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...negotiations on such a treaty until he has had a chance to strengthen his position in Lebanon, Israel's tough Defense Minister, Ariel Sharon, spoke out bluntly. In the absence of a peace treaty, Sharon warned, Israel would place southern Lebanon in a "security zone," presumably meaning a military buffer sector run by the Israelis or their close allies, the pro-Israeli forces of another Lebanese Christian strongman, Major Sa'ad Haddad...
...quest for Lebanese independence may prove equally illusory. For Syrian President Hafez Assad, whose prestige was shaken by his army's poor showing against the Israelis, maintaining a presence in the Bekaa Valley would provide a buffer against any future Israeli advances toward Syria. It would also give Hafez Assad a larger role in the Arab world. "As long as Assad has a foot in Lebanon, he is an Arab leader," says American University's Perlmutter. "Without it, he isn't." The Israelis, who want to avoid the quagmire of an extended occupation, might nonetheless use their...
There is much to be dismayed-even horrified-about. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of innocent civilians killed, and thousands more made homeless. Evasions, even lies, by the Israeli government, which at first claimed to seek a 25 mile "buffer zone" cleansed of the PLO only to march all the way to Beirut. And the siege of the Lebanese capital itself, trapping civilians as well as Palestinian guerrillas without food and water...
...either to their camps south of the city or to centers in the north near Tripoli. The Israelis, meanwhile, would pull back a few kilometers. Once these steps had been taken, Habib would begin the complex negotiations to establish a stable Lebanese government and create some kind of peacekeeping buffer force in the south-perhaps with the help of U.S. troops-that would be strong enough to persuade the Israelis to withdraw from the country altogether...
...briefing of the Knesset's restive Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Sharon was pointedly reminded that the war was lasting far longer than the 8 to 24 hours he had orginally promised, and that its aims had shifted from simply clearing out a 25-mile buffer zone to besieging the capital and threatening a bloody assault. "Unlike other wars, this one was one war on the first day and it became a different war," charged Victor Shem-Tov, a leader of Napam, the left-wing ally of the Labor Party, who demanded Sharon's resignation. Outraged, Sharon shot...