MER Article Jansen, The Battle of Beirut Michael Jansen, The Battle of Beirut: Why Israel Invaded Lebanon (London: Zed Books, 1982). Ibrahim Abu-Lughod • 2 min read
MER Article The Peace Now Demonstration of February 10, 1983 This account by Shulamit Har-Even appeared in Yediot Aharanot on February 14, 1983. It was translated from Hebrew by Israel Shahak. According to Shahak, who was present at the demonstration himself, the pro-Sharon crowd was made up of West Bank settlers (“Gush Emunim types”) and young yeshiva studen (Author not identified) • 8 min read
MER Article Letters While I was extremely glad to see a wealth of factual information in your recent issue "Horn of Africa: The Coming Storm" (MER 106), I was bothered by the fact that Halliday, Molyneux and, to a much lesser extent, Gilkes see Ethiopia continuing to move in a revolutionary direction “toward socialism. (Author not identified) • 2 min read
MER Article From the Editors (November/December 1982) The massacre at Sabra and Shatila camps was an episode that immediately transcended the brutal war it was part of. The Israeli commission of inquiry seems almost a distraction from the obvious responsibility of the Begin government in this affair. Many of Begin’s critics regard the massacre as an in The Editors • 3 min read
MER Article Israel in Lebanon, 1975-1982 Israel’s invasion of Lebanon on June 6, 1982 brings to an end the phase of Lebanese political history which opened with the 1975-1976 civil war. It is a logical outgrowth of Israel’s policies in Lebanon since 1975. The 1975-1976 war, in turn, marked a culmination of trends which had been developing James A. Reilly • 22 min read
