Israeli Prime Minister-elect Ehud Barak is likely to renew meetings of the international group monitoring the 1996 cease-fire in Lebanon, according to Labor politician Shimon Peres. He was reacting to outgoing Defense Minister Moshe Arens’ announcement Tuesday that Israel would no longer abide by the three-year-old agreement that protects civilians in Lebanon.
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