1985: A significant year for Israel in Lebanon. Why? The Israelis withdrew their troops from most parts of Lebanon. They did keep some in the south though.
Remember the PLO? That's the Palestine Liberation Organization.
After they left Beirut (capital of Lebanon), Israel was like, "Cool! Our turn to leave...well, mostly."
Problem: The Israelis couldn't be sure they'd sent all the Palestinian armed forces packing. Imagine a mega game of hide and seek in those crowded refugee camps. That’s where the guerrillas could be hiding!
Israel's activity in Lebanon wasn’t exactly a friendship-building exercise.
Made a lot of Lebanese, especially Muslim folks in the south, pretty mad.
Some of these annoyed people even joined Hizbollah, which wasn't exactly a fan club for Israel.
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1985: A significant year for Israel in Lebanon. Why? The Israelis withdrew their troops from most parts of Lebanon. They did keep some in the south though.
Remember the PLO? That's the Palestine Liberation Organization.
After they left Beirut (capital of Lebanon), Israel was like, "Cool! Our turn to leave...well, mostly."
Problem: The Israelis couldn't be sure they'd sent all the Palestinian armed forces packing. Imagine a mega game of hide and seek in those crowded refugee camps. That’s where the guerrillas could be hiding!
Israel's activity in Lebanon wasn’t exactly a friendship-building exercise.
Made a lot of Lebanese, especially Muslim folks in the south, pretty mad.
Some of these annoyed people even joined Hizbollah, which wasn't exactly a fan club for Israel.
Dive deeper and gain exclusive access to premium files of History HL. Subscribe now and get closer to that 45 ๐
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