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To: LindyBill who wrote (24701)	4/12/2002 5:57:47 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Interesting if true: UPI Hears by Martin Walker 4/11/02 the-idler.com A serious split emerged in Israel's security cabinet meeting Wednesday, with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer backing a military plan for a major new military operation against the Hizbollah bases in Southern Lebanon. They were outvoted by a sudden coalition assembled by Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, who was surprisingly able to rally ministers Uzi Landau, Matan Vilnai, Dan Meridor and David Levy behind his policy of 'restraint.' Usually, a combination of Sharon, Ben-Eliezer and the military would carry the day. Sharon ended the session with a harsh attack on the U.S. for not doing enough to to persuade Syria and Lebanon to clamp down on the Hizbollah operations, which launched another dozen rockets at Israeli positions and kibbutzes overnight. Vice-president Dick Cheney's stern talk Monday to Syrian President Bashar Assad was apparently not seen as sufficient. Sharon says he will propose the plan again if a new U.S. effort fails to stop Hizbollah