abductions and murders of Palestinians and the discovery of new mass graves in the area of Sidon-a fact to which our attention was drawn by the representative of the PLO and which was confirmed by the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Pales- tine Refugees in the Near East-show that Israeli policy everywhere, whether it be in the West Bank, Gaza, the Golan Heights or southern Lebanon, is based on naked terror against the Arab population. 132. With regard to the methods of the Israeli occupiers, there is eloquent evidence in the recent statement by such an “expert on pacification” as the Chief of Staff of the Israeli army, General Eitan, who stated: “This system of harassment has proved itself in practice. It works very well with Arabs.” It would appear that those assertions on the part of the highest-ranking officer in the Israeli army, who bears direct responsibility for the mass murders of Palestinians in the Sabra and Shatila camps, require no commentary. They serve to confirm once again the fact that the Israeli leaders, carried away by the arrogance of power, have decided to force the Palestinian and other Arab peoples to their knees and force them to resign themselves to occupation and, ultimately, to impose upon them their predatory Camp David-type peace. 133. However, those plans only serve to demonstrate the extraordinary political short-sightedness of those who now Stand at the controls of the State machine of Israel. The facts demonstrate that the Palestinian people, under the leadership of the PLO, are building up their resistance to the occupiers. 134. Of course, Israel could not have embarked upon such a defiant course if it did not have behind it the looming figure of its “strategic partner”, the United 
**Analysis**
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