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May 1975.. Lebanon War _ Photos _ Documents _ Events

May:

2/5/75: Meeting of the Permanent Committee between the Authority and the Resistance to organize relations between the two parties - Franjieh meets with one of the leaders of Fatah - Killing of a young Syrian university student in Ain al-Rummaneh by the bullets of the National Liberals - Throwing stones at the facades of the Evangelical Church in Zuqaq al-Blat - Lebanese artillery shells an Israeli force heading to the town of Maroun al-Ras » -

3/5/75: President al-Solh chairs the first meeting of the Lebanese-Palestinian Coordination Committee

And agreement on practical measures to avoid new incidents - Gemayel attacks the work of the committee and says that it is ink on paper - Israel bombs the suburbs of the towns of al-Dhuhayrah and Yarin and its planes cause panic in the skies of the south.

4/5/75: The National Liberal Party hands over Adnan al-Asmar, the killer of the Syrian student - Khreish calls for solidarity to confront atheism - Israel bombs the lands of “Shebaa” and the “Middle Sector”.

75/5/2017: An explosive device at the entrance to the Al-Muharrir newspaper building in Shiyah injures 4 people - An explosive device near the Kataeb party house in Haret Hreik - Gemayel confirms that Lebanon is united in sanctifying the Palestinian cause and the Kataeb party acknowledges the existence of checkpoints in Ain al-Rummaneh, Ashrafieh and Dekwaneh - (Abu Iyad), one of the Fatah leaders, links the events in Lebanon to an attempt to strike the resistance and says: The resistance has become a reality in Lebanon that must be accepted - Economic losses so far: half a billion pounds. 75/5/2017: The resignation of the Kataeb ministers, the National Liberal Party and their allies from the government - Franjieh assesses the stage and calls for caution - Rashid Karami demands that the president of the republic be elected by the people and announces his readiness to nominate himself, because the constitution does not prevent that.
5/8/75: Rashid al-Solh insists on not submitting his resignation except in the parliament and after he says everything, and Jumblatt and representatives of the national parties support his position and confirm that the crisis is a systemic crisis - The Phalanges attack the Prime Minister and say: We want to start from scratch like in 1943 - Kidnapping and terrorism in Mkalles and Jounieh and clashes in Burj al-Barajneh.

5/9/75: A message from Sadat to Franjieh - al-Solh and a number of his ministers refuse to resign and Jumblatt supports their position and Gemayel attacks al-Solh and the international and Arab extremist left that supports him - Israel calls on its radio for the resignation of ministers as a natural way out of the crisis in Lebanon and the result is neither victor nor vanquished.

5/10/75: al-Solh visits Franjieh in Baabda Palace and announces that he did not submit his resignation - The Egyptian envoy says that Egypt does not interfere in Lebanon and that they are with a strong Lebanon and with the resistance so that it remains active.

75/5/11: Meeting of the Executive Committee of the PLO after Arafat's return from Moscow, and a decision to have a special committee visit Damascus to follow up and implement the initiative regarding Syrian-Palestinian unity - A citizen injured in an Israeli mine explosion in the village of Al-Bustan.

75/5/12: Resignation of other ministers from the reconciliation government - Jumblatt visits Franjieh and discusses

Freezing the situation, taking into account the national ranks and preserving the dignity of the Prime Minister - Chamoun attacks Jumblatt and advises Solh to resign outside the Council - Rumors fill Beirut, causing anxiety and tension - Israeli soldiers enter Bint Jbeil, Aina al-Shaab, and Yarin, and kidnap five citizens.

5/13/75: The PLO confirms its non-interference in Lebanon's affairs - The Mufti announces that the Phalanges are arming themselves with the help of the Authority - Solh announces that he has decided to confront the Council.

5/14/75: A frank summit between Franjieh and Arafat in the presence of the Egyptian and Saudi ambassadors and mutual assurances of keenness on Lebanon's sovereignty and the resistance - Phalangist accusations against the extreme left of working to destroy the regime - Israeli soldiers enter: Aina al-Shaab. They set up checkpoints and search homes, and the army's artillery confronts them.

75/5/15: President Al-Solh resigns in the parliament after delivering a statement in which he holds the Phalanges responsible for the Ain al-Rummaneh massacre and planning to blow up the situation against the Palestinians and proposes the foundations for developing the regime. The Phalanges respond violently after Al-Solh leaves and goes to Baabda to submit his resignation, which the President of the Republic accepts. The Phalanges hold the Minister of Interior responsible for the events.

75/5/16: A broad popular movement in support of Al-Solh's statement. Jumblatt returns from Romania to attack the parliament and praise Al-Solh - Edde holds Al-Solh responsible for the Sidon events and criticizes the Phalanges for continuing in power - Khreish meets with the resistance and Gemayel and promises a spiritual summit soon - Libyan Prime Minister Major Jalloud says that the heroic role of the Lebanese people must be protected by the Arab masses - Sadat reiterates that Lebanon must attend the Geneva Conference.

5/17/75: An Israeli mortar shell explosion kills 7 children and injures 5 in: Aitaroun: The American ambassador's driver is kidnapped for five hours - Sadat arrives in Damascus as part of an Arab tour - Charles Helou announces the interest of French officials in the situation in Lebanon - Karami says that the prime minister has become a troll...

5/18/75: Arafat meets with Sadat and Assad in Damascus, and Sadat informs Franjieh in a letter of his keenness on the unity of the Lebanese people and the continuation of Lebanese-Palestinian brotherhood - Gaddafi calls for the establishment of a temporary Palestinian revolutionary government.

5/19/75: The Salam-Edde-Karami alliance nominates Karami for the presidency of the government - Jumblatt hopes that Franjieh will bypass the traditional system to address the crisis and calls for the involvement of Christians who are acceptable in their thinking in the new battle and predicts the collapse of the system - Heavy gunfire is fired on a car in Dekwaneh and the incident is surrounded - An Israeli force enters the outskirts of Kfar Shouba and kidnaps two shepherds.

75/5/20: The situation explodes in Dekwaneh and the Tal al-Zaatar camp area, and heavy weapons shelling is exchanged, leaving 3 dead and 23 wounded - Accusations exchanged between the Phalanges and the Resistance, and Raymond Edde participates in calming the situation - Karami: We say development, not revolution.

75/5/21: A second agreement on a ceasefire after the intervention of the calming committee, and the outcome of the Dekwaneh clashes was 10 dead and 39 wounded - Parliamentary consultations begin to appoint a new prime minister - Jumblatt supports Karami and Chamoun has reservations. The Resistance accuses the Phalanges of gambling with Lebanon's fate and warns against any conspiracy - Israeli soldiers kidnap a citizen from the town of Yarin, and explosive devices explode in the port of Sidon, which were said to be the work of the Israelis. Ain al-Rummaneh and 12 11 dead

5/22/75: Violation of the ceasefire agreement and shelling of Tel al-Zaatar from Dekwaneh with artillery and clashes in Shiyah - . and 73 wounded - Arab efforts to stop the clashes and the palace asks the Phalanges to stop the clashes as well - Arafat warns against shelling the camp - Formation of a committee from the army and the resistance to implement the ceasefire - General strike on the fortieth anniversary of the martyrs of the Ain al-Rummaneh massacre - Syria extends the international emergency forces in the Golan.

5/23/75: The palace issues decrees forming the first military government in the history of Lebanon, consisting of 8 members.
Headed by retired Brigadier General Noureddine Al-Rifai and Lucien Dahdah, the only civilian foreign minister, amidst a comprehensive rejection of it - Arafat makes urgent contacts with Sadat, Assad, King Khalid and Gaddafi - Arab ambassadors form five committees from the army and the resistance to calm the situation, headed by Colonel Jules Bustani from the army and Colonel Saad Sayel from the resistance - Jumblatt calls for the destruction of the Phalanges' artillery - Continuation of fighting on the axes of Dekwaneh - Tal al-Zaatar and al-Shiyah - Ain al-Rummaneh and Hazmieh - Jisr al-Basha - Forty dead and one hundred wounded on the fifth day of fighting. 5/24/75: An Islamic summit in Dar al-Fatwa rejects the military government and nominates Karami as an alternative government, and the national parties reject the military government - Jumblatt meets with Salam, Karami and Edde and they demand the resignation of the military government - Chamoun supports the military government and al-Asaad and the deputies reject - A message from Assad to Franjieh carried by his Foreign Minister Abdel Halim Khaddam and with him Major General Naji Jamil confirms Syria's interest in Lebanon's security - Algerian President Boumediene sends two messages to Franjieh and Arafat - Explosions and heavy exchange of gunfire and the fall of 26 new deaths. 5/25/75: Formation of the Higher Coordination Committee from the Lebanese and Palestinian sides - Khaddam and Naji Jamil meet with the leaders of the fedayeen organizations - and hold talks with Chamoun, Jamil and Franjieh - An American official warns of the situation exploding and turning into a civil war - Sniping prevails on the Dekwaneh front - Tal al-Zaatar and bullets and intermittent clashes on the axes of Shiyah - Ain al-Rummaneh and Ras al-Nabaa - Nazareth - The army and the resistance repel an Israeli attack on Ain al-Shaab - The Israeli newspaper Maariv calls on Israel to provide aid to the Phalanges - The start of Syrian-Palestinian talks to form the unified leadership.

5/26/75: Resignation of the military government - Israeli forces attempt to storm Ain al-Shaab, but the army and resistance repel them - Israeli newspapers criticize the timing of the storming operation - Joint Lebanese-Palestinian patrols are organized to control the situation - Yafi, Salam, Karami, and Jumblatt visit the presidential palace together - National parties and forces call for removing the barricades and suspending the general strike - Gemayel says: The Phalanges are neither right nor left, fighting is meaningless, our problem is not with the Palestinian people, Karami is suitable to take over the government, and praises Syria's role.

5/27/75: Joint committees continue their work despite the flare-up of the Shiyah front - Ain al-Rummaneh and Ras al-Nabaa - Nazareth - Jumblatt nominates a military man for the Ministry of Interior - Soldatov informs Arafat that the Soviet Union will not allow foreign interference in Arab affairs and will not allow a repetition of what happened in Lebanon in 1958 - Senior American official: The situation is dangerous in Lebanon between the resistance and the government.

5/28/75: Rashid Karami is officially assigned to form a new government - Karami calls for the immediate removal of weapons - Jumblatt calls for a government from outside the parliament and the Minister of Interior strikes at both sides - Relative calm and sniping catches 7 and injures 16 - The conference of the heads of sects in Bkerke paves the way for a general national conference - The Popular Conference of Parties and National Forces stresses the "decision of isolation" and the five demands are a Soviet message to Egypt regarding Lebanon.

5/29/75: The first obstacle facing the government (isolating the Phalange) - Chamoun expresses solidarity with the Phalange. Jumblatt insists on excluding the Phalange - Sadat announces his readiness to come to Lebanon to resolve the situation - Algeria regrets the crisis and praises the Syrian mediation - Tripoli removes the barricades.

75/5/30: Tension returns to Beirut: Kidnapping, mutilation and mutilation of corpses - Kataeb members kill a citizen in Dabbas Square - Karami refuses to form a government under terrorism and rejects the condition of isolating the Kataeb - Jumblatt warns of sectarian strife and accuses the Kataeb and insists on excluding them from the government. This is met by Gemayel and Chamoun's insistence on participating in the government.

75/5/31: Clashes between Damour and Harat al-Naameh and continued kidnapping in Beirut - Arab ambassadors work to contain the incidents - Yasser Arafat's appeal regarding Lebanon - The Mufti
says: The crisis in Lebanon is the result of historical accumulations.