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Knesset Rejects Beirut Inquiry, But Berman Quits
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
The Knesset voted 48-42 on
Wednesday to defeat a mo-
tion by the opposition Labor
Alignment for creation of a
state commission to inves-
tigate the nature, if any, of
Israel's involvement in the
massacre of Palestinian
civilians in two west Beirut
refugee camps last Friday
by Lebanese Christian
Phalangists.
The vote represented a
substantial political victory
for Premier Menahem
Begin who strongly opposed
an official inquiry on
grounds that it would be an
admission of Israeli guilt for
the blood bath. But it was
achieved against the back-
ground of a nation divided
as never before over its gov-
ernment's policies and ac-
tions in Beirut, mounting
demands by opposition sup-
porters and the press for the
resignations of Begin and
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his Defense Minister, Ariel
Sharon, and deep concern
among some of Begin's coal-
ition partners that refusal
to conduct an inquiry would
further damage Israel's al-
ready tarnished image
abroad.
While Begin managed to
keep his restive coalition in-
tact, the decision not to in-
vestigate the circumstances
of the Beirut tragedy re-
sulted in the resignations of
Energy Minister Yitzhak
Berman of Likud's Liberal
Party faction and of Prof.
Menahem Milson, head of
the civil administration on
the West Bank, an appoin-
tee of Sharon.
Sharon mounted the
podium Wednesday to
defend the government
and the military. But he
faced prolonged heckling
from the opposition
benches before he could
speak.
world. I hope that those re-
sponsible will be punished,
but that is not in our
hands," he said. He stressed
that the Phalangists were
not part of the Israel army
and did not have to report
to Israel. They were sent
into the camps, he said, only
because the Lebanese army
refused to act and the only
purpose was to save Israeli
lives.
Sharon admitted that
the Israeli army fired
flares throughout the
night to illuminate the
camp while the Phalan-
gists were in action. But
the Israelis thought they
were helping only in the
search for terrorists, he
said.
Sharon also insisted that
"the Israeli officers and
soldiers did not know what
was happening" and it was
only on Friday evening and
Saturday that the massacre
He admitted that the became known.
But opposition MKs
army had allowed the
Phalangists into the shouted that Sharon's ver-
Shatilla and Sabra refugee sion was in utter contradic-
camps in west Beirut for the tion of accounts given the
purpose of cleaning out Israeli press- by-soldiers at
Palestine Liberation the scene. The soldiers said
Organization terrorists be- knowledge of the massacre
lieved hiding there after the was learned early Friday
main body of the PLO left morning and reported im-
mediately to higher
Beirut last month.
authorities, but no attempt
But he strenuously de-
was
made to stop the
nied Israeli knowledge of
Phalangists until Friday
the massacre while it was
night and Saturday.
going on last Thursday
Sharon accused the oppo-
night and Friday. "We did
sition of demanding an in-
not know what was happen-
vestigation "only because
ing . . . We were not there
. . . No Israeli soldiers were you want our (Knesset)
implicated," Sharon said. out, just as I understand the
Americans do." He said,
"We sent Phalangists into
the camps to seek out ter- "You want us out because
rorists and save Israeli you want out (Knesset)
seats. The Americans want
lives."
us out because they want
Sharon claimed it was dif-
not only Beirut but also
ficult to explain what had Hebron, Beth El and Ariel
happened because "such (Jewish settlements on the
horrors belong to another
West Bank and Jerusalem."
He was apparently refer-
ring to President Reagan's
proposals for Palestinian
autonomy and the future of
the West Bank which Israel
has categorically rejected.
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Labor Party chairman
Shimon Peres sought
permission to reply but
Sharon refused to yield
the floor. Later, Peres
mounted the podium to
denounce Sharon's
charges as a "baseless lie
. . . a total lie . . . Sharon
is' again lying."
moderate, will not affect co-
alition strength. But it had
a certain moral impact. A
lawyer by profession, Be-
rman said he was quitting
because only a judicial
commission set up under
the Commissions of Inquiry
law of 1968 could
adequately and credibly
bring the facts to light and
put Israeli and foreign criti-
cism of the government to
rest. He explained that only
such a statutory body,
headed by a Supreme Court
justice, had the power to
subpoena witnesses.
Milson quit his post in
protest against the gov-
ernment's refusal to set
up a commission of in-
quiry. His resignation
was accepted im-
mediately by Sharon.
It was believed in some
quarters that Milson was
motivated at least in part by
long-standing policy dif-
ferences with Sharon over
the administration of the
West Bank and that he had
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wanted to resign in June
but postponed his departure
when Israel invaded Leba-
non.
Milson, a Hebrew Uni-
versity professor on leave,
was a controversial figure.
His appointment to head
the new civil regime set up
in the territory by Sharon
touched off widespread pro-
test demonstrations by
Palestinian Arabs who saw
the move as intended to
tighten Israel's grip on the
territory leading to even-
tual annexation.
Milson took a hard line
with protestors. During his
administration, nine West
Bank mayors were sum-
marily removed from office
for alleged ties with the
PLO and a number of Arab
town councils were ousted,
in effect negating the 1976
election in the territories.
The deposed mayors were
replaced either by Israeli of-
ficials or Palestinians
amenable to the Israeli ad-
ministration.
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