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Article: Arab League Says Lebanese Withdrawal Could Result in War.
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- March 13, 2000
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By Ross Dunn (VOA-Jerusalem)
Israel's government says it is baffled and angered by a warning from the Arab League that Israel's planned withdrawal of troops from southern Lebanon could lead to a new war in the Middle East.
Senior Israeli cabinet ministers say they are astonished by the Arab League's condemnation of the planned pullout of troops by July from Israel's security zone in southern Lebanon. The Israeli ministers said the declaration of the meeting of the Arab League Saturday in Beirut contradicted previous demands for Israel to unconditionally end its military occupation of Lebanon.
Prime Minister Ehud Barak told his cabinet that ...