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THE WEEK, Page 12WORLDExile to Nowhere
Making heroes of fundamentalists was not what Israel had in
mind
Israeli authorities never imagined what media stars they
would make of 415 alleged Palestinian militants when they
deported the lot to Lebanon two weeks ago. But celebrities they
have become. The Lebanese government refused to grant asylum to
the deportees, so the group spent the week shuffling through
freezing weather between a checkpoint manned by the Lebanese
army and another, three miles away, guarded by the Israelis and
their proxy militia, the South Lebanon Army. At least two exiles
were injured when the S.L.A. fired warning shots and mortars at
the group as it approached Israel's proclaimed "security zone."
The Israelis had hoped that deporting the fundamentalists would
strengthen the hand of the rival Palestine Liberation
Organization, which is indirectly engaged in peace talks with
Israel. Instead, the P.L.O. has embraced the deportees. The main
fundamentalist group, Hamas, for the first time attended a major
meeting of the P.L.O. hierarchy in Tunis last Wednesday, while
supporters of the two groups in the territories issued an
unprecedented joint call for cooperation. Conditions for the
deportees continued to deteriorate. The men threatened to swarm
across Israeli lines, raising fears of potential slaughter.