Amman, Jordan -- Having a larger and more powerful peace force in south Lebanon can work provided it comes after a clear understanding of some outsanding political issues. These include a swap of prisoners that will end the ordeal of Lebanese prisoners, a political mechanism that will ensure the resolution of the border dispute in South Lebanon, and a serious commitment to work on ending the 1967 occupation of Syrian and Palestinian lands.
Peace keepers can't by themselves make peace and should not be used instead of a serious effort to resolve the Arab Israeli conflict. They can and should be able to be a referee naming and shaming whichever party violates clearly agreed upon issues. Such a force is no subsititute for negotiations in which the world power must become seriously involved in. The region and its people have clearly had enough of war.
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