Session #97 · 1981–83

Speech #970238491

Then if we pass this rule and we pass this continuing resolution we do so at a time when our marines are going into West Beirut to defend the Palestinian refugee camps because it was a condition of getting the Palestinians to withdraw from West Beirut. that we would assure the safety of the civilians in those camps. We specifically assured the Palestinians that we would prevent the Israelis or the Christian Militia from going into West Beirut. The Israelis gave us assurances that they would not go into West Beirut. They did go into West Beirut. We were told by the State Department yesterday that not only did they plan to go into West Beirut and take it over. they planned to invite and they did invite the Christian Militia into those camps.
Keywords matched
refugee

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
PAUL MCCLOSKEY
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
1982-09-22
Speech ID
970238491
Paragraph
#0
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