Outside help would be a welcome relief for Israel
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldbriefing/story/0,,1828165,00.html
Simon Tisdall
Tuesday July 25, 2006
The Guardian
Israel's decision to back the deployment of an international
stabilisation force in southern Lebanon may prove a crucial part of the
peace jigsaw that was slowly being assembled yesterday. But it is also
suits Israel's changing objectives. At one time, it strongly resisted
any attempt to "internationalise" its conflicts with its neighbours.
Yet as the costs of occupation have risen, Israel has increasingly
sought outside help in restraining and containing its enemies beyond
unilaterally demarcated borders. Since 9/11, its leaders have been
remarkably successful, with US help, in portraying its struggles as
part of the global "war on terror".
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