A PRESS RELEASE : March 7, 2000

The “Four Mothers” movement congratulates the Government of Israel for its brave decision to finally terminate the tragedy of the War in Lebanon and withdraw from there.

Today we see the light at the end of the tunnel, a light which cannot be denied by the darkness of stagnation in the peace process.

 For us, it is the closing of a circle, which began with the call of a few individuals in the North and which has engulfed many others.

 That same cry, which was defamed and rejected, has now become a decision of the government.

We hope that we may finally depend once more upon the government to do what it should do in any case, that is, to terminate the war.

It is clear to all of us that it is not possible to backtrack from such a decision.

The government shall have to find the ways and means to implement its decision and avoid the bloodshed that has become so familiar in the Lebanese arena.

Let each one of us return to his home and loved ones.

Rachel Ben-Dor, chairman

“The Four Mothers”

telephone 050-375-069