[Richard Axtell]

Olmert will cede the "Chaba Farms" sector when the Lebanese sign an agreement that "locks in" their commitment to disarm the Hezbollah terrorist army. Israel will make yet another territorial concession in the face of terrorist threats, Lebanon will not even begin to enforce the provisions of the agreement. Iran will rearm both Syria and Hezbollah with much more and more effective weaponry, including anti-aircraft missiles. Ah, isn't diplomacy the better way to resolve our differences?

[Hound of the Baskervilles]

"Olmert will cede the "Chaba Farms" sector when the Lebanese sign an agreement that "locks in" their commitment to disarm the Hezbollah terrorist army."

No read it again. Olmert will "discuss" Chebba Farms only after Lebanon "carries out" all the provisions and only if the UN says the farms are part of Lebanon. As it is now the UN says the Farms are Syria's. So neither Lebanon nor Syria will be getting their mitts on Chebba Farms until Hezbollah is fully disarmed and all the rest of the provisions of the resolution are met. I think Olmert is being pretty cagey on this.