Although the visit of Vice President Walter Mondale overshadowed all other business, the Cabinet today was forced to take up the rapidly deteriorating situation in Lebanon where Syrian forces are shelling Christians and the Christians, divided into hostile groups, are fighting each other.
At the close of its weekly session, which was somewhat shorter than usual, the Cabinet issued a statement saying that “The Government of Israel expresses its deep concern over the repeated attacks on the Christians and over the great deterioration of the situation in northern Lebanon.” Meanwhile, there were reports from south Lebanon, now occupied by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL),that the Palestinian terrorists were bracing for a retaliatory attack by Israel for the bombing in Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda market Thursday which killed two and injured 47. El Fatah has claimed responsibility for the outrage.
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