Word: beirutization
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...Then the debate shifted to a special Cabinet meeting, which had been called by Sharon himself. Although the burly ex-general had been running the war more and more on his own, on this occasion he solicited the Cabinet's support for a series of tactical moves around Beirut as part of the Israelis' continuing effort to strengthen their military positions. Deputy Prime Minister Simcha Ehrlich, who had generally supported Sharon in the past, immediately declared that the request was out of the question. Taking up the argument, the Moroccan-born David Levy, another Deputy Prime Minister...
...Negotiator Philip Habib continued his peace efforts last week after Israel's furious bombardments of West Beirut, the precise nature of a settlement still remained uncertain. But one thing was clear: Israel's ten-week-old invasion of Lebanon had wrought momentous changes in the complex Middle East equation, and their repercussions would be felt for years to come. Every major actor in the drama has been deeply affected. For the U.S., the crisis provoked by its headstrong Israeli ally has presented grave risks but also a challenging opportunity to play a key role in forging a comprehensive...
...such a peace depend on the future of the P.L.O. The Israeli strategy, as directed by Defense Minister Ariel Sharon, called for crushing all P.L.O. military and political influence. Indeed many Israeli observers were ready last week to declare the P.L.O. dead and buried even before the guerrillas evacuated Beirut...
...Palestinians refused to acknowledge such a crushing defeat. As Issam Sartawi, an adviser to P.L.O. Chief Yasser Arafat, puts it: "We have learned the hard way how to transfer our military battle into a political victory. Regardless of what happens in Beirut, we shall get out of it stronger than we were." There was doubtless a strong measure of wishful thinking in that assessment, but many observers felt that the P.L.O. might realize political and diplomatic gains that the Israelis had hardly intended to promote when they stormed across the Lebanese border on June 6. Said Harvard University Professor Stanley...
...outgunned Palestinians could boast that they had made a credible showing by resisting the Israelis inch by inch once the battle took to the streets of Beirut. By contrast, the combined armies of Syria, Jordan and Egypt crumbled before the Israelis after only six days in 1967. The siege has therefore boosted the popular stock of the P.L.O. in the Arab world. Although most of the Arab governments probably wanted to see the troublesome P.L.O. cut down to size militarily in the early phases of the invasion, none desired an outright defeat. In the past month, there has been...