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Sea change in Israel line
Israel is embracing the possibility of an aggressive international force on its northern border to bolster security.
JERUSALEM: For decades, Arab particularly Palestinian leaders have sought international intervention in their conflicts with Israel while Israeli leaders spurned foreign forces as unreliable and likely to be biased against Israeli interests.
Now, in a sudden turnabout, Israel is embracing the possibility of an aggressive international force on its northern border with Lebanon to bolster its security in its struggle with Hezbollah.
"In a way, we're playing an old Palestine Liberation Organisation game," said Michael Oren of the centre-right Shalem Center, a research institute in Jerusalem, "to precipitate regional instability and then try to bring in international intervention."
"We fought against it in the past, but Israel now realises it can't do things alone. And Israel feels it has a friend in America and some greater understanding in Europe."
Israel, with no desire to reoccupy Lebanon, no longer wants those troops to be Israeli and believes a large, multinational force, working with the Lebanese Army, will have a greater chance of curbing Hezbollah members.
Moreover, while Israel has often felt internationally isolated in the past, now it feels that its interests coincide with those of the United States, Europe and even parts of the Arab world, notwithstanding the alarm raised by international officials about civilian casualties in Lebanon.
Israel has not always opposed observation forces, but has been skeptical of those expected to stop hostilities. "It's often said that the Israeli psyche thinks the world is against us, but it's not true here," said Mark Regev, the foreign ministry spokesman. lemons.org.
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Now, in a sudden turnabout, Israel is embracing the possibility of an aggressive international force on its northern border with Lebanon to bolster its security in its struggle with Hezbollah.
"In a way, we're playing an old Palestine Liberation Organisation game," said Michael Oren of the centre-right Shalem Center, a research institute in Jerusalem, "to precipitate regional instability and then try to bring in international intervention."
"We fought against it in the past, but Israel now realises it can't do things alone. And Israel feels it has a friend in America and some greater understanding in Europe."
There are several reasons for the shift, he and other analysts say. Israel realises that Hezbollah's rocket attacks cannot be stopped over the long term without troops on the ground confronting guerrillas.
Israel, with no desire to reoccupy Lebanon, no longer wants those troops to be Israeli and believes a large, multinational force, working with the Lebanese Army, will have a greater chance of curbing Hezbollah members.
Moreover, while Israel has often felt internationally isolated in the past, now it feels that its interests coincide with those of the United States, Europe and even parts of the Arab world, notwithstanding the alarm raised by international officials about civilian casualties in Lebanon.
Israel has not always opposed observation forces, but has been skeptical of those expected to stop hostilities. "It's often said that the Israeli psyche thinks the world is against us, but it's not true here," said Mark Regev, the foreign ministry spokesman. lemons.org.
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