VOL. XLIII

No. 15

10 April 2000

The Political Scene

Israel, Syria, Lebanon and the UN not to mention Hizbollah and the South Lebanon Army have all been trying to come to terms with Israels planned unilateral withdrawal from south Lebanon. Among the more bizarre products of the resulting total confusion was an apparent Lebanese demand that any international intervention to fill the power vacuum left by the Israelis must begin with the disarming of the remaining Palestinian groups in the...