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kest way in. I planned to command the operation from the left of the aircraft, because both the front and tail doors also faced that way. I entrusted Bibi Netanyahu and his team with breaking in through the main wing door on the far side of the plane. By noon, we got a further boost. With the resumption of incom
This wasn’t mere supposition on my part. In February 1982, we ran a simulation exercise in the kirya based on Plan B. The result: Little Pines became Big Pines. A clash with the Syrians proved inevitable, if only because one target even under Little Pines was the main road between Beirut and Damascus. It lay
nsky acolyte — had recently taken his first steps into the political limelight. After a two-year stint as Israel’s number-two diplomat in Washington, Bibi Netanyahu had become our ambassador to the United Nations. With both Arens and Shamir, I built a solid relationship, based on mutual respect, and it would dee
had been in charge of the simulation exercise in the Airya, predicting how Arik’s ostensibly more limited invasion plan would inevitably develop into Big Pines. Even as we were talking, 201 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_011672 another Israeli unit broke through to the Beirut-Damascus road. On the far side of Lebanon’s c
kest way in. I planned to command the operation from the left of the aircraft, because both the front and tail doors also faced that way. I entrusted Bibi Netanyahu and his team with breaking in through the main wing door on the far side of the plane. By noon, we got a further boost. With the resumption of incomi
This wasn't mere supposition on my part. In February 1982, we ran a simulation exercise in the kirya based on Plan B. The result: Little Pines became Big Pines. A clash with the Syrians proved inevitable, if only because one target even under Little Pines was the main road between Beirut and Damascus. It lay
nsky acolyte - had recently taken his first steps into the political limelight. After a two-year stint as Israel's number-two diplomat in Washington, Bibi Netanyahu had become our ambassador to the United Nations. With both Arens and Shamir, I built a solid relationship, based on mutual respect, and it would deep
had been in charge of the simulation exercise in the kirya, predicting how Arik's ostensibly more limited invasion plan would inevitably develop into Big Pines. Even as we were talking, 201 HOUSE _OVERSIGHT_028049 another Israeli unit broke through to the Beirut-Damascus road. On the far side of Lebanon's c
Entities connected to both Bibi Netanyahu and Big Pines

Benjamin Netanyahu
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George W. Bush
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Bill Clinton
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United States
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Jerusalem
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Lebanon
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Fatah
ORGANIZATIONSinai
LOCATIONthe West Bank
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Damascus
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Vietnam
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Ehud Barak
PERSONDoug Band
PERSONthe Soviet Union
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Knesset
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Yasser Arafat
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Haifa
LOCATIONSayeret Matkal
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Shimon Peres
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Bashar al-Assad
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