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Fourteemh Friday Senno11 Feb 22, 1991 commits and its reign of terror will add a shameful chapter of cruelty and terrorism to world history. In fact, the West and the United States close their eyes to these shocking and horrible events. There are many other examples, but because of lack of time I cannot recount them all. The darkest chapter in the history of terrorism was written by Israel in 1982 when it plotted against Lebanon and code named this as "Operatio11 Peace for Galilee". In bis book 'Dispossessed', David Gilmour thus sums up the topic 2 • It is Israel's contention that "Operation Peace for Galilee" was to secure its own safety and to prevent itself from being constantly attacked by Palestinians. The author, Gilmour says the truth of the matter is that in 1981 a peace pack was made between the Palestinians and the Israelis. The Palestinians, never even once, violated the tenns of this agreement, but in May 1982, the Israelis, suddenly, and without provocation attacked them. He says that Lebanon has never posed a threat lo Galilee and it has been established that long before 1982, Israel bad completed battle plans against the Palestinians. Israel subsequently attempted to concoct false excuses for its aggression. The author further states that in 1982, Beirut was subjected to intensive bombardment by day as well as by night. Big guns from the ships at sea pounded Beirut, and people were dying all over. . . No voice was raised in protest at the atrocities against the Palestinians. Not a bleep of protest came from Western powers, and how unfortunate that, even the Arab world was cowed into silence having been awed by the terrorism of Israel. 3 1n that savage attack and bombardment 14,000 people died, more than 20,000 were injured and many were made homeless. Some newspapers published accounts of this bombardment. You would recall that towards the end of World War II, Germany had bombarded England and Belgium with V-2 rockets. This was considered the most horrible period in the war. In England the V-2 bombardment was discussed and written about in the media and the pictures of damage and injuries were repeatedly shown on T. V 2 Ibid Page 223, 224 3 Ibid Page 223 260