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Discussions on Evacuating Border Village Delayed Until Lebanese Elections
[AP/Ynet News] Israel is suspending discussion of a possible withdrawal from the divided town of Ghajar on the Lebanese border until after Lebanon's June 7 elections, fearing Hizbullah will take control, an Israeli official said Wednesday. Israel wants guarantees the Lebanese government and not Hizbullah will control Ghajar if Israel withdraws. In 2000, after Israel withdrew from south Lebanon, UN surveyors put the Israel-Lebanon border in the middle of the village. The villagers say they do not want the town to be divided, and would like to remain under Israeli control until the village will eventually be returned to Syria as part of a future peace deal.