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A poignant subtext to
the unfolding Lebanese
drama is the plight of the
12 Western hostages —
six Americans, three
Britons, two Germans and
an Italian — being held
by Hezbollah.
The key to their release,
however, may well hang
on the fate of the seven
Israeli servicemen who
were captured in Leb-
anon, some of whom are
also held by the funda-
mentalists.
Since the pacification of
the Lebanese capital by
Syrian troops, all of the
Western hostages and
Israeli prisoners are
believed to have been
moved out of the slums of
south Beirut, the former
Hezbollah stronghold,
and are now being held in
the Iranian-controlled
Bekaa Valley.
Israel holds a key card
in the person of Sheikh
Abdel-Karim Obeid, a
prime-mover in Hez-
bollah's hostage-taking
operations who was snat-
ched from his Lebanese
home in an Israeli com-
mando operation two
years ago. In addition,
350 Shi'ites are being
held by the South
Lebanese Army at the
Khiam jail in south Leb-
anon.
The Israelis are ready to
deal, on one very large
condition: Any exchange,
they say, must involve the
return of two Israeli in-
fantrymen and an air
force navigator who were
captured in Lebanon in
1986 and are now being
held by Hezbollah.
The four other Israeli
servicemen who were cap-
tured in Lebanon are now
believed to be dead, in-
cluding at least one who
was executed recently by
his captors in reprisal for
an Israeli air raid.
Israel places a virtually
unlimited value on its
servicemen. In 1985 it
freed 1,050 top-security
Palestinian prisoners in
exchange for three Israeli
soldiers, and it is likely to
pay almost any price to
win the release of its men
once again.
Iran undoubtedly con-
tinues to hold the key that
could spring the Western
hostages and the surviv-
ing Israeli prisoners, but
its Lebanese creation,
Hezbollah, is likely to
hold out against any such
deal for as long as possi-
ble.
Hezbollah wants a price
for its hostages. This may
involve cash and political
favors, but above all, it
will involve a guarantee
that the movement will
not be destroyed by Syria.
Precisely how such an in-
demnity can be provided
for an organization which
has largely outlived its
usefulness will demand a
large measure of ingenui-
ty and skill.
No one involved in the
negotiations is in any
doubt that if Hezbollah
believes it has been
cornered and that it has
no reasonable chance of
survival, its fanatical
fighters will choose to
take that ticket to
paradise — and their cap-
tives with them.
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Jews Jailed In Syria
Go On Hunger Strike
New York (JTA) — Two
Jewish brothers in Syria, de-
tained without charges since
1987, have begun a hunger
strike to protest their recent
sentencing to six-and-a-half
years in prison.
Jewish organizations, in-
cluding the National Jewish
Community Relations Ad-
visory Council, the Council
for the Rescue of Syrian
Jews and the Canadian Jew-
ish Congress' National Task
Force on Syrian Jews, are
urging Jewish communities
and others to issue protests
against the prison sentences
and the secret trial that
preceded them.
According to Amnesty
International, a human
rights organization, the
closed trial was held March
5, apparently on charges of
espionage or treason. Eli and
Selim Swed were originally
detained for violating emigra-
tion and travel restrictions.
The Sweds, who are phar-
macists, were also accused of
"making contact with the
enemy," which means hav-
ing traveled to Israel.