Word: lebanon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Such maneuvers and threats are partly genuine concern molded by experience, but they are also partly brinkmanship. The Syrians are now in no position to force a confrontation with Israel; they are too involved in Lebanon. Syrian units have moved no nearer the border than Zahrani, 30 miles to the north, near Sidon, to protect the oil refinery there, which has now resumed operation. Last week, Damascus quietly renewed the Golan Heights peace agreement with Israel for another six months...
...Palestinian posture is potentially more dangerous. Israel intends never to allow guerrillas in southern Lebanon again. From there the Palestinians mounted their raids across the border and fired rockets into Israeli settlements. To forestall threats of repeat attacks, the Israelis took advantage of the war in Lebanon to establish a strong anti-Palestinian force of Christians and Shiite Moslems in the border area, supported by Israeli patrols...
...first exclusive interview since September 1975. The scene was his secret, map-lined "operations room" on the outskirts of Beirut, his mood one of amiability and drive, even though he was noticeably fatigued from a long day of hospital and cemetery visits. Surprisingly, Arafat insisted that the war in Lebanon had left his Palestine Liberation Organization stronger than before. He indicated for the first time that the P.L.O. was prepared to accept statehood alongside Israel, at least temporarily, in lieu of a larger state including all of what was Palestine, but protested that Palestinians were being shut out of Middle...
...What does the Israeli buildup on Lebanon's southern frontier mean...
...believe that what has happened in Lebanon was partly initiated by the Israelis. This is clear from Israeli pronouncements and the supplies and support they have given to the isolationists [a derisive Moslem term for Lebanese Christian rightists]. The military concentration is an extension of what has happened and is still happening in south Lebanon, where at least seven villages are occupied by isolation forces supported by Israel. This is a threat to our forces, who must be situated in the south under the Cairo agreement. It is also a threat to the Syrian peace-keeping forces, which are being...