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...people of Lebanon, struggling as they are to reconstruct their country and lives, and the inhabitants of Israel, imprisoned as they are in a constant atmosphere of anxiety, whom we owe the greatest sympathy and concern. They deserve better--better than the vicious Israeli war-machine, better than despotic Syrian colonialism, better than the cheap slogans of myopic Muslim nationalism proclaimed by Hizbollah, and better than the arrogant and short-sighted Realpolitik of Pax Americana...
Barak had promised in last year's election campaign to effect a unilateral withdrawal from Lebanon by July, but with the stalled Israeli-Syrian peace talks unlikely to produce Syrian security guarantees along the Lebanese border, retreat remains risky - and that's a fact not lost on Damascus. "Syria has the ability to shut down Hezbollah, but with no sign of movement in talks with Israel over the Golan Heights, it may have little incentive to do that," says TIME Middle East bureau chief Scott MacLeod. "Hezbollah, though, has its own reasons for raising the temperature. It wants to boost...
...Israeli diplomats leak a working draft of an Israeli-Syrian peace treaty last week? The U.S. believes so and is furious. The secret document, prepared by U.S. mediators during the last round of talks, maps out points of agreement and disagreement between the two sides on a proposed land-for-peace deal...
White House officials suspect that aides to Israeli Prime Minister EHUD BARAK leaked the draft to the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz to show skeptical Israelis that Barak is bargaining tough and winning concessions. "That does make our work harder," says State Department spokesman JAMES RUBIN. Barak and Syrian Foreign Minister FAROUK SHARA were to return to Shepherdstown this week. Clinton aides hope the two will finally start bargaining seriously behind closed doors and stop posturing. "It doesn't instill confidence in your negotiating partners when everything is out in public," says a U.S. diplomat...
...Israeli or Syrian diplomat in Shepherdstown, W.Va., and you're bushed from a day of haggling over your historic treaty. Don't just curl up with room service. Get out and mingle! This may be a four-stop-sign town, but its 1,274 residents are a gumbo of army and CIA retirees, artists, naturists--and there's a thriving gay community too. Our guide for fun-loving peacemakers...