Operation Peace for the Galilee: How to Create your Worst Enemy?

Authors

  • Javier Lion Bustillo Universidad de Cádiz

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53351/ruhm.v1i1.3

Keywords:

Strategy, Israel, Lebanon, Peace for Galilee, Syria, Hezbollah

Abstract

The beginning of the Operation Peace for Galilee (1982) was the result of the enormous Israeli military superiority and the expected US tolerance, so that Menahem Begin and Ariel Sharon thought they had a historical chance for eluding the territorial division of the old Mandate of Palestine. As a consequence, the bulk of the offensive was focused on the destruction of the PLO, without considering that it would shift the existing power balance in Lebanon, allowing other actors like the Shiite militias to play a more important role. They became very skilful enemies and received the military support provided by Syria and Iran, which intended to use instability in the Israeli-Lebanese border as a means to defend their regional interests.

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Author Biography

  • Javier Lion Bustillo, Universidad de Cádiz
    Javier Lion Bustillo es Doctor en Historia por la Universidad de Cádiz. Licenciado en Historia (Universidad de Valladolid) y en Ciencias Políticas (UNED, Premio Extraordinario de Fin de Carrera), y Master in Politics and Government (London School of Economics). Autor de La reunificación alemana y la seguridad europea (Edicions La Xara, 2008). Mención especial del jurado en los Premios Defensa 2011 en la modalidad de investigación por la obra Europa y las operaciones de paz en el Líbano. Líneas de investigación: Historia de las Relaciones Internacionales en Europa, Mediterráneo y Oriente Medio; seguridad internacional. Investigador del Grupo de Estudios de Historia Actual (GEHA), Universidad de Cádiz.

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Published

2015-05-14

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Estudios

How to Cite

Operation Peace for the Galilee: How to Create your Worst Enemy?. (2015). Revista Universitaria De Historia Militar, 1(1), 9-32. https://doi.org/10.53351/ruhm.v1i1.3

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