U.s. Hands Off Lebanon!
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growing demoralizaton among its troops, and the divided opinion within Israel on the invasion itself. Thus Israel, too, may favor an agreement that leaves Lebanon partitioned, so long as there are guarantees that the Palestinians will not be permitted to organize on Lebanese soil.
Syria bitterly opposed the LebanonIsrael peace treaty that Gemayel signed at Israeli insistence. It worries that a series of Arab countries could sign separate treaties with Israel before Syria has achieved its objectives, notably the return of the Golan Heights. Therefore, Syria has tried to gain a better bargaining position. All of its allies in Lebanon, from the Druse to the Palestinians, have lost much or their independence from the Syrian government. And Syria may very well come to an agreement at some point (continued on page 4, in “Chicago antiwar forces advance toward unity”) Phalangists invade a Palestinian neighbourhood(DR)