Word: knesset
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Opposition to the war effort has irritated the Begin government and its supporters. Knesset Member Meir Cohen-Avidov, who belongs to the ruling Likud coalition, complained about the "rampaging" criticism of TV editors and reporters against the whole "Peace in Galilee" operation. Deputy Agriculture Minister Michael Dekel asked the Defense Ministry to prosecute army reserve officers who, while on active duty, signed antiwar petitions and called for the dismissal of Defense Minister Ariel Sharon. He described their actions as "the first signs of mutiny" and "something we have never witnessed before." Acting Attorney General Meir Gabay named a team...
...pressure on the P.L.O. Jets screamed over West Beirut at night to drop flares and smoke canisters, vivid reminders of the destruction that could rain from the skies. Addressing his remarks to the civilian population of Beirut, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin declared on the floor of the Knesset: "Leave, leave, save yourselves! We don't want to harm any of you. By foot or by car, leave West Beirut." Thousands of Israeli leaflets dumped by plane on the Lebanese capital contained a similar message...
Although the Israelis had been insisting that P.L.O. members lay down their arms before leaving Beirut, Begin made a midweek concession: the guerrillas could keep their side arms. "We'll let them keep their personal weapons," Begin told the Knesset. "We won't humiliate them. But they're going to leave Beirut, and they're going to leave Lebanon...
...intended from the beginning of its "Operation Peace for Galilee" a month ago to press on to Beirut remains uncertain, but its primary aim, as Defense Minister Ariel Sharon put it bluntly last week, was "to destroy the P.L.O." In addition, the Israelis were after the top leadership. A Knesset member who belongs to the ruling Likud coalition last week told TIME'S Robert Slater, "We were definitely after Arafat. Whenever we knew he was heading for a certain bunker in Beirut, we sent planes to that bunker in the hope that he would be harmed. On the third...
...causing so many civilian casualties and for the possibly illegal use of some of its advanced American weaponry (see box). At home, some of Begin's critics felt the government had misled the country about its war aims. Shimon Peres, leader of the Labor opposition, noted in the Knesset that he did not want to get into a political argument, but said he hoped that Begin realized that there were public doubts about the campaign. Although the protests continued, a poll published last week by the Jerusalem Post suggested that the invasion was strongly supported by the Israeli public...