Word: palestinians
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with King Hussein was most notable for the questions not asked: Why did King Hussein drive the P.L.O. out of Jordan, with perhaps 3,500 or more killed, when he appears to be so sympathetic to them now? Why didn't the King do something about establishing a Palestinian state when he controlled the West Bank...
...announcement by the Arab League of a six-point proposal for a settlement gave new impetus to a P.L.O. departure. For the first time, the Arab world acknowledged its "collective responsibility," as one U.S. diplomat in Washington put it, to ensure the evacuation of the Palestinians from Beirut. The key passage in the document, which was signed by Farouk Kaddoumi, head of the P.L.O.'s political department, stated: "The Palestine Liberation Organization declares its decision to transfer its armed forces from Beirut and define guarantees for this move, along with guarantees to be worked out between the P.L.O...
...they may be repatriated, about 1,000 were born in Lebanon or have no proper papers and thus know no other home. Arafat would like a temporary haven for these forces in Lebanon until a permanent one can be found. The P.L.O. also wants guarantees for the safety of Palestinian refugees who would remain in Lebanon...
resolutions relevant to the Palestinian question." In the furor that followed, California's Paul McCloskey, the only Republican in the group, triumphantly declared that the statement implied that the P.L.O. was about to recognize Israel's right to exist. The Congressman said he would urge the U.S. to open direct dealings with the P.L.O. But McCloskey's euphoria was soon punctured. Within hours the so-called Arafat document was denounced by Israel as a propaganda ploy, and explicitly disavowed as a recognition of Israel by official P.L.O. spokesmen in Beirut, New York and Paris. That blow came...
...headquarters, located in the Fakhani neighborhood south of the center of the city, and P.L.O. positions near the Burj el Barajneh refugee camp on the outskirts of Beirut's paralyzed international airport. Some 20 to 30 miles to the east, Israeli air force planes bombed Syrian and Palestinian positions at Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley, as well as Syrian armored positions in the center of the valley. On Saturday, Israel lost its second warplane of the conflict, when a Phantom F-4 jet was hit by a Syrian SA-8 missile over Bekaa. It was the first time that...