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...other reporters later asked him for any evidence of such harassment, he could not provide any, though he kept insisting that it occurred. In Kansas, similarly, Reagan declared: "I have been told that some of the Iranians coming to this country are here to create disturbances and to form terrorist groups, and immigration officials know this because of some of the things they found in their luggage, yet the State Department has said to the immigration people, 'Don't rock the boat.' " Once again, reporters asked Reagan for evidence of the charge; he was unable to provide...
...P.L.O. would continue its terrorist struggle against Israel. Many Palestinians answer that such terrorism-minded freedom fighters as Begin (leader of the Irgun) and Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir (a member of the Stern Gang) gave up guns for politics after Israel became independent. Why, they ask, should not Arafat do the same? True, weapons could be smuggled into the West Bank by irredentist radicals and used against Israeli border settlements. Perhaps the most effective deterrent would be the Palestinians' knowledge that such activity would lead to a swift Israeli response, as it has in southern Lebanon...
...more than 15 years, the P.L.O. has waged a war of terrorism against Israel, and the list of atrocities is long. One bitterly remembered example: the March 1978 bus massacre in which 38 Israelis died. Terrorist attacks directed against targets in Europe have largely ceased, as the P.L.O. has mounted a diplomatic offensive for recognition and has transformed itself, in effect, into a government in exile with a "legislature" (the council), a "Cabinet" (the executive committee) and 82 offices around the world. The 100-member council, which meets twice a year, includes Palestinians from every walk of life...
Younger recruits burn with zeal to destroy the Zionist enemy, but some of the leaders speak warily about the dubious rewards of a life of making terrorist war. Yasser Arafat's brother Fathi, a doctor who heads the Palestinian Red Crescent (equivalent of the Red Cross), remarks almost whimsically: "I think the world is divided into four classes: first, second, third and Palestinians. All the governments have decided this. Maybe there should be a zoo for us. You know, with a sign reading HERE IS A TERRORIST...
Calling the Israel Defense Force's presence in Lebanon "a limited operation," Blum said its goal is to preclude any further possibility of terrorist acts from that area. Monday, Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) terrorists attacked Kibbutz Misgav Am, killing three Israelis...