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...National Salvation Committee, representing the main factions of Lebanon's splintered society, to try to negotiate an Israeli withdrawal and set up a coalition government. At week's end, however, the committee was shaken by the resignations of two key members: Prime Minister Chafik Wazzan and Walid Jumblatt, a hereditary chief of the Druze sect and head of the leftist Muslim group known as the People's National Movement, which was allied with the P.L.O.* Jumblatt's two representatives in the Cabinet, Tourism Minister Marwan Hamdeh and Economy Minister Khalid Jumblatt, also quit their posts...
...radio broadcast, Wazzan, a Sunni Muslim leader, called the continuing Israeli attacks "escalated blackmail that renders me unable to execute the duties of my office." His resignation, however, was not accepted. Walid Jumblatt, who served as a key conduit in the delicate negotiations involving the U.S., Israel and the P.L.O., announced his resignation at a news conference at which he stated that the Palestinians were ready for an honorable surrender but that Israel would not grant it. The Israelis, said Jumblatt, "just want to kill [the Palestinians] and the Lebanese with them...
...hard-liner who planned and directed the sweep into Lebanon, has even envisaged turning the country into a Phalangist-controlled state. Other Israeli officials, however, are more flexible and see the necessity for forming a broad coalition of all significant Lebanese political groups?including the Muslim leftists led by Walid Jumblatt, head of the so-called National Movement, which has been loosely allied with the P.L.O...
PALESTINIAN WRITERS in this country have argued that the Palestinian problem is the main root of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Walid Khalidi, who with Edward Said is the PLO's best-known supporter here, argued in last summer's Foreign Affairs that by bringing the PLO into negotiations on a Palestinian state the U.S. could stabilize the region's regimes and thus defend its interests. The currents of nationalism, pan-Arabism and pan-Islam, while undeniable, pale in comparison with the Palestinian issue, he contended. All Arab regimes, whether conservative or radical are united in their support...
...midnight knock on the door came shortly after George Qamsiyeh noticed one day last week that his two-story house was surrounded by Israeli soldiers. Once inside, an officer impatiently read a military decree ordering his squad to demolish the house and confiscate the land. Qamsiyeh's son Walid had been arrested the night before, and had purportedly confessed to throwing molotov cocktails at an Israeli bus. At gunpoint, the father was urged to sign the order and given 90 minutes to evacuate his family and their belongings. At 2:07 a.m., a thunderous blast rocked the West Bank...