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...Israeli public at the time of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon two summers ago soon turned into outright opposition among some factions. Even the excuses which then-Prime Minister Menachem Begin and his ultra-religious coalition offered for the invasion at the time--the need to clear out the PLO-infested areas on the Israeli-Lebanon border to ensure safety for Northern Israeli communities--seemed weak to a country accustomed to almost daily serious threats to its existence...
Some believe Arafat's defeat would actually pave the way lot a negotiated settlement since it would free Jordan's King Hussein from his 1979 commitment to honor the PLO as the sole representative of the Palestinian people. Thus freed, they argue. Hussein could negotiate on behalf of the Palestinians...
...internal dispute of the PLO has thrown the fattest twist into Lebanon's now standard turmoil, and has already claimed at least 250 lives--many of them civilian. Backed by Syria, Palestinians opposing Yasser Arafat have pushed the guerrilla leader to his last stronghold outside Tripoli...
...painful irony is that as Arafat goes down, he takes with him as hostage much of the hope for Palestinian nationalism. His opponents within the PLO do not, like the U.S. believe Arafat is too radical, but rather that he has "sold out" the Palestinian cause. These extremists oppose even Arafat's hints at negotiation and contend that Palestinian interests dictate the destruction of Israel...
...little reason to believe, however, that Hussein would be eager to take up this responsibility, particularly in light of the fact that any comprehensive settlement would probably dictate offering at least some Jordanian territory for a Palestinian homeland. Furthermore, any settlement negotiated by Hussein would be meaningless if the PLO forces that now oppose Arafat did not endorse it--hardly a likely scenario. The extremist faction, through terrorist attacks, could easily disrupt tentative settlement...