Israel's Wars & Operations:
First Lebanon War

Reference

• Background & Overview
• United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)
• British Cabinet Expresses Concern About Israeli Invasion of Lebanon (June 9, 1982)
• Israel & Lebanon Peace Agreement (May 1983)
  • Foreign Ministry Statements
• Operation Peace for Galilee: Operation Brilliance, Strategic Failure (June 1995)
• Israel-Lebanon Cease-Fire (April 1996)

Major Incidents

• 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.
• IDF Soldiers Missing in Action
• Israeli Civilians Killed/Wounded

Important Figures

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

Israeli Withdrawal

• 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)