Reply #5: A Cleared Zone, Sir [View All]

[The Magistrate]

Is intended to render difficult stealthy approach to the border from the other side. No purpose would be served by such a zone inside the border, unless one intended to keep people from fleeing the country, and the problem is hardly flight by Israelis into Lebanon against the will of the Israeli government. Until such point as either the U.N. forces, or the Lebanese army, maintain garrissons and patrols on the Lebanese side of the border adequate to prevent infiltration by Hezbollah gun-men intending attacks on Israeli border forces, a measure like this is a reasonable if unfortunate one to take.