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Peace for Galilee545chapter 2, note 1.47. Ze’ev Schiff, Ha’aretz, May 23, 1982. Sharon’s further view, according tothis well-informed correspondent, is that destruction of the PLO inLebanon will lead the way to “the conversion of Jordan to Palestine,”thus eliminating the Palestinian issue. This is one of the many articlesdiscussing Sharon’s invasion plans, before the fact.48. Benny Landau, interview with Martin Peretz, Ha’aretz, June 4, 1982.49. Voel Marcus, “The War is Inevitable,” Ha’aretz, March 26, 1982. Seealso Schiff’s remarks, section 4.4.50. See p. 364*.51. My emphasis. It is interesting that even an outstanding historian ofPalestinian nationalism cannot bring himself to recall the actual PLOefforts to reach a more far-reaching arrangement, though the facts arefamiliar in Israel and are often discussed, not only by doves, as we haveseen in chapter 3.52. Yehoshua Porath, Ha’aretz, June 25, 1982. See preceding note.53. Danny Rubinstein, “A political PLO is more dangerous than a powerfulPLO,” Davar, Sept. 6, 1982. A version of the same article appeared asan Op-Ed in the New York Times, Sept. 14, 1982.54. Yediot Ahronot, June 18, 1982; cited by Amnon Kapeliouk, “Theliquidation of the Palestinian obstacle,” Le Monde diplomatique, July1982.55. Yediot Ahronot, Oct. 17, 1982; Israeli Mirror.56. Amnon Kapeliouk, New Outlook, August/September 1982.57. See p. 164; Shimon Peres, “Why Israel’s Labor Party Accepts the ReaganPlan,” Washington Post (Manchester Guardian Weekly, Sept. 26,1982). The title of Peres’s article is misleading, though it is true thatLabor hopes to convert the rather vague Reagan plan into somethingresembling its own rejectionist position.58. Mordechai Bar-On, “The Palestinian Aspects of the War in Lebanon”;Ze’ev Schiff, “Who Decided, Who Informed” (New Outlook, October1982); see note 39. We return to Bar-On’s views on the PLO, p. 455*.59. Los Angeles Times, Jan. 4, 5, 1983; David Shipler, New York Times,Jan. 12, 1983; Eric Rouleau, Le Monde (Manchester Guardian Weekly,Classics in Politics: The Fateful TriangleNoam Chomsky