Israel used to be based when they would back South Africa and Rhodesia and didn't care. Something changed then, like how they abandoned the South Lebanese Christians and didn't even take them.

"Israel betrayed us. The IDF and SLA were one... and we thought it was possible to befriend Israel. We helped them in our land. For twenty-five years we were with her."11 The nephew of ‘Aql Hashim, himself an SLA soldier, commented on the connection with Israeli soldiers in Lebanon: "We ate with you together, we fought with you together, we went to funerals with you together. We were your allies."12

Israel used to be based when they would back South Africa and Rhodesia and didn't care. Something changed then, like how they abandoned the South Lebanese Christians and didn't even take them.