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Like a jet-age symbol of the Palestinian diaspora, Yasser Arafat seemed to be at home only inside the fuselage of an airplane last week. As diplomats on several continents tried in vain to understand the latest political maneuvers in the Middle East, the shrewd survivor who runs the Palestine...
The leadership of the Palestine Liberation Organization may understand the significance of what happened in Lebanon this summer, but the message has not reached all the guerrillas, who are now scattered among nine Arab countries. The P.L.O. spent more than a decade building a military establishment in Lebanon. Now it...
Of all the members of the P.L.O., the most demoralized are the guerrillas who were shipped off to distant Arab lands. In Tunisia, the 1,000 fighters who arrived last August were given a tumultuous welcome. Some 150 were sent to the P.L.O.'s new headquarters at Borj Cedria...
But Begin and the man he knows wants to replace him have worked closely to develop the strategy that was behind the Lebanon invasion. Its aim, in the words of a senior military officer, is "to eliminate any potential threat to Israel's existence." As Sharon sees it, "Israel needs...
After rumors had spread for several days that he had already left Lebanon, P.L.O. Chairman Yasser Arafat sailed Monday for Greece. In an emotional farewell, he told a crowd of well-wishers, "I am leaving this city, but my heart will always be in Beirut." Arafat was warmly greeted by...