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Along the coastal highway north of the Israeli border, road signs in Hebrew point the way to Beirut, Nabatiyah, Sidon and other cities. Israeli military policemen with red armbands and white helmets direct traffic at key intersections, and the road has been newly blacktopped to speed the transport of Israeli men and materiel. As the highway approaches Beirut, it passes several large encampments of Israeli soldiers...
...that of the displaced Palestinian refugees. United Nations officials estimate the number of homeless at 80,000, many of them women and children who are encamped in schools and public buildings. (More than 7,000 Palestinian males are being detained as P.L.O. suspects at Ansar, a village near Sidon.) Israeli forces have denied Palestinians permission to return to the camps that were once their homes, though last week Jerusalem finally relented and agreed to let the U.N. bring in 11,000 tents for hous ing before the October rains begin. Ultimately, however, the Israelis would like the camps to disappear...
...making statements in his name. It was only the beginning of the Americans' troubles. Representatives Nick Rahall of West Virginia and Mary Rose Oakar of Ohio, both of Lebanese descent and both persistent critics of Israel, told the press that the damage they had seen in Tyre and Sidon was the worst that they had ever observed in any war area, only to have to admit they had never seen any other war areas. The group proved to be totally out of its depth too when meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, who chided his visitors schoolmarmishly...
...Sidon. It is hard to tell ancient ruins from modern ruins. The historian, Eli, does not mind seeing damaged stones: "Children, yes." Dan, an artist in civilian life, says that he could never paint any of this. His hair is totally gray, but he looks younger than Eli. He rarely speaks. In the dust beside a crushed house, a 1-mil coin marked PALESTINE and dated 1942 is found. When it was used as currency, the whole world was at war. One wonders who preserved the coin in Sidon...
...last hours in West Beirut. Tomorrow the journey south, first The last hours in West Beirut. Tomorrow the journey south, first to Sidon, then to Tyre, to try to find Samer. It is difficult to tell why this quest remains important. A four-year-old, his father dead. What does one have to tell him? What does he have to say to anyone? Still, he offers a goal, a purpose, in a place where purposes are hard to come by or confused. This day, then, will offer one last look at the torn half city. There is an odd sense...