Word: beirutization
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...barrage that shattered the ninth cease-fire was the most ferocious assault yet in Israel's nine-week-old invasion of Lebanon, just as the bombing and shelling that broke the eighth cease-fire three days earlier had eclipsed the previous battles Israeli tanks rolled into West Beirut in four columns, carefully splitting off strategic areas held by the Palestinians (see following story). Naval gunboats lobbed round after round into the business district, where fires raged out of control because of the lack of water and power. Artillery shells smashed once safe havens such as the American University Hospital...
...ally that supplied most of its weapons The blow came just when U.S. Special Envoy Philip Habib seemed on the verge of salvaging a diplomatic victory for the U.S. by negotiating a peaceful evacuation of the P.L.O. from Lebanon. As Israel's terrible swift sword sliced into West Beirut, in full video view of a war-weary world, the U.S. was reduced to muttering public protests...
...strategy did not work. Reagan was called at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday by National Security Adviser William Clark, who told him that Israel had begun a major attack on West Beirut. At a Special Situation Group meeting the next morning headed by Vice President George Bush and at a subsequent National Security Council meeting chaired by Reagan, the Administration tried to thrash out a response. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger argued that subtlety had proved futile in dealing with Israel; sanctions were now necessary. George Shultz, who has kept a notably low profile since he took over as Secretary of State...
...that challenging Israel too harshly would sacrifice what remains of America's influence over its prickly ally. "Our relationship is our strongest leverage," says an official. Severing this tenuous bond by cutting off weapons or recalling Habib "would give the Israelis a carte blanche to go into West Beirut," says one of Reagan's senior advisers. It was agreed, however, that the U.S. should vote for a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israel if the measure could be modified to include references to the need for P.L.O. restraint, and if the mention of sanctions could be deleted. When...
...that depict historical Jewish scenes, Begin declared, "Nobody, nobody is going to bring Israel to her knees. You must have forgotten that Jews do not kneel but to God." He added, "Nobody is going to preach to us humanitarianism." As for the problem of getting the P.L.O. to leave Beirut, he vowed: "If they do not go, well, we shall have to solve that problem. The P.L.O. will not stay in Beirut or Lebanon. No sir. Out of the question...