The invasion of Lebanon is the first…
July 1982 CE
The invasion of Lebanon is the first war fought by the IDF without a domestic consensus.
Unlike the 1948, 1967, and 1973 wars, the Israeli public does not view Operation Peace for Galilee as essential to the survival of the Jewish state.
By the early 1980s—less than forty years after its establishment—Israel has attained a military prowess unmatched in the region.
The architects of the 1982 invasion, Sharon and Eitan, seek to use Israel's military strength to create a more favorable regional political setting.
This strategy includes weakening the PLO and supporting the rise to power in Lebanon of Israel's Christian allies.
Inside Israel, a mounting death toll causes sharp criticism by a war-weary public of the war of and of the Likud government.
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