Word: partially
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...stream, no more than a dozen feet wide along much of its meandering course from Mount Barouk to the Mediterranean Sea. What makes the river significant, however, is not its size but the fact that its banks will mark a new military line once the Israeli army completes its partial withdrawal this fall. As such, the Awali has become the latest symbol of the fragmentation of Lebanon...
Those words were meant to assuage Lebanese President Amin Gemayel, who on a visit to the White House two weeks ago had expressed the fear that a partial Israeli withdrawal would give the Syrians an excuse to stay in the country indefinitely. In fact, the Israeli promise amounts to little more than words. The U.S. failed to secure a timetable for future withdrawals and did not discuss how Israel planned to patrol southern Lebanon once the redeployment was completed. When Gemayel finished his talks in Washington, according to a top State Department official, the U.S. promised "to do the best...
Nonetheless, Washington still hopes that by depicting the partial pullback as the first step in a complete Israeli withdrawal, it may be able to prevail upon Syria to remove some of its soldiers as well. As Reagan explained at his White House press conference last week, "It certainly will give us a better case for breaking the roadblock that has been established by Syria and persuading them to keep their original promise that when others withdrew, they would withdraw." That is the essence of the message U.S. Special Envoy Robert McFarlane is expected to carry to Syria on his first...
...Israeli decision guaranteed that the main topic of discussion between Gemayel and the U.S. would be the partial military withdrawal. Both Reagan and Gemayel disapproved of the decision, but the U.S. was prepared to go along with it. In a series of meetings that stretched over three days, U.S. officials assured Gemayel that they would stress to the Israelis that any redeployment should be the first stage of a complete pullout. To assuage Gemayel further, the Administration also agreed to transform $150 million in loans to the Lebanese into outright grants. But by the time Reagan met with Gemayel...
...move will shorten supply lines and make the Israeli forces less vulnerable to attack. But there are political advantages too. A partial withdrawal, Begin supporters could argue, is better than no withdrawal. Since the end of the war in Lebanon, 155 Israelis have died in the country and 2,600 have been injured. As a result, the continuing Israeli presence has eroded Begin's domestic support. In a poll published last week in the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz, only 30.9% named Begin as the person best suited to be Prime Minister, a sharp decline from 45% six weeks...