Word: palestinians
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Another lesson to be derived from the impasse in Lebanon is that the refusal Israel, particularly under Prime Minister Menachem Begin, to compromise on the Palestinian issue has created a chronic and festering crisis in the region, with implications well beyond Israel. If, as many fear, the Israeli takeover of the West Bank is now permanent and irreversible, so may be the broader crisis...
...Druze militiamen and their enemies, the Christian Phalange militiamen. Reinforced with arms and ammunition from Syria, the Druze promptly trounced the Phalangists and appeared to threaten the Lebanese Army's hold on its own capital. The Druze have enjoyed the support of as many as 2,000 Palestinian guerrillas, some from the various Palestinian groups that are opposed to Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat and some from other Palestinian units under Syrian control. Two weeks ago Arafat showed up in the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli, and last week he tried to enhance his weakened position within...
...late 1950s and 1960s, with Lebanon prospering as a Maronite-dominated haven of stability and mercantilism and as the only real parliamentary democracy in the Arab world, its rulers shrewdly neglected to take a new census. But a higher birth rate among the Muslims and the influx of Palestinian guerrillas in the early 1970s upset the prevailing political balance. The result was the bloody civil war that raged for 18 months in 1975 and 1976 and left Lebanon vulnerable to the growing power and ambition of Syria...
...offing, and thus it would be more advantageous for Syria to accept a ceasefire. Others speculated that Gemayel had for a time been so impressed with the ability of his army that he thought it was now strong enough to push back the Druze, Syrian and Palestinian forces in the Chouf. According to this theory, cooler heads persuaded him to quit while he was ahead, or at least even...
...less than a month ago. Last week the Israeli army stepped up its patrols to the north of the Awali River and sent low-flying reconnaissance planes over central Lebanon. Said a U.S. diplomat: "They have begun to realize that the righting in the Chouf is an avenue for Palestinian infiltration." At the same time, some Israeli military commanders have recently expressed concern that if the U.S. is now hopelessly involved in the Lebanese morass, Israel is to a large extent at fault. As a result, the Israelis may be prepared to help the U.S. in its efforts to help...