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Correspondent David Halevy, 43, is a sabra, a native-born Israeli, who grew up on the streets of Jerusalem under the British mandate and who fought in four of his country's wars. "For my generation," he recalls, "Israel was more than just a state. We regarded ourselves as full members of a rather exclusive club, whose internal strength, moral justification and unique social ties gave us a share and a say in state matters and a readiness to sacrifice our lives. In the past decade, this feeling has diminished. Living in Israel in 1984 can at times...
...remarkable comeback for a man who was forced to resign as Defense Minister last year after the government-appointed Kahan commission concluded that he had made "a grave mistake when he ignored the danger of acts of revenge and bloodshed" by Lebanese Phalangists against Arab civilians in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps outside Beirut in September 1982. Might Sharon's strong showing last week put him in a position to regain his old defense job? "Not to be excluded," boasted his close associate Uri Dan, who recalled that after publication of the Kahan report he had said, "Those...
...have been made homeless, and thousands have died. Some 10,000 children are orphans, many with no last names, only painful memories. "That's Ahmed," says a teacher, pointing to a quiet four-year-old in West Beirut's Islamic Orphanage. "He lost his parents in the Sabra and Shatila massacre two years ago. He's retarded, but we do not know if he was born that way or suffered some unfathomable shock during the killings." Ahmed sits, uncomprehending, his large brown eyes staring up at the visitors...
...Palestinian civilians left behind in refugee camps. But the U.S. pulled out its troops after only two weeks. A traumatic series of events immediately followed: President-elect Bashir Gemayel was assassinated, Israeli forces occupied Muslim West Beirut, and vengeful Christian militiamen murdered some 700 Palestinians in the Sabra and Shatila camps. The U.S. brought the Marines back to help restore order...
...Maronite warlord who was assassinated only nine days before his scheduled inauguration as Lebanese President in September 1982. In Shiffer's account, Bashir asks Sharon if Israel would object to the Lebanese sending in bulldozers to flatten "the built-up areas," four weeks before the massacres at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps near Beirut. Sharon's reply: "This is not our business...