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Of Thatcher wins - who loses? ONE of the world's most state of Israel depends for its ruthless and efficient terror- survival on the intimidation ist outfits moved again into of the dispossessed Palestinaction against a wide range ian people and of the of civilian targets last week surrounding Arab regimes. - With the full support of It is for this reason that the United States administra- with colossal US financial tion. support - the Zionists mainThe vicious Zionist tain and continually expend regime headed by Menachem a lethal military machine and Begin launched its long- time and again use it to expected full-scale invasion strike fear into those who into Southern Lebanon - would struggle against them. brushing aside "peace-keep- While the American ing" UN troops and pound- imperialists would prefer to ing not only established develop a policy for the Palestinian bases but also Middle East which rests refugee camps and the more upon a relationship Lebanese capital itself. with the reactionary Arab The | racially-exclusive regimes of Egypt and Saudi Arabia they recognise in the Zionist state a solidly committed, if not always entirely pliable ally.

Just as Reagan's gang was forced after weeks of procrastination to come down squarely behind Thatcher's military adventure in the Falklands so Secretary of State Haig, after initial behind-the-scenes attempts to curb Begin's excesses, has come out openly in support of the Lebanon invasion.

According to Haig, "sovereign states must have the right to self-defence, just as Britain exercises that right today in the Falklands."

So in the arrogant world view of imperialism the "self defence" of sovereign states extends 8,000 miles across the world in the case of the Falklands - and across borders into neighbouring sovereign states in the case of The workers movement must vigorously reject such notions and rally to the support of the oppressed Palestinian and Lebanese masses.

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