Word: truces
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...after day, the unnerving calm stretched on. The truce between Israeli invaders and Palestinian defenders that had been in effect for more than a week threatened to break down at any moment with potentially disastrous results for the entire region. As talks continued, with U.S. Special Envoy Philip Habib serving as chief negotiator, there appeared to be just two possible outcomes: 1) a large-scale withdrawal from Lebanon of all or most of the Palestine Liberation Organization's 6,000 fighting men based in West Beirut; 2) an Israeli onslaught against the P.L.O.'s redoubt, leading...
...P.L.O. was clearly playing for time, hoping that diplomatic pressure from the U.S., Western Europe and the Arab world would prevent Israel from launching its final attack. Fearful that the truce would keep them from achieving a total victory over their enemies, the Israelis increased the pressure on the P.L.O. Jets screamed over West Beirut at night to drop flares and smoke canisters, vivid reminders of the destruction that could rain from the skies. Addressing his remarks to the civilian population of Beirut, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin declared on the floor of the Knesset: "Leave, leave, save yourselves...
...were staring into economic sinkholes, and Britain was desperately trying to crawl out of one. In economic terms, it was almost the worst of times for the three nations to go to war, but patriotism and nationalism persuaded all three that they had no choice. Now, with a Falklands truce still to be negotiated and peace in Lebanon as seemingly elusive as ever, those who chose to pay the price of waging war must deal with the painful costs of that decision...
...Special Envoy Philip Habib and leaders of Lebanon's warring factions sought desperately to concoct a truce, the roar of tanks and the thump of artillery fire threatened to make a mockery of their efforts. The 60,000-strong Israeli force, still trying to consolidate its control over southern Lebanon, advanced to the outskirts of Beirut. There the Israelis linked up with Christian Phalangist allies to impose a stranglehold over 6,000 Palestinian guerrillas and 1,500 Syrian soldiers trapped inside the western part of the city...
...Syrian rebuff effectively ended a tenuous four-day truce between the two armies. Heading north from their fortified positions in Baabda, Israeli armor cut the Beirut-Damascus highway just west of Jamhur, less than a mile from Syrian tank and infantry posts. By seizing Beirut's surrounding hilltops, the Israelis choked off all main supply and exit routes for the Syrian and Palestinian units remaining in the capital...