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Israelis Debate
Lebanese Intervention
ARTHUR J. MAGIDA
Special to The Jewish News
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s the carnage in Leba-
non increases daily,
Israeli politicians and
editorial writers are debating
whether Israel should again
militarily intervene in their
neighbor to their north.
On "New Evening," a pro-
gram on Israel educational
television, Vice Premier and
Finance Minister Shimon
Peres was asked by an inter-
viewer, "What else has to
happen in Lebanon before we
intervene again?"
"I do not understand,"
responded Peres, "why we
have to be so impatient regar-
ding our intervention." Since
events in Lebanon, he said,
are a joint Lebanese and in-
ternational problem, "it
would be a mistake for Israel
to turn what is occurring in
Lebanon into an Israeli pro-
blem . . . Israel did not
withdraw from Lebanon in
order to return to it."
Asked on the same show
whether he could say "with
complete certainty," as did.
Peres, that Israel would not
intervene in Lebanon,
Foreign Minister Moshe
Arens said that if he were
Peres, he "would not make
such remarks. Opinions on
the issue of what Israel
should or should not be doing
should be left for the discus-
sions within the Israeli Inner
Cabinet."
But Arens was concerned
that Israel might eventually
face the fallout from any in-
ternational apathy toward
the current slaughter in
Lebanon.
"If the Syrians and Iraqis
and others feel that such
things can be done without
the world saying a word or
stopping them," said Arens,
"who knows whether we
won't feel this problem one of
these years."
But the Israeli newspaper
Ma'ariv was dead set against
intervention. "We, have in-
tervened enough in
Lebanon," stated a Ma'ariv
editorial. "We remember
Beirut, and not fondly. We left
there with 600 fallen, and not
in order to return to save the
Christian community,
presently being supported by
Iraq. General Aoun's future is
not worth one drop of Israeli
blood. Even if the the Syrians
begin a massive attack on
Gen. Aoun's forces tomorrow
Shimon Peres:
Why impatient?
morning, there is no place for
military intervention as long
as Israel's vital security in-
terests in the Lebanese
region . . . are not harmed or
seriously threatened. Only if
these interests are en-
dangered will there be room
to consider taking military
steps."
The Double Talk
alUrins: Shamir, Arafat
"Double-talk," according to
a recent issue of Time, is, "un-
fortunately, the common coin
of the Middle East dialogue."
The two regional masters of
this duplicitous art, claims
the news magazine, are
Israeli Prime Minister Yit-
zhak Shamir and PLO chair-
man Yassir Arafat.
"As principal exponents of
the opposing sides," asserts
Time, "Shamir and Arafat
have more than occasionally
been guilty of talking out of
both sides of their mouth.
Each has proved comparative-
ly moderate to international
listeners, but appealing to an-
cient strains of chauvinism
when addressing their consti-
tuents."
A chart accompanying the
Time article compared
Shamir and Arafat's ut-
terances to "the world" and to
their "people." Some
examples:
Shamir:
To the World: "1 can assure
you we will be forthcoming."
—Remarks at the White
House, 4/6/89
lb His People:
"I am immune to pressure."
—Address to Israel Hotel
Association, 1/24/89
lb the World: "We are ready