Hopes for a breakthrough
All sides cautioned that an agreement was far from imminent. Still, there was a distinct sense last week that a breakthrough in the negotiations for Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon might be in the making. Said a high U.S. official in the Middle East: "It's within reach, but the Israeli Cabinet will have to make some tough decisions." That guardedly optimistic assessment of the trilateral U.S.-Lebanese-Israeli talks was the most hopeful sign yet that U.S. Special Envoy Philip Habib has made progress in bringing the two sides closer together....
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