The strong Israeli presence in southern Lebanon will enable the incoming government “to reach the best possible agreement” during negotiations with Syria, Prime Minister-elect Ehud Barak said Thursday. Standing before a house in the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona that sustained a direct hit during a Katyusha rocket attack launched by Hezbollah on election night, Barak reiterated his pledge to pull Israeli troops out of South Lebanon within a year.
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