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...sponsored cease-fire goes into effect - and diplomats suggested Friday that they were close to a truce deal backed by a 15,000 strong international force - the after-shock of the Lebanon war is expected to shake-up the top echelons of the Israeli military, and it may even threaten Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's coalition government. Israelis overwhelmingly supported Olmert's initial decision to strike hard against Hizballah. But the latest opinion polls by Yediot Ahronot newspaper show a drop in the public's confidence with Olmert, his war cabinet and with the generals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The High Price of Israel's Hubris | 8/11/2006 | See Source »

...control of Lebanon's skies. Hizballah defined victory simply as survival as a military force, and so far, it seems right to believe it is winning. It may see Israeli uncertainty over how to pursue the campaign and the mounting pressure on the U.S. to press for a truce as signs that continuing to fight can only strengthen its position at the bargaining table...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What If They Gave a Cease Fire and Nobody Came? | 8/7/2006 | See Source »

...standoff over the cease-fire will eventually be settled by the answer to a simple question: Who needs the truce more? For now, each side believes the other does, and that's precisely why Israel and Hizballah will continue trying to wear each other down, both in the chambers of diplomacy and in the killing fields of southern Lebanon and northern Israel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What If They Gave a Cease Fire and Nobody Came? | 8/7/2006 | See Source »

...Yoshua is venturing back into Lebanon, and, judging from the difficulty facing the United Nations in brokering a truce acceptable to both sides, he and his tank battalion could be parked there for months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel's Military Dilemma: How Far Into Lebanon to Go? | 8/7/2006 | See Source »

...until the foreign force arrives - and the delay lies not simply in assembling volunteers, but in getting Hizballah to agree to a truce, which many prospective troop contributors insist is a precondition for deployment - Israel's leaders must decide just how far into Lebanon Sgt. Yoshua's tank should roll...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel's Military Dilemma: How Far Into Lebanon to Go? | 8/7/2006 | See Source »

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