The LAT focuses on new dissension within the Israeli government about whether or not Israel should continue to maintain forces in southern Lebanon, dissension fueled when an Israeli commando raid there late last week was ambushed, with twelve deaths the result. Perhaps the most striking indicator of a change of mood inside the government reported by the paper is the news that cabinet member Ariel Sharon, who as Defense Minister in 1982 got Israel entrenched in Lebanon in the first place, is among those urging a reconsideration of the deployment.
The LAT focuses on new dissension within the Israeli government about whether or not to maintain forces in southern Lebanon, dissension fueled by the ambushing last week of an Israeli commando raid. Perhaps the most striking sign of change of mood is cabinet member Ariel Sharon, who entrenched Israel in Lebanon in the first place, urging a reconsideration of the deployment.