Prime Minister Begin said: "Goyim kill goyim and they accuse the Jews". Of course, Hobeika, Frem and their men are directly responsible for the massacre. But this could never have happened, if Sharon had not willingly and knowingly given the green light to the "friends' operation".
Sharon's aim was to destroy the last remains of the PLO infrastructure in Lebanon at any cost. I and my colleagues saw no "2000-3000 terrorists", as Sharon claimed. The only "terrorists" left were a few 10-12 year old boys who tried to protect their families with the tiny airpellet guns used for birdhunting. If only one hundred fedayeen would have stayed behind, none of this would have happened.
When someone puts a venomous snake in a baby's cradle and the baby dies, the responsability lies directly with the person who put the snake in the cradle. Therefore Israeli commanders Eitan, Drori and Yaron are responsable, but Ariel Sharon above all. He was the man in overall command. He could have prevented this tragedy, but instead chose to force the Palestinians out of Beirut into Jordan, the "Palestinian State" according to Sharon. Deir Yassin revisited.
"Two-legged animals", is how prime minister Begin called the Palestinians in 1982. Eitan talked about "drugged cockroaches in a bottle". This dehumanization of the Palestinians was and still is the cause of the callous disregard in the Israeli army for Palestinian life.
Sharon's aim was to destroy the last remains of the PLO infrastructure in Lebanon at any cost. I and my colleagues saw no "2000-3000 terrorists", as Sharon claimed. The only "terrorists" left were a few 10-12 year old boys who tried to protect their families with the tiny airpellet guns used for birdhunting. If only one hundred fedayeen would have stayed behind, none of this would have happened.
When someone puts a venomous snake in a baby's cradle and the baby dies, the responsability lies directly with the person who put the snake in the cradle. Therefore Israeli commanders Eitan, Drori and Yaron are responsable, but Ariel Sharon above all. He was the man in overall command. He could have prevented this tragedy, but instead chose to force the Palestinians out of Beirut into Jordan, the "Palestinian State" according to Sharon. Deir Yassin revisited.
"Two-legged animals", is how prime minister Begin called the Palestinians in 1982. Eitan talked about "drugged cockroaches in a bottle". This dehumanization of the Palestinians was and still is the cause of the callous disregard in the Israeli army for Palestinian life.