Israel renews charge against Palestinians

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Begin has made it clear the cease-fire in south Lebanon| as well as from it." agreement, General Saguy said there By a Sun Staff Correspondent Though Israel has accused the "would not be used as a license to kill could be no comparison between a Jews all over the world." of cease-fire PLO the Violating sovereign state on one side and a terTel Aviv-Israel yesterday rerorist state on the other side." through its arms buildup, infiltration In apparent reply to the U.S.

State newed its charges that Palestinian attempts, terrorism elsewhere, and Department, which recently removed forces in Lebanon are violating the de General Saguy denied the wideshelling of Maj.

Saad Haddad's ChrisIraq from the list of countries acfacto cease-fire agreement that since spread impression of journalists here cused of sponsoring terrorism, Gentian "Free Lebanon" enclave, Israel last summer obhas been largely that Israel's charges of cease-fire since last summer has not accused eral Saguy cited the killings last year served the Israeli-Lebanese along violations are iptended as pre-justithe PLO of having fired into Israel. by several groups allegedly trained in border. fication of the invasion of South LebaIraq.

General Saguy yesterday repeated Yehoshua Saguy. IsGen.

Maj. an earlier contention that Philip C. rael's chief of military intelligence, He charged that the Orion, a Greek edly threatened and which noly threatened and which MosheHabib, the U.S. special envoy to the passenger ship that last fall sank outsaid in a press conference here that Arens, Israel's ambassador to the Middle East, who is trying to head off units of the Palestine Liberation Orside Haifa after an explosion, was the United States, recently said was "only a renewal of fighting, told Israeli offivictim of a bomb set by a terrorist a matter of time." ganization in Lebanon allegedly now cials he agreed with their view that who left the ship in Athens. have more than 500 pieces of artillery General Saguy charged that the Palestinian actions constituted "hosor mortars, a doubling of their fireGeneral Saguy said that with $85 Palestinian "terrorists" are repeatedtile activity." Mr.

Habib, who yesterpower since July, when a two-week million in aid received from Arab ly violating the cease-fire agreement day was in Damascus, has not comwith Israeli forces was conflict states since July, the PLO has inreached last summer, which he said mented publicly. waged. creased its medium-range guns from General Saguy said it is Israel's was limited to these three points: General Saguy said that Israel be50 to 90, its field artillery from 60 to "1.

There will be no hostile miliview that Palestinian infiltration of lieves, but has yet to confirm, that 150, its truck-mounted rocket-launcha constitutes Syria from Jordan tary activity from Lebanon directed Palestinian forces now have several ers from 40 to 80, its tanks from 60 to cease-fire violation in that the hostile at targets in Israel by land, sea and 180-mm. guns, the most powerful of 120, and has 2 37-meter-long armed air. activity originates and is directed artillery pieces, which can fire more boats given by Libya that now are in from Lebanon.

"2. There will be no hostile milithan 25 miles, putting them within the Syrian port of Latakia. He said that, while Palestinian terrange of Haifa. tary activity from Israel at targets in Despite the alleged buildup of Paland elserorist attacks in Europe Questioned whether the reported Lebanon, neither by sea, land or air. "We estinian forces, he contended, "3.

The same will apply to hostile where may appear not to be covered buildup of Israeli forces along the are not speaking about an army.

We military activity directed into Major by the de facto cease-fire agreement, border might similarly be considered are speaking about terrorists." Israel's Prime Minister Menachem Haddad's area (the pro-Israel enclave as contrary to the de facto cease-fire

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"Israel renews charge against Palestinians," The Baltimore Sun, 3 March 1982. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1982-038. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1982-038