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The article focuses on the impact of censorship policies on the relationship with U.S. networks. It states that some American journalists are starting to complain that Israeli censorship sometimes being broadened to include political issues. According to Laments ABC news president Roone Arledge, this changes are what the Israel has been fighting for.

The article reports on the increasing warfare between Israel and Palestine during 1981. It is stated that the main target of the Israeli planes had been the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) commando offices in West Beirut. The PLO announced that it had launched a series of rocket attacks on northern Israel in response to the massacre that the Israelis had committed in Beirut, Lebanon.

The article focuses on the violence in the border between Israel and Lebanon. It mentions that Palestinian fedayeen launched a series of attacks with Soviet-made Katyusha rockets on the Israeli town of Nahariya in which three Israelis were killed and five wounded. It states that Israel retaliated to revenge with heavy artillery barrages and bombing raids on southern Lebanon. It notes that U.S. President Jimmy Carter had arranged a six-week cease-fire along the border and hopes to get Israelis and Arabs together at a Geneva peace conference. It cites the declaration of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to discuss peace with Israeli leaders and the Israeli Premier responded that they will peace with the Arabs.

The article reports on the sudden flare up of violence at the Suez Canal between the Israeli troops and the Egyptian artillerymen. It notes that the four-day Arabs and Israelis battle has marked the continuation of the heaviest exchange of artillery firing between the two countries since their war started in 1967. It adds that the heaviest blow to Egypt is the loss of its chief of staff Abdel-Monem Riad who was struck by a direct fire from an Israeli soldier.