Word: beirutization
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...rumor of the day has five Egyptian ships on the way to Beirut to help with the proposed evacuation of the Palestinians. Arafat is asked if he gets seasick. He laughs off the idea as "silly." As for leaving a limited force in Beirut, he says that remains to be discussed with the Lebanese. Would he, under any circumstances, enter into negotiations with Israel...
Ahmed is in Shuweifat, a Palestinian stronghold (a neighborhood, really) east of the Beirut airport. Both the Israelis and the Phalangists are encamped near by, not 500 yds. away. It is close to noon. The streets are white, deserted. Overhead two jets, flying side by side, make a quotation mark as they veer. Ahmed enters the office to which he has been summoned. Thinner than in September, he is still boy-faced. He shakes hands with all the soldiers sitting around the room. He wears a camouflage suit, a pair of sneakers and a cap that looks like...
...news of the morning clatters through breakfast. The U.S. is The news of the morning clatters through breakfast. The U.S. is trying to keep Israel from invading West Beirut; the Israeli Cabinet will hold a special session on Lebanon today; Israel will allow the P.L.O. to leave Beirut carrying small weapons, but they must leave; Lebanese Christians and leftists go at each other in the mountains east of Beirut; Saudi Arabia's King Fahd telephones President Reagan. Will the day see more leaflets or the real McCoy? Reporters trade guesses around the Commodore Hotel swimming pool, itself a point...
...excursion across the Green Line into East Beirut and a new world. Shops show pretty summer dresses. Beach balls hang in clusters in the toy stores. Hibiscus glows red in the dark green hedges. It is on the high ground, East Beirut; the air is almost cold. Except for the Jeeps and the armored personnel carriers, you would not know there was a war in the vicinity...
...bottom of a high hill the Beirut airport lies open...