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...imminent and bloody climax. After weeks of intense haggling, negotiations to transfer some 6,000 Palestinian guerrillas encircled inside West Beirut to another Arab country came to a virtual standstill when Syria refused again to offer them sanctuary. Moreover, the Israelis charged that Palestine Liberation Organization Leader Yasser Arafat had no intention of leaving Beirut and that he was deliberately dragging his feet in order to avoid a direct Israeli attack on his stronghold. In East Beirut, the director-general of Israel's Foreign Ministry, David Kimche, bluntly warned U.S. Special Envoy Philip Habib that a final assault...
...able to get to all of them [they were scattered in Syria, Jordan and southern Lebanon], I decided to try to write an impression of the life that had been thrust on them." At one point, Rosenblatt suddenly found himself conducting an unplanned interview with P.L.O. Leader Yasser Arafat and operating as a war correspondent, which had not been his intent. "The real correspondents are in the front lines of journalism," he says admiringly. "They have to be able to demonstrate understanding and to maintain perspective, all while having their own lives threatened...
...announcement sent nervous tremors around the world. Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev fired off a letter to Reagan, warning vaguely that any move to put U.S. troops in the Middle East would influence Soviet policy toward the area. P.L.O. Chairman Yasser Arafat publicly scoffed at the U.S. offer, saying, "The weapons and the fleet that helped kill our women and children cannot protect us," although in private his aides hinted that they would welcome U.S. assistance in arranging a safe and orderly withdrawal of Palestinian forces from Lebanon to other Arab lands. In Washington, some members of Congress voiced doubts about...
...Defense Minister Ariel Sharon. He described their actions as "the first signs of mutiny" and "something we have never witnessed before." Acting Attorney General Meir Gabay named a team of investigators to decide whether Journalist-Politician Uri Avnery should be prosecuted for slipping into West Beirut to meet with Yasser Arafat...
...P.L.O. press office, inquiries are made about the "children of war." There is a swift, sudden commotion. Yasser Arafat enters the room surrounded by bodyguards. He appears diminished, weary; the energy seems forced. Yes, he will take questions...