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head of the northern command until shortly before the war.

was someone I knew well. When the cabinet convened

which would free Israel to retain openended

Bashir Gemayel. I felt all that would be

if not by killing him then by forcing him

I asked him directly whether government ministers were aware that

Raful chaired a wide-ranging discussion on Lebanon. Near the end of

limited strike to establish a security zone was fantasy. A few

it was also of critical importance for the Syrians. So any

not limited to dealing with Palestinian fighters in

we were not about to enter a major conflict without ensuring

we would have to destroy radar and SAM sites in the Syrian-controlled

but was still a place for the girls to play. Once

but my family’s. We had moved house again

was a big part of Arik’s ornate reasoning for invading Lebanon.

but instead “autonomy” and a locally elected “selfgoverning

defusing calls on the Israeli right for us to

I knew the assassination would cast the whole peace process into

I felt an almost familial sense of bereavement. Sadat was

ill-planned and ultimately disastrous war in Lebanon. I became part