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…er the unchallenged control of the most prominent of the younger generation of Christian Phalangist politicians, Bashir Gemayel. I felt all that would be challenging enough. But in Arik’s eyes, this was only part of a complete reordering of our conflict with the Arabs. He expecte...

…another one of Arik’s central aims in Big Pines was also achieved. On August 23, the Lebanese parliament elected Bashir Gemayel as the country’s new president. During the several weeks that followed, there was a confident feeling among Arik and his inner circle in the Airya. To...

…another one of Arik’s central aims in Big Pines was also achieved. On August 23, the Lebanese parliament elected Bashir Gemayel as the country’s new president. During the several weeks that followed, there was a confident feeling among Arik and his inner circle in the Airya. To...

…i unit broke through to the Beirut-Damascus road. On the far side of Lebanon’s capital city, they linked up with Bashir Gemayel’s Phalangists. I remember a mix of feelings at the time. Partly, amazement that through sheer determination and political maneuvering, Arik seemed to h...

Though no one claimed responsibility, there was no shortage of suspects. During and since the civil war, Gemayel had at various times been at odds with a whole array of enemies or rivals: Muslim militias, the PLO, other Maronite factions and, of course, the Syrians. But I think f...

they linked up with Bashir Gemayel’s Phalangists.

Bashir Gemayel would soon be in a position to fix that. But

…er the unchallenged control of the most prominent of the younger generation of Christian Phalangist politicians, Bashir Gemayel. I felt all that would be challenging enough. But in Arik’s eyes, this was only part of a complete reordering of our conflict with the Arabs. He expecte...

Bashir Gemayel. I felt all that would be

the reports from Beirut suggested that Gemayel had

Gemayel had at various times been at odds with

…k market crash. Lebanon, however, was the main issue, and it remained a running political sore. The assassinated Bashir Gemayel’s brother, Amin Gemayel, had become president. But Israel still had large numbers of troops there. And while most of the PLO fighters had gone, we faced...

Though no one claimed responsibility, there was no shortage of suspects. During and since the civil war, Gemayel had at various times been at odds with a whole array of enemies or rivals: Muslim militias, the PLO, other Maronite factions and, of course, the Syrians. But I think f...

… Reagan Peace Plan. 9 September 1982 Fez Peace Initiative. 14 September 1982 Assassination of Lebanese President Beshir Gemayel. 17 September 1982 UN Security Council Resolution 520 (Lebanon). 17 May 1983 Israel and Lebanon sign a peace agreement. 19 February 1986 King Hussein of...

…ary 1983. They were all the more powerful for the forensic language used. The inquiry did concede Begin’s point: it was Gemayel’s men who had actually done the killing. But it said that the Israel1 commanders’ decision to allow the Phalangists into the refugee camps “was taken wi...