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Originally Posted by Dark Angel

the same thing that's stopping israel from initiating such peach talks with Lebanon. from a bargaining perspective, the one who makes the initiative is the one who's ready to concede. when the time is right and process is ripe, both countries will meet on equal footing.

Israeli FM, UN Chief hope ceasefire deal will evolve into full peace Israel's foreign minister and visiting UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Wednesday they hope a Mideast ceasefire deal will evolve into a full peace agreement between Israel and Lebanon. Annan spoke after a series of meetings with Israeli leaders, on his second stop of a regional tour aimed at making the ceasefire deal, which ended 34 days of fighting between Israel and Hizbullah, stick. "I promise we will stick with it and do whatever we can to make it happen," Annan said after a meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni. (AP)

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Originally Posted by Dark Angel

on the other hand, didn't the israeli government issue the order to have SHN assassinated?

The man boasts about his will to destroy Israel; The Israeli government didn't pledge to annihilate Lebanon though.

Bottom line: Does Lebanon wants peace or not? Does Hezbollah want peace or not? The rest is irrelevant quibbling.