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Mapping the first week of Israel’s invasion of Lebanon

The Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982 unfolded rapidly in its first week. Using Google Earth, this video maps the key ...
The Conversation

Lebanese civilians are fleeing the south, fearing an Israeli invasion − a look back at 1982 suggests they have every reason to worry

Lebanese families have been fleeing the country’s south in the thousands amid escalating tensions and an Israeli bombardment that has so far killed hundreds. Their fear, echoed by many onlookers, is ...
LAist

'1982' explores the complexities of love and war in Lebanon

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. Listen 7:15 Listen to the Story 1982 ...
The San Diego Union-Tribune

Flashback to Lebanon ‘1982,’ for an empathetic look at life with war on the horizon

In contemplative drama “1982,” writer-director Oualid Mouaness frames an escalating armed conflict, the First Lebanon War, with a prepubescent romance between a boy and a girl from opposites sides of ...
Eurasia Review

Lebanon Conflict Holds Echoes Of 1982 — And Israeli Failure – OpEd

It was Mark Twain who famously said that “history doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” In other words, events rarely recur in exactly the same way, but the similarities can be striking, and ...
Worldcrunch

Arafat To Nasrallah: The 1982 Lebanon History Lesson That Israel Forgot Again

BEIRUT — It was a quiet afternoon in the summer of 1982. Suddenly, the force of an explosion shook my apartment. Neighbors who had come out onto their balconies told me that a building had been ...
The Christian Science Monitor

Echoes of 1982 Lebanon War, as Israel retakes Beaufort Castle

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...