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...several occasions, the panel, headed by Chief Justice Yitzhak Kahan, questioned Sharon on the wisdom of the original plan to send the Lebanese Forces into the camps of their enemies, the Palestinians, in order to clean out any remaining pockets of Palestinian guerrilla resistance. Had the Israeli officials involved not realized that such a massacre of civilians might take place? they asked. Replied Sharon: "I would say that no one thought the Lebanese Forces would behave like us. I didn't think so. Our I.D.F. has its own moral code. But it is a very far cry indeed from...
...days after the Arafat-Hussein talks ended, another conciliatory meeting took place in Washington between Israeli Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir, Secretary of State George Shultz and Vice President George Bush. U.S. officials reported that the Israelis' attitude was much more constructive and flexible than in previous sessions. Shamir stressed the importance of getting the autonomy talks back on track, although he made no concessions that would pave the way toward an early agreement on that issue. In a clear-cut signal of support for Jerusalem, Shultz warned that the U.S. would withdraw from the U.N. General Assembly if that...
...reached to remove all foreign armies from Lebanon: some 5,000 to 6,000 P.L.O. guerrillas and 30,000 Syrian and 70,000 Israeli troops. Special Envoy Philip Habib and others were working on a detailed plan for phased withdrawals that will be presented to Israeli Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir this week in Washington. But many obstacles must be overcome. Last week Syrian President Hafez Assad informed Habib and his deputy in the Middle East, U.S. Ambassador Morris Draper, that Israeli forces would have to withdraw first. In the past the Israelis have insisted that the P.L.O. and Syrian forces...
...week voted to launch a high-level judicial inquiry into Israel's role in the massacre. The move was an about-face by Begin, who had initially refused to consider such a probe. Instead, he had sought to limit the political damage by appointing Supreme Court Chief Justice Yitzhak Kahan, 69, as a special investigator but one without explicit authority to compel witnesses to testify or to demand documents. Begin's chosen investigator did not go along with the plan. Since two petitions demanding a full-scale judicial commission of inquiry had been filed with the Supreme Court...
...vote did not accurately reflect the sense of anguish that prevailed in the country. Protest meetings were held all week, starting with a demonstration at the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem and ending with a mass rally attended by 350,000 people in Tel Aviv. Energy Minister Yitzhak Berman resigned because of Begin's failure to appoint a full-scale commission of inquiry. So did Menachem Milson, the civil administrator of the West Bank who had been appointed by Sharon. And so did Yoav Gelber, a historian who had been serving on a commission to investigate the 1933 murder...