UN General Assembly
1982

behavior in 1967, when discussion in the Security Council of the warlike steps Egypt had carried out in May and June 1967 was prevented. It is enough to be reminded of the apathy with which the United Nations reacted when Egypt and Syria broke the cease-fire and launched a co-ordinate surprise attack on Israel on Yom Kippur 1973. 83. Even the information at our disposal before the Peace for Galilee operation in early June did not foresee all that we found in the terrorists' bases, headquarters, arms and ammunition reservoirs, operational documents and so forth. We received concrete proof of planned, large-scale aggression which was to have taken place in the near future. 84. Lebanese and also Palestinians who for years suffered from PLO terror and feared to divulge what had happened to them are now free to unmask the true face of the PLO in action. They corroborate our gravest suspicions. 85. The entire international community has the responsibility and should have the courage to stand up and formally ban PLO terrorism and expel its representatives from every self-respecting