Word: beirutization
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...three Israeli tanks approached a U.S. Marine position near the old Sidon road to the south of Beirut, Captain Charles B. Johnson, 30, of Neenah, Wis., did not hesitate. He ran toward the heavily armored, British-made Centurions, then took a position in the middle of the road. When the lead tank halted barely a foot in front of him, Johnson told an Israeli lieutenant colonel atop it, "You will not pass through this position...
...PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMPS of Shatila and Sabra he in the midst of West Beirut, surrounded by a stadium, two hospitals and a post office. During normal times, living conditions for the several thousand refugees are grim yet not unbearable. Sustained by their dream of a Palestinian homeland the men, women and children make do without "luxuries" like running water, electricity and modern sanitation. They can ignore the wooden shacks and mud floors. And they can forget their status as a wandering people whose houses are not really homes...
...Israel, the drama of Shatila and Sabra is only now beginning to play itself out Just as the Watergate break-in was but the initial event in a long search for the American conscience, the September slaughter in Beirut was but the catalyst for the turmoil the Jewish state is presently going through. For the past few months. Israelis had held their collective breath in anticipation of the official inquiry commission's report. The findings are in, the verdict a qualified guilty...
...commission found that the Israeli Defense Force (IDF)--which entered West Beirut to "maintain the peace" after the assasination of Christian President-elect Bashir Gemayel--erred dramatically on two counts. The force ordered the Christian Phalangists into the camps without taking into account their history of violent excesses and desire for vengeance. And once the slaughter was underway, the Israeli soldiers did nothing to stop it, despite repeated signs and indeed reports that a carnage was taking place...
Equally terrifying is the behavior of some IDF officers once the Phalangists had gone into the camps. Just hours after the attack began. Brig Gen. Amos Yaron, the Israeli division commander in Beirut, was informed by one of his men that something was amiss. He did nothing. Two hours later, a Phalangist commander briefed a group of Israelis, including Yaron, that 300 people had been killed. Yaron simply warned the commander to cease such actions and left it at that. The massacre continued for two more days before the IDF put a stop...