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...that originated in the Middle East Policy Survey, a Washington newsletter, he quoted Illinois Senator Charles Percy as advising Reagan to bring Israel to its knees. (Percy denies that he made such a remark, and others who were at the meeting in question back him up.) Standing in the Knesset building before tapestries by Marc Chagall that depict historical Jewish scenes, Begin declared, "Nobody, nobody is going to bring Israel to her knees. You must have forgotten that Jews do not kneel but to God." He added, "Nobody is going to preach to us humanitarianism." As for the problem...
Shamir insisted that a reply to Israel's demand that the P.L.O. leave Lebanon must come directly from Habib rather than in a statement by the Arab League. But Begin later told the Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee of the Israeli Knesset that the P.L.O. was apparently agreeing to evacuate the city. Despite earlier P.L.O. assurances to Habib to that effect, the Israelis had feared that the P.L.O. was stalling for time to build up its own defenses. But Begin also told the committee that, while he favored a negotiated settlement, many loopholes in an agreement would have...
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...
...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...