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Article: Out of proportion: Peres and Hezbollah.(Prime Minister Shimon Peres of Israel)(Editorial)
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- The Christian Century
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- May 22, 1996
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A UNITED NATIONS investigation of Israel's bombardment of a UN compound at Cana in Lebanon, where an estimated 100 civilians died, concluded that what happened was not, as Israel claims, a "terrible accident," but a deliberate and sustained attack. Israel and the U.S. have both rejected the report; Arab states have accepted it. That is where the matter will rest, at least until after Israel's May 29 elections. Determining responsibility for the deaths of the civilians at Cana is not a priority for Israel's ruling Labor coalition or the U.S., which doesn't want to hamper Prime Minister Shimon Peres's re-election--something U.S. leaders believe is essential to the peace ...