The United States reportedly asked Israel to refrain from calling on Syria to withdraw from Lebanon. Ha’aretz said Wednesday that the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Dan Kurtzer, made the request in light of Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom’s repeated public comments on the matter, which Washington fears could endanger its efforts to end Syrian occupation and bring about free elections in Lebanon.
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