History of the Israel Defense Forces: Difference between revisions

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Although the Israelis did succeed in driving the PLO from Beirut and out of Lebanon, this operation was a disaster because of the ignorance in part of the Israelis about the ground situation in Lebanon. As a result the IDF unwittingly became just one of the many players in the bitter tribal conflicts between the different enthnic and religious communities and completely failed to secure any kind of peace between Isreal and Lebanon. Syria's efforts in this direction also paid fruit as it was very resentful of Israeli incursions in what it considered to be its sphere of influence.

Ultimately this fiasco led to the resignation of both the then Defense Minister Ariel Sharon as well as that of Prime Minister Begin's.