Word: yaron
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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...
...Phalangists did not leave by 5 a.m. Saturday. They remained and continued their murderous harassment in the vicinity of Gaza Hospital, finally departing at 8 a.m., only after receiving a further warning from the Israeli divisional commander in charge of the troops in the area, Brigadier General Amos Yaron. What they left behind was death and outrage...
Elul understood that the Phalangists were talking about the murder of women and children, and told Yaron what he had overheard. Yaron went over to Hobeika and spoke with him quietly for five minutes, but Elul could not hear what was said. An hour later, a Phalangist liaison officer reported to Israeli officers, including Yaron, that the Phalangists had killed large numbers of people inside the camp...
Despite this and other indications of mass murder, Yaron failed to report the information to his superior, General Drori, that night or the following day. Afterward, when everyone knew about the massacre, Yaron told colleagues that "the whole [military] system showed insensitivity." He added, "I did badly, I admit it." The commission agreed. It recommended that Yaron should not serve as a field commander for at least three years...
...only Yaron and Sharon were guilty of "indirect responsibility," the massacre might in some ways be easier to stomach. Yet as the report makes clear, several senior officers and cabinet members had reason to at least suspect the atrocities. They were content to remain passive...