Democratic Palestine : 10 (ص 19)
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- Democratic Palestine : 10 (ص 19)
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The Islamic meeting in Damascus
in order to normalize the situation in
West Beirut. Yet their vanguard forces
remain alert in case of fascist instiga-
tions. The security plan did not
demilitarize the frontline facing the fas-
cist forces in East Beirut. Nor did it
include the southern outskirts of Beirut
where the Amal militiamen predominate.
Flashpoints
There are other flashpoints from
which the Lebanese situation could
explode. Pitched battles raged in Tripoli
in the North as the Muslim leaders met in
Damascus; these continued and can
always be ignited by reactionaries who
oppose reconciliation. In South Leba-
non, the crisis of Jezzine remains boiling
because Lahd's South Lebanese Army
has refused to withdraw from the city.
The «security Zone», nominally patrol-
led by the SLA, is still under Israeli occu-
pation, a permanent launching pad for
new aggression against civilians. In
June alone, 16 people were killed by the
SLA/IDF, while thousands fled their
homes when the SLA shelled villages
just across from the «security zone».
Israeli military presence in the «sec-
urity zone» also makes it the base for
continued Zionist-fascist coordination.
Dany Chamoun of the Lebanese Front
recently stated that the SLA is a neces-
Sary protection from the Israelis (sic) and
that he will thus cooperate with the SLA.
In early July, the SLA (i.e. IDF) began
training 400 «Christians» so that they
could attack the nationalist forces east of
Saida, on the pretext of «Christians
returning to their homes.»
The Israelis are also prepared for
destabilization operations, their so-cal-
led «mobile defense». As the Muslim
Organization Saida, ane members of
_ Lebanese nationalist leaders met in
Shtoura on August 6th, to establish the
National Unity Front. In attendance at
the founding conference of the Front
were Progressive. Socialist Party leader
Walid Jumbiatt, Amal leader Nabih
one Tg General of the
vhairman issarr ‘Mahar, Fecenel Goo.
retary of the Lebanese Baath Assem
Kanso, Osama Saad of the Nasserite
Phalange General Secretary Karameh: «A Christ-
ian president is the major guarantee for the Christ-
ian presence in Lebanon, and nothing will make us
give up this guarantee.»
the Lebanese Parliament and other
political parties.
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called for backing the. national =
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ing priority in reconstruction funds to
areas ravaged by the civil war.
leaders met in Damascus, the Israeli air
force staged a bombing raid on the
Palestinian camps in North Lebanon, kil-
ling 31 and injuring 60, while dropping
delayed action bombs to ensure further
casualties. This was hardly credible as
«retaliation» for the previous day’s car
bomb against their forces in the «sec-
urity Zone», for this heroic operation was
claimed by the Syrian Social National
Party. More probably it was intended to
tell the Lebanese meeting in Damascus
that they should hold the Palestinians in
tow or face the consequences. A similar
message was delivered in the night of
July 23rd, when Israeli gunboats shelled
Saida’s harbor and surrounding hills,
after chasing a ship laden with cement
on the pretext that it was engaged in
unspecified «suspicious activity.»
‘Israel’ has clear interests in any
diversion from the main conflict as when
Amal attacked the Palestinian camps of
Beirut in May. The struggle to implement
«The National Program» stands as a
test of the nationalist forces ability to
unite their ranks to protect Lebanon from
the Zionist-fascist plans. @
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