Israel's most secure borderthe one facing Lebanonhas unexpectedly become its most volatile. While the rest of civil-war-torn Lebanon was quiet last week, intermittent mortar fire continued in the south between the Moslem town of Bint Jebail and the Christian settlement of Ain Ebel. Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat, meanwhile, insisted that his forces were free to regroup in that area (see following story). Israel so opposes this, as well as the idea of having Syrian soldiers on a second Israeli bordereven as Arab peace keepersthat the Jerusalem government convened its "war cabinet," deployed armor on the boundary, and threatened to invade...
MIDDLE EAST: The Unpacified South
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