Crisis inside Israeli government on withdrawal from Lebanon
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 11/15/1999

The Israeli government is passing through a crisis due to the disputes among its members regarding the issue of unilateral withdrawal from south Lebanon.

Diplomatic reports said that the leader of the Israeli-allied South Lebanon Army militia, Antione Lahd, expressed his concern over the contradictary information from the office of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak regarding a unilateral Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon.

The reports said Lahd thinks that taking contradictary stances shakes the security in areas controlled by the SLA militia as it might lead to dissention and desertion within its forces to the benefit of the Lebanese resistance.

Diplomatic reports said that disputes continue inside the Israeli government regarding the possibility of the unilateral withdrawal from south Lebanon, while the advisor of the international troops in south Lebanon, Timor Hostil, thinks that the Israeli withdrawal will take place very soon.

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