations with headquarters in Damascus to call for the Palestinians to withdraw from those negotiations. Although it is true that Hizballah is organized, inspired, financed and armed by Iran, its main bases in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley are under Syrian military control...
...Lebanon is a Syrian protectorate. The Lebanese dare not do anything without the approval of Damascus. We are not interested in a square inch of Lebanese soil or a cubic meter of their water. The problem there is security -- the absence of a Lebanese government that can control its sovereign soil and prevent terrorist acts against Israel. Jordan cannot have a separate peace without solving the Palestinian problem. That makes the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations and the Israeli-Syrian negotiations the two key questions. With Syria we have a partner, and a boss who makes decisions. To what extent Assad...
Remember--it is more important for the U.S. to ensure that all negotiations proceed successfully. By allowing the Syrians to duck out, you're giving Assad more time and resources to tighten his grip on Lebanon and achieve regional hegemony. (If Hezbollah continues its attacks on Israeli towns and villages, the chances of this separate peace emerging are decreased somewhat...