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...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Verdict Is Guilty: An Israeli commission and the Beirut massacre | 2/21/1983 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Verdict Is Guilty: An Israeli commission and the Beirut massacre | 2/21/1983 | See Source »

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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grim Victory for Democracy | 2/12/1983 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grim Victory for Democracy | 2/12/1983 | See Source »

Israel's secularist majority-long chafing under rabbinical control of marriage and other personal affairs-support Daniel, who predicts his victory would be "a small stone that will start an avalanche" for religious freedom. Argued Father Daniel's counsel, Shalom Yaron: "The time has come for people in Israel to be like all others. Since the state considers an atheist a Jew, what is the logic in not considering a converted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Definition of a Jew | 12/7/1962 | See Source »

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