Lebanese want protection from Israel
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Blacksmith Mohammed Jouny is embittered by his government's failure to come to the aid of south Lebanon and wants the Lebanese army to deploy along the border with Israel &#151; not an international force.
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The leader of Hezbollah in Lebanon, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, has warned the Lebanese army not to enter the Palestinian refugee camp north of Tripoli where it has been confronting Islamic militants.
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Israel's government decided Thursday not to expand its battle with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon for now, but authorized the army to call up 30,000 reserve soldiers in case the fighting intensifies. Lebanese officials estimated a civilian death toll as high as 600.
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Israel's defense minister said Sunday that Israel would accept a temporary international force, preferably headed by NATO, deployed along the Lebanese border to keep Hezbollah guerrillas away from Israel.
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Hoping to avoid sanctions, Israel's  attorney general wants Israel to consider applying to  Palestinians the Fourth Geneva Convention safeguarding the  treatment of occupied people, a spokesman said Tuesday.
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The UN expresses concern over rising tensions on the border between Israel and Lebanon.
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The war in Lebanon has badly bruised the Israeli government and boosted Hezbollah's standing in the Arab world. Israel says it has made some gains &#151; the Lebanese army, backed by international troops, is to take control of south Lebanon.
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The Lebanese government vowed on Sunday   to crush any attempt on the Lebanese side to breach the   ceasefire in the conflict with Israel, a day after the U.N.   condemned an Israeli raid on Hizbollah as a truce violation.
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Lebanon's prime minister said Wednesday he has asked the United Nations to renew the mandate of international peacekeepers in his country, despite an attack last weekend that killed six members of the force.
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Hoping to avoid sanctions, Israel's  attorney general wants Israel to consider applying to  Palestinians the Fourth Geneva Convention safeguarding the  treatment of occupied people, political sources said Tuesday.
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As world leaders scramble to secure a cease-fire in Lebanon, a crucial question arises: Who will ensure the peace? Israel has suggested it prefers a NATO-led coalition &#151; not the traditional U.N. peacekeeping force that has tried but failed to bring peace to Lebanon the last three decades.
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Israel intensified its attacks against Lebanon on Thursday, blasting Beirut&#039;s airport and two Lebanese army air bases near the Syrian border, and imposing a naval blockade. More than 50 people have died in violence following the capture of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah militants.
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A Palestinian security force fanned out Wednesday in two neighborhoods of this refugee camp in southern Lebanon to prevent further clashes between Islamic militants and Lebanese troops.
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The Palestinian leader orders his security forces to prevent militant attacks on Israelis, officials say.
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Card. Sfeir says Lebanon has become &quot;a toy&quot; in the hands of the regional powers. According to many politicians and observers the existence of the country is at risk.
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Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah acknowledges that Israeli troops can sweep across south Lebanon. But if he and his militants can survive and keep fighting, he will cement his image as the unlikely new hero of Arab nationalism.
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PARIS, Aug 29 (IPS) - Military experts are warning of dangers for the new  peacekeeping force in the south of Lebanon, sandwiched as it will  be between Israeli forces on one side and Hezbollah on the other.