During the 1982 Lebanon war , Yasir Arafat 's PLO forces and the Christian Phalangists were situated in Wadi Abu Jamil , leading to Israeli suspicion of there being Palestinian weapons in the quarter .
But even during the fighting , Yasser Arafat 's PLO forces and the Christian Phalangists did protect Wadi Abu Jamil during the 1982 Lebanon War .