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TJS S5E18 Lebanon War part III – the invasion

October 27, 2022 mfeuer@hotmail.com Season 5

Crossing into Lebanon to destroy PLO started as a successful mission, and when the IDF destroyed the Syrian SAM belt in the Bekaa Valley through Operation Mole Cricket 19 it looked like victory was assured. Nonetheless as Defense Minister Ariel Sharon pursued Yasser Arafat of the PLO (and his dreams of a peace treaty) into…

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TJS S5E16 – Lebanon War part I

March 6, 2022 mfeuer@hotmail.com Season 5

Before we can discuss the outbreak of war between Israel and the PLO in Lebanon, we must lay out the political context. As Yasser Arafat and his Palestinian liberation army were massing troops along the border, and the city of Kiryat Shmona was facing bombardment, Prime Minister Menachem Begin visited US President Ronald Reagan in…

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