Word: sabra
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Last week, Israel officially responded to the nonbinding flat of the inquiry into Sabra and Shatila massacre. As recommended by the Kahan Commission. Generals Saguy and Yaron have resigned, to be joined by Chief of Staff Rafael Eytan who retires in April Compelled not by an admission of complicity but, rather, by the sears of their own negligence, these men have honored the findings, choosing to resign rather than to appear defiant...
They yield their posts reluctantly, regretfully, but with deference to the counts of their misjudgment. Not yet has the memory of the Sabra and Shatila horror released itself from Israel's conserence. And never will this moral precedent ring hollow in the car The Kahan Commission and its visible consequences had exposed the world to a country's struggle to embrace democratic ideals...
...assessed each act in Lebanon, so Israel evaluated her deeds at home. The Kahan Commission withheld judgment on the invasion but dared to explore its means. Where it delegated the blame for the crime of poor judgment concerning Sabra and Shatila, the truly disgraceful offenses of recent years ago--not just unpunished but ignored. In contrast to Israel's forthright courage to critically assess her record, other nations have shirked their responsibility, content to belittle this single moral precedent...
Where is the Phalangist report for the September massacre of 300 in Sabra and Shatila...
...that no conspiracy or plot existed beween Israelis and Phalangists "with the aim of perpetrating atrocities in the camps." Where is Mr. Bisharat's condemnation of the Lebanese government's paralysis in conducting its own investigation in light of such damning evidence? Further, there was a reason to enter Sabra and Shatila. Contrary to Arafat's written guarantee, the PLO left about 2000 terrorists and large stocks of weapons in these West Beirut camps, facts confirmed by Oriana Fallacci in her September Kennedy School address...