He said he believes the Lebanese government will be able to stop Syria and Iran from rearming Hezbollah.

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Israelis say they are gratified by how seriously foreign governments, especially America's new one, are taking the challenge of stopping Hamas from rearming with rockets.

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And he flatly refused to let the U.S. use British military bases when we were rearming a beleaguered Israel during the Yom Kippur War in 1973.

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The heads of five leading European governments plus the EU's current president, a Czech, visited Egypt and Israel to stress their determination to stop Hamas rearming.

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Both are rearming, bolstering their forces with unhappy conscripts.

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Olmert, Livni and Barak claimed that by signing a memorandum of understanding with outgoing US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and due to Egyptian good will, Israel succeeded in building an international framework to prevent Hamas from rearming.

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