1. Systemic, National and Leadership Factors in the Bilateral R
The most influential variable in the relationship between Syria and Lebanon is Israel and their occupation of the Golan Heights along with their never-ending war with the Palestinians in the south of Lebanon. ... " (1) Secondly, the Israeli war with the Palestinians reached into southern Lebanon after the PLO was removed from Jordan and relocated there. ... After shots were fired at a church, gunmen in Christian East Beirut ambushed a busload of Palestinians. ... "(5) This period is important because it heightened the Israeli military in Lebanon and the Syrians, who supported the Palestinians...
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