Word: shatila
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...perceived as a moderate and has earned some credibility by fighting for a reformist cabinet that intends to depose several Arafat cronies. Sharon, on the other hand, could hardly be more of a hawk; many see him as a war criminal for his indirect responsibility for the Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon, and he has always been a staunch supporter of settlements. It is time for Sharon to make a meaningful concession to show Palestinians that a leader committed to peace, as Abu Mazen seems to be, can extract real compromise from Israel...
...better than their U.S. counterparts at covering the misery of Palestinians. I would date the growth of European sympathy for the Palestinian cause to Israel's 1982 incursion into Lebanon, and especially to the massacre by Israel's Lebanese allies of Palestinian refugees in the camps of Sabra and Shatila--an outrage for which an official Israeli inquiry held Ariel Sharon indirectly responsible. Sharon, ever since, has been a hate figure for the European left. Europeans who grew up after 1945 have developed a loathing for those who seek to prosecute political ends by military means. Sharon's willingness these...
...refugee camps, the injustice must seem unbearable. They know that Israel conquered the West Bank and Gaza in 1967 and have yet to return them in conformance with U.N. Resolution 242, building settlements all the while. Some of these Palestinians had a parent who was killed at Sabra or Shatila; they may even have known a grandparent who felt forced out of Israel, the homeland of Palestinians as well as Israelis, over 50 years...
...cases being investigated against the Israeli prime minister concern the 1982 massacre of some 2,000 Palestinian refugees in the Sabra and Shatila camps in Beirut by Lebanese militiamen allied with Israel. An Israeli government inquiry the following year had found Sharon "indirectly responsible" for the massacre. The current investigation is being conducted under terms of a 1993 Belgian law which allows for war crimes charges to be heard in Belgian courts no matter where the alleged offenses occurred or the nationality of either the complainants or the accused. Mr. Sharon, for his part, sees the maneuver as simply another...
...been at the center of the conduct of foreign affairs, and Kissinger and others believe it could have a destabilizing effect. For example, there are efforts currently underway in Belgian courts to indict Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon over the 1982 massacre of Palestinian refugees at the Sabra and Shatila camps in Beirut - for which a 1983 Israeli government inquiry found Sharon "indirectly responsible." The Israelis may dismiss this as a propaganda exercise, but if the rules of immunity and cross-border prosecution begin to change, such endeavors could complicate efforts to mediate conflicts, critics argue...