NOW ISRAEL HAS TO STRENGTHEN SINIORA TOO?: Need to strengthen some weak Mid-East leader against the threat of terrorist inroads? Look no further than Israel for all your concession needs!

This time around, it's Fuad Siniora in Lebanon: and the issue is the Shaba Farms that the UN has just concluded belong to Lebanon:

France and the United States are also ratcheting up their pressure on Israel, in the belief that a withdrawal from the Shaba Farms will strengthen the government of Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who will be coming to the region next week, pressed Olmert during the Second Lebanon War to withdraw from Shaba to bolster Siniora. Olmert refused, saying the move would be viewed by Hezbollah as a victory.

Let's see how long Olmert holds out before this becomes a "painful concession."

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