THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, November 12, 1982
Israel's Inquiry Is an 'Open Book,' Unfair Blame in Lebanon
(Continued from Page 1)
public and only a few details
of it have been disclosed."
There were reports this
week from Beirut that Is-
raeli tanks joined in the
massacre at the camps by
occasionally firing dur-
ing the massacre. There
has been no testimony to
this effect before the Is-
raeli inquiry commission.
Premier Menahem Begin
told the inquiry on Monday
that he did not know in ad-
vance that the Christian
Phalangist forces were to be
admitted to the Sabra and
Shatila refugee camps.
Begin told the three-
member panel that he only
learned of this, along with
the rest of the Cabinet, at a
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Begin was asked re-
day evening, Sept. 16, sev-
peatedly whether the pro-
eral hours after the Phalan-
posed role of the Phalan-
gists entered the camps.
gists in the IDF operation
He conceded that there
had been discussed with
had been fears of revenge-
him between Tuesday
killings by Christians of
night, Sept. 14, when the
Moslems in the wake of
original decision to seize
west Beirut key points had
Gemayel's assassination.
But he insisted repeatedly
been taken, and Thursday
night, Sept. 16, when the
that "none of us ever im-
agined" that the Phalan-
full Cabinet learned of the
gists would perpetrate a
entire operation, including
the Phalangists' entry into
massacre. "It never crossed
the camps, and endorsed it.
our minds," the Premier
said.
Repeatedly Begin in-
Begin told the panel
sisted that he had not
that he personally
been informed of the
learned of the massacre
plans for the Phalangists
from BBC radio broad-
to enter the camps.
casts during the after-
At one point Begin
noon of Saturday, Sept.
seemed almost ready to
18 whereupon he tele-
phoned the chief of staff agree that he had known in
advance. He was reminded
for detailed information.
of
a telephone conversation
He said he could not re-
he
had with Sharon, who
call having conversed
was in Beirut, on Wednes-
with Eitan on the subject
day morning, Sept. 15.
on Friday morning. The
Justice Barak: "Did (Sha-
commission said they
ron) say anything about the
had one piece of evidence
to the effect that there role of the Phalangists?"
Begin: "Their role was
had been such a conver-
sation Thursday night, clear: to fight terrorists . . . "
Barak: "According to
Sept. 16.
The section in question what you are saying now,
cited Eitan's prediction of you knew on the Wed-
an "outburst of revenge" on , nesday morning that the
Phalangists were to
the part of the Phalangists
for Gemayel's assassina- fight?"
Begin: "If the defense
tion. The Phalangists had
already killed several minister told me — then I
definitely knew."
Druze that day, Eitan told
Barak: "No, he (Sharon)
the Cabinet.
According to the minutes doesn't say he told you."
Begin: "Well, if he didn't
of the Cabinet meeting,
Eitan said: "I see it in their tell me, then I didn't know."
Gen. Amos Yaron, com-
eyes . . . what they're wait-
mander of Israeli forces in
ing for . . . Amin (Gemayel
Bashir's brother, who is now Beirut, told the inquiry
President of Lebanon) has Sunday that Chief of Staff
already spoken of revenge Gen. Rafael Eitan permit-
and all of them are sharpen- ted the Phalangists to con-
tinue their operations in the
ing their blades . . . "
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camps a day after it was re-
ported that civilians were
being harmed and had con-
gratulated them for doing
"A good job."
He said that he learned
on Sept. 16 that the
Phalangists would be
allowed to enter the
Sabra and Shatila refu-
gee camps in west Beirut
and that his orders, from
the northern command,
were to "coordinate"
their entry. Yaron said
that on the basis of his
orders he treated the
Phalangists as "a foreign
force" with which the Is-
rali forces should "coor-
dinate operationally."
Yaron explained that the
purpose of the coordination
was to make sure that the
Phalangists did not enter
areas under control of the
Israeli Defense Force and
that they did not shoot at
each other.
He said that during the
"coordination session" with
the Phalangists he warned
them specifically not to hurt
civilians because he knew
"their patterns of behavior"
which were different from
those of the IDF
He said that at the first
stage, it was agreed that the
Phalangists should enter
only the southern part of the
Shatila camp. In addition to
warning them against mis-
treating civilians, Yaron
said he took other pre-
cautionary measures to
make sure the Phalangists
did not deviate from their
mission which was to seek
out suspected terrorists hid-
_
ing in the camps.
He said he posted Sob-
servers at points over-
looking the camps and
made sure that the IDF
listened in on Phalangist
radio communications.
By the night of Sept. 16 he
began receiving reports
of civilian casualties and
other indications that the
operation was exceeding
its limits. One such indi-
cation, he said, was a
Phalangist radio order to
its forces in the camps to
"do what God has or-
dered us to do."
Yaron testified that on
the night of Sept. 17 he was
still receiving reports that
refugees were fleeing the
camps because murders had
been committed. But he told
the officers who brought
him the reports that he had
his orders that the Phalan-
gists should remain in the
camps until Saturday morn-
ing, Sept. 18.
Asked- when he under-
stood for the first time that
something serious" had
happened in the camps,
Yaron replied, "Not until
Monday. I did not follow t
TV and radio reports. T
first indication of the sco
of the case I received or.
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