Europe and the Middle East FOCUS OF ATTENTION FOR 1983 - Gene H Hogberg - January 1983

Gene H Hogberg

The world, as the new year dawns, is poised on the brink of momentous change. Fast-paced events are already unfolding in Western Europe and in the Middle East as the world heads into the. Politically storm-filled mid 1980s. The stage has been set by two major events. The first was the stunning collapse in September of the West German government and the fall from power of its widely respected chancellor, Helmut Schmidt. The second occurred at the same time. Hundreds of Palestinian civilians perished in a massacre in West Beirut, Lebanon. World opinion turned against the state of Israel, which was held responsible for not preventing the pogrom carried out by its troublesome Lebanese allies. Let's first look at these events in some detail. Then we can see how these two seemingly unconnected events have set in motion a profound change in world affairs. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library