Begin faces grave political challenge after Beirut massacre
Prime Minister Menachem Begin confronts his toughest test since 1981 amid cabinet resignations and public anger after the Beirut massacre. The Labor Party gains strength as opposition voices demand his ouster and that of Defense Minister Ariel Sharon. Protests surge, with police firing on Arab demonstrators and clashes injuring civilians and officers.
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Marines still on ships awaiting Israeli pullout
U S officials report two U N observers killed in Lebanon when their jeep struck a land mine near Beirut Damascus highway nine miles east of Beirut. A Finnish captain and an Irish major were also killed. identities withheld pending notifications. President Reagan expressed regret as Marines await deployment.
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Israelis protest massacre in mass rally in Tel Aviv
Marcus Eliason reports hundreds of thousands jammed Tel Aviv's Square of the Kings of Israel in the largest anti-government demonstration in Israeli history. Organizers said about 400,000 gathered to demand resignations by Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Defense Minister Ariel Sharon and an independent judicial inquiry into army and government actions in the Beirut siege of Chatilla and Sabra. Leaders from the opposition Labor Party criticized the government and urged accountability for the killings.
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