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I think the " Cold War Perspective " section is unnecessary

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" According to Abraham Rabinovich, the complete dominance of U.S. and Israeli technology and tactics over those of the Eastern Bloc was to have been a factor that hastened the demise of the Warsaw Pact and Soviet Union.[80][82][dubious – discuss] However, this was not the first confrontation in which Soviet weaponry had been outmatched by American weaponry. In many of the Cold War conflicts[which?] the Americans and their allies had superior technology. Nonetheless, the gap between the First World and Second World weaponry was more apparent in the 1980s and weighed more heavily on Second World leaders. "

Implying the 1982 Lebanon War somehow contributed to Perestroika or the collapse of the Eastern Bloc is beyond silly, Soviet Military equipment was being used effectively in numerous other conflicts at the time and Soviet Military equipment/Soviet allies had always suffered higher losses compared to their American counterparts.

War? It was the beginning of occupation.

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My comments from months ago in this topic were deleted on this talk page, which is weird.

Renaming article to 1982 occupation, instead of war.

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Someone is using b o t to delete my talk comment.

Request minor typo edit

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In the Arafat citation: "Jerusalem is not outs to destroy", "outs" should be "ours". Dan Serfaty (talk) 14:41, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request 4 March 2025

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Description of suggested change: When discussing the vote in the Israeli Knesset about the war, I believe that it is important to note that the Knesset was mislead by the military, who guaranteed a much smaller operation. Diff:

In the voting in the Knesset on the war, only Hadash opposed the war, and even submitted a no-confidence motion against the Israeli government.
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Ariel Sharon requested permission for a military operation that would only go 25 miles into Lebanon, and would only be for 2-3 days. On this basis, nearly the entire Knesset voted in favor of going to war. Only Hadash opposed, and even submitted a no-confidence motion against the Israeli government.

(Based on the following source: <ref>{{cite book |last1=Gilbert |first1=Martin |title=Israel: A History |year=2008 |publisher=Harper Perennial |isbn=978-0688123635 |page=504 |edition=Revised}}</ref>) PotatoKugel (talk) 04:53, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi PotatoKugel I have confirmed your source.  Done Lova Falk (talk) 15:15, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]