Word: litani
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Palestine Liberation Organization, for its part, has elbowed its way back into the negotiations picture. Badly mauled by the Israelis last week in its southern Lebanese sanctuary and likely to be squeezed farther to the north of the Litani River by the Syrian peace-keeping forces, the P.L.O. is almost certain to continue its recent return to terrorism. Last week in Beirut, P.L.O. Leader Yasser Arafat and his executive committee declared that after 3% years of relative moderation the organization has gone back to a policy of militancy?of guerrilla attacks, kidnapings and executions...
...waiting for, because they have been wanting to take over south Lebanon for a long time." Last week the Israelis proceeded to do just that as they established a buffer strip along the entire border. That leaves the Palestinians precious little breathing room between the Israeli zone and the Litani River, with the Syrian forces on the north bank, and it is by no means clear that the Israelis will not make occasional raids into what remains of the Palestinians' sanctuary...
Maksoud said the Israelis used the recent Palestinian raid as a pretext for acquisition of land south of the Litani River that Israel has long coveted...
Bloody violence broke out once more last week across the border between Israel and Lebanon. From bases below the Litani River, Palestinian fedayeen launched a series of attacks with Soviet-made Katyusha rockets on the Israeli coastal town of Nahariya. Three Israelis, one a 35-year-old mother of two, were killed and five wounded...
...Katyushas were launched on Nahariya from Hill 352, apparently by soldiers of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Israeli military commanders believed that Syria might have condoned the rocketing, since the trucks that carried the Katyushas had not been halted at Syrian checkpoints just north of the Litani River. (The river marks the "Red Line" of Israel, below which it will not allow Syrian troops...