Massacres
1982 (Lebanon): From the beginning of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, Israel was working toward annihilating the Palestinian presence there. This may be seen from a number of massacres of which the world heard only little, carried out by Israeli forces and militias under their command in the Palestinian camps in south Lebanon (al-Rushaidiya, ‘Ayn al-Hilu, al-Miya Miya, and others). This massacre was thus the outcome of a malicious and calculated plan, under the approval of the Zionist Minister of Defense at the time, Ariel Sharon. The process of storming the camps began before sunset on Thursday, September 16th and...