Foreign Minister Shimon Peres met with UN Secretary-General Kofi Anan last night and told him that Syria was preventing the Lebanese government from deploying its forces along its southern border. Peres explained that this was a violation of the UN resolutions calling for just such a deployment to safeguard against Hizbullah attacks against Israel.
The family members of the abducted Israelis in Lebanon will meet with Anan today. Anan\'s office made the strange announcement that it would not allow media coverage of the meeting. The Betar movement in New York held a rally of solidarity with the kidnapped Israelis this afternoon outside the Lebanese Consulate. Speakers included the fathers of the three abducted soldiers - Adi Avitan, Benny Avraham, and Omar Souad.