Word: gemayel
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Begin survives, Sharon sulks and Gemayel asserts his authority
Unlike Israel, Lebanon has only recently emerged from a civil war and is deeply riven by political strife. At the time of Gemayel's request, Germanos' office was still in ruins from the crossfire in Beirut. Germanos has also been hampered by the need to carry on his regular duties, which included trying 6,752 cases last fall...
...uncertain what Gemayel will do with the report once Germanos delivers it to him. The Phalangist militia men still make up the most powerful Lebanese military force, and they operate as a law unto themselves. Gemayel's relationship with them is strained, and they have the power to disrupt his government...
...killings are still committed with impunity every day. People reason that it is both unrealistic and unwise to expect that justice will be done, since there has been no justice in Lebanon for so long a time. Many Lebanese Christians and Muslims agree that it is more important for Gemayel to disarm the Phalangist militia and work toward national reconciliation than to try and bring to justice those responsible for the Palestinian massacres. Gemayel may want a thorough investigation, but to get it he is not likely to prejudice a complex political process that may determine the survival of Lebanon...
...President's request for a freeze on West Bank settlements, and only four days later conspicuously gave the O.K. for eight new settlements in the occupied territories. What especially infuriated U.S. officials was Israel's entry into West Beirut after the assassination of Lebanese President Bashir Gemayel. The move broke a pledge made to Washington, and created the conditions in which Sharon and his commanders could be held indirectly accountable for the Beirut massacre that began one day later...