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Gloom To Confidence

As the focus shifts back to the
Palestinians, the national mood is a
far cry from last week, when it
appeared to many that the once-
invincible Israel Defense Force was
coming home with its tail between- its
legs, whipped by a few hundred
determined fighters supported by
Syria and equipped by Iran.
Israel's deterrent credibility had
been dealt a serious - blow, people said.
This had been exacerbated, for all
the world to see, by Israel's perceived
heartless treatment of its allies — the

Jerusalem
f.you blinked, you would have
missed it. For a brief moment
last week, as its army beat a
hasty and undignified retreat
from southern Lebanon, Israel seemed
to plunge into an abyss of self-depre-
cation and embarrassment.
But now, the short period of Israel's
international humiliation is over, and
everyone is fervently hoping it won't
return — especially the prime minis-
ter.
Ehud Barak's
enhanced public
standing after the
successful
Lebanon with-
drawal, pundits
say, will enable
him to make far-
reaching conces-
sions to the
Palestinians and
brave the political
backlash from the
right.
With the West
Bank quiet after a
period of violence, Ehud Barak tells Israeli soldiers about the pullout from
Lebanon on May 24.
Barak has report-
edly given the
green light for a
soldiers of the South Lebanon Army.
resumption of suspended "back-chan-
They and their families followed the
nel" negotiations between Shlomo
Israeli troops to the border and begged
Ben-Ami, Israel's minister of internal
for asylum in the Jewish state.
security, and Ahmed Karia, the speak-
Barak's stock in public opinion
er of the Palestinian parliament.
plummeted to an all-time low. People
The talks were in Stockholm, but
talked openly of the imminent col-
will reportedly move to the Middle
lapse of his rickety coalition.
East.
, They speculated over whether for-
The Israeli daily Ha'aretz cited
mer Prime Minister Benjamin
informed Israeli sources as predicting
Netanyahu's involvement in a police
that the two sides will reach a frame-
investigation would be over in time
work for a final peace agreement with-
for him to make his comeback and
in weeks. The drafting of the accord,
challenge Barak for the premiership.
the paper reported, had "passed the
Twenty-four hours later, on May 24,
point of no return."
with the last IDF soldier out —
Other media say the Israeli side is
shown on television phoning his wor-
now entertaining proposals for Israel
ried mom — the atmosphere meta-
to relinquish 92 percent of the West
morphosed.
Bank. Settlement leaders in the Jordan
Suddenly, it was as though the
Valley warned Tuesday they would not
army had returned from some tri-
abandon their homes if Barak hands
umphant feat of arms. People con-
the region over to the Palestinians.
gratulated each other on the streets

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