http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-10/20/content_5226157.htm
Israel: War with Hezbollah changes rule of game in Lebanon
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Israel, Lebanon agree on ceasefire
JERUSALEM, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Foreign Minister TzipiLivni said
Thursday that Israel's July-August war with Lebanese Hezbollah has had its mark
in that country as Lebanese officials had called for peace talks with Israel,
local newspaper Jerusalem Post reported.
"There is no doubt that (the war) dramatically changed the rule of the game
in Lebanon, and the best proof of that is the Lebanese parliament speaker's
statement and other voices that are being heard in Lebanon," Livni was quoted
as saying.
Berri, who is also the leader of the Amal movement which competes with
Hezbollah for the support of Lebanon's Shi'ite population, told al-Arabiya
newspaper Thursday in Paris that "now is the time to raise the issue to
returning to peace negotiations(with Israel)."
It is the first time that Berri called in public for peace talks with
Israel.
Livni believed that Israel would gain further strategic achievement if
Berri's appealing lead to diplomatic negotiations between the two countries.
Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert also responded during his
visit to Russia, saying that he would be happy to meet with "(Prime Minister
Fouad) Siniora or any other Lebanese government official who is authorized to
talk peace with Israel."
Israel began launching military offensives in south Lebanon on July 12
after Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas kidnapped two Israeli soldiers and killed
eight others during cross-border attacks.
The 34-day-long Israel-Hezbollah conflict ended on Aug. 14 after Israel
agreed to bow to a UN-brokered truce without retrieving the two captive
soldiers and disarming the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah. Enditem
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