Word: gemayels
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...primary purpose of the latest cease-fire was to give Gemayel a chance to get his own Maronite house in order, and discuss with the various Maronite eaders the peace plan advanced by Saudi Arabia and Syria. The plan contained Four basic planks: unconditional cancellation of the May 17 treaty with Israel; reconvening of the Geneva reconciliation talks, to be attended by all or most of the Lebanese political and religious factions; naming of a new Prime Minister and Cabinet; and basic reforms to bring about a redistribution of political power in Lebanon. Significantly, the proposal contained no mention...
...green light flashed in Damascus just in time to save what little was left of the Reagan Administration's policy in Lebanon. A pro-Western Arab diplomat, scarcely concealing his disdain for both U.S. diplomacy and the indecisiveness of the Gemayel regime, remarked last week, "We're going to get a settlement here for the U.S. despite...
This presupposes that Gemayel can find a way out of his quandary, which is not totally out of the question. He must form a new government, since Prime Minister Chafik al Wazzan resigned a month ago. But he will not be able to find a new Prime Minister, who traditionally must be a Sunni Muslim, until the treaty issue is resolved. As a leading Lebanese politician described the situation last week: "No Sunni Muslim who wants to keep his name clean within his community would dare allow himself to be considered for Prime Minister without abrogation of the treaty...
...rare sign of hope in a land that has been shattered by religious factionalism. In no small measure, the meeting was occasioned by the reversal of fortunes that the Christians have recently suffered. With President Amin Gemayel's government on the brink of collapse, the religious leaders expressed fear that Christians would once again repair to their isolated enclaves and make national reconciliation even more difficult. Said former Prime Minister Amin Hafez, a Muslim: "After nine years of continuous conflict between the two sides, there are young Christian men who have never seen a Muslim...
...time and try to come up with the single moment, the headline, by which the world may be characterized, stopped in its spin. In the past couple of weeks, the press has stood chest-high in choices. In Lebanon: one more last battle for Beirut; the disintegration of the Gemayel government; the pull-out of the U.S. Marines. In the Soviet Union: the death of Yuri Andropov and the succession of Konstantin Chernenko; a funeral in red. In Iowa: the small beginnings of an American presidential election; the first funny hats and toots of the horns. In Sarajevo: one more...