Memo recounts Israeli leadership’s 1982 invasion planning and alleged reliance on a London ambassador attack as pretext

Memo recounts Israeli leadership’s 1982 invasion planning and alleged reliance on a London ambassador attack as pretext The passage provides a first‑person recollection of internal Israeli strategic discussions before the 1982 Lebanon war, mentioning specific actors (Prime Minister Menachem Begin, Israeli ambassador Shlomo Argov, Phalangist leader Bashir Gemayel) and a possible manipulation of a terrorist attack to justify invasion. While it offers contextual leads-dates, names, and a claimed motive-it lacks concrete evidence of wrongdoing, financial flows, or direct links to U.S. officials, limiting its immediate investigative utility but still worth follow‑up for verification and archival research. Key insights: Reference to a June 3, 1982 shooting of Israeli ambassador Shlomo Argov in London; Claim that the Argov attack was used by Prime Minister Menachem Begin to justify the 1982 Lebanon invasion; Mention of Israeli plans for a ‘Jordanian option’ and a new Lebanon under Bashir Gemayel’s Phalangists