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hort of the lion lying down ferent solutions could, and must,
with the lamb, it is hard to be found.
imagine a less likely group
In the 10 months since Israel's
to gather over coffee than unhappy "Grapes of Wrath" of-
convened in Jerusalem
fensive in Lebanon last
Israeli soldiers
recently.
carry the coffin of spring, 23 Israeli soldiers
Gideon Ezra, a fresh- one of the soldiers have been killed and 75
man Likud Knesset
wounded in Hezbollah
killed when two
member and former helicopters collided ambushes. Of these totals,
deputy chief of the Shin
en route to
four have died and 21
Lebanon.
Bet internal security
have been hospitalized
service, played host to
since the beginning of
lawmakers from four parties — 1997. Seven were wounded on
Likud, Labor, the centrist Third Feb. 9. This, of course, doesn't
Way and the Sephardi Orthodox count the recent tragedy.
Shas. Joining for good measure
Although Israelis recognize that
was an ex-chairman of the West the helicopter crash could just as
Bank and Gaza Jewish settlers' easily have taken place during
council, Yisrael Harel, two more training, emotionally it has sharp-
senior Shin Bet veterans and two ened the focus on Lebanon.
reserve generals.
Of late, funerals have led the
The lone Labor man was the radio and television news. Griev-
ever-restless Yossi Beilin, an ar- ing parents, classmates and com-
chitect of the Oslo breakthrough rades in arms were interviewed.
with the Palestinians and con- The nation shared in the pathos
tender to succeed his old mentor, and the tragedy.
Shimon Peres, as party leader.
All the while, young men, brave
Michael Eitan, chairman of the and patriotic, are leaving their fu-
Likud caucus and co-author with ture on the rocky hillsides across
Mr. Beilin of a blueprint for a per- the Galilee border. In every
manent settlement with the household, viewers and listeners
Palestinians took a swig ofjava as held their breath while the names
well.
of the casualties were announced.
What brought them together in If they don't have a son in the
Mr. Ezra's villa at Kochav Ya'ir,
army, they know someone who
north-east of Tel Aviv, was the does.
growing concern over the contin-
And the nation shared in the
uing loss of Israeli soldiers posted humiliation as well. Most of the
across the northern border in the casualties fell not in combat, but
self-proclaimed security zone. The to increasingly clever roadside
debate had begun before the re- bombs, detonated from afar. The
cent helicopter disaster, in which army is hard-pressed to find a
73 troops died en route to compelling answer. Ferrying men
Lebanon. It resumed as soon as to their forward positions by heli-
the victims were buried.
copter was supposed to be one.
The message from Kochav Ya'ir
The political and military lead-
was that Israel must think again ership shares the anxiety, but has
about deploying its troops as dismissed a unilateral pull-out.
what another general-turned- The chief of staff, Lieutenant-Gen-
politician, Avigdor Kahalani, eral Amon Shahak, reminded
termed "sitting ducks" for Iran- viewers last weekend that Viet-
ian-sponsored Hezbollah gunmen. nam was a long way from the
Some advocated a unilateral with- United States, while Lebanon is
drawal, others argued that dif- on Israel's doorstep.

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