Israel's Wars & Operations: First Lebanon War

Reference

• Background & Overview
• British Cabinet Expresses Concern About Israeli Invasion of Lebanon (June 9, 1982)
• Habib on Keeping Lebanon Ceasefire Out of Security Council (July 30, 1981)
• Habib Meetings in New York Regarding Lebanon Ceasefire (July 31, 1981)
• Israel-Lebanon Cease-Fire (April 1996)
• Israel & Lebanon Peace Agreement (May 1983)
  • Foreign Ministry Statements
• “Just War” Case Study: Israeli Invasion of Lebanon in 1982
• Message From Habib to Begin Regarding UN Monitoring Lebanon Border (July 31, 1981)
• Operation Peace for Galilee: Operation Brilliance, Strategic Failure (June 1995)
• Press Conference on Operation “Grapes of Wrath” (April 1996)
• United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)

Major Incidents

• IDF Soldiers Missing in Action
• Israeli Civilians Killed/Wounded
• Sabra & Shatila
  • Kahan Commission Report
• Shultz and Habib Discuss Resolution of Beirut Crisis
• Shultz Announces Plan for PLO to Leave Beirut and the Deployment of U.S. Troops.

Important Figures

• Menachem Begin
• Ariel Sharon
• Yasser Arafat
• Ehud Barak

Israeli Withdrawal

• Cabinet Communique on the Withdrawal from Lebanon (January 1985)
• Remarks on the Cabinet Decision to Withdraw the I.D.F. from Lebanon (January 1985)
• Post-Withdrawal Analysis
• Cabinet Decision to Leave Lebanon (March 2000)
• Withdrawal from Southern Lebanon (May 2000)
  • Map of Israeli Withdrawal
• UN Announces Withdrawal Complete (July 2000)
• Security Council Certifies Withdrawal (July 2000)

United States Involvement

• Reagan Administration on Lebanon
  • The Reagan Plan
• Exchanges between Reagan & Begin (June 1982)
• U.S. Officials Discuss Fate of PLO (July 1982)
• Veliotes Secret Memo on PLO Pullout (July 1982)
• Shultz on Beirut International Force (August 1982)
• Prime Minister's Office Statement on the Peres-Weinberger Talks (October 17, 1984)