THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Begin Reiterates His Massacre Position
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Premier Menahem Begin
continues to maintain that
neither he nor his govern-
ment had any reason to sus-
pect that the Christian
Phalangists would commit
atrocities against civilians
when Israel permitted them
to enter the Sabra and
Shatila refugee camps in
west Beirut last Sept. 16 to
root out terrorists claimed
to be hiding there.
That was the key point
made by Begin in a letter to
the commission of inquiry
into the refugee camps mas-
sacre which the commission
made public last Friday.
The prime minister was one
of nine senior government
and military officials who
received formal notification
from the panel that they
"may be harmed" by its
eventual conclusions. All
were given 15 days to re-
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testimony and examine
witnesses and evidence.
Five agreed but requested a
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Begin chose to respond by
letter to the commission's
warning that it might find
him lax in the performance
of his duties should it con-
clude that he did not give
careful consideration to the
possible actions by the
Phalangists "and ignored
the danger of acts of revenge
and bloodshed by these
forces against the popula-
tion in the refugee camps."
Begin stressed in his
letter that the Phalan-
gists had refrained from
acts of vengeance "or
other irregular action"
against Palestinians in
the two days immediately
after the assassination of
Lebanon's President-
Elect Bashir Gemayel,
the Phalangist leader.
According to Begin, their
restraint "eased fears"
and "confirmed our
knowledge" that the
Phalangists were "or-
ganized, disciplined and
centrally-controlled mili-
tary units."
Begin, who testified in
person before the three-man
panel on Nov. 8, added noth-
ing to his original brief. His
letter stressed that he had
no cause for concern over
the Phalangists' conduct
when he and his fellow
ministers learned on the
evening of Thursday, Sept.
16 that Defense Minister
Ariel Sharon had given
them permission to enter
the camps.
Begin said his own con-
sultations with Sharon and
Chief of Staff Gen. Rafael
Eitan earlier that day con-
cerned the Israel Defense
Force's entry into west Be-
irut and no mention was
made of any role for the
Phalangists.
He defended the Cabinet
decision, made retroac-
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following
Gemayel's assassination,
not specifically to the
refugee camps.
According to Begin,
Eitan's "words were in-
tended to explain the urgent
need for the IDF to take the
actions that it took im-
mediately in the wake of
Gemayel's assassination,"
meaning its occupantion of
west Beirut.
Begin's letter concluded:
"In light of the circum-
stances here described, and
in our knowledge that the
Phalangists, in coordina-
tion with our own forces,
had entered certain dis-
tricts to fight terrorists who
were concentrated in them,
there were no grounds to as-
sume that acts of atrocity
against the civilian popula-
tion would be perpetrated."
Among the others who re-
ceived warnings from the
commission, Foreign Minis-
ter Yitzhak Shamir and
Gen. Amos Yaron who was
divisional commander in
west Beirut at the time, in-
formed the commission that
they would submit
memoranda but would not
appear again in person.
Shamir explained that he
was leaving on an official
visit to Uruguay and
Argentina and will not re-
turn to Israel until Dec. 24.
He requested "an appropri-
ate time extension follow-
ing my return" to prepare
his memorandum.
Gen. Amir Drori, com-
mander of the central com-
mand, informed the com-
mission that he would ap-
pear before it again. Sharon
is also expected to reappear.
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tively, to allow the Phalan-
gists into the refugee camps
because "according to
authoritative information
in our possession" about
2,000 armed terrorists were
hiding in the camps.
Begin's letter stated
further that the Phalan-
gists had conducted mili-
tary operations in the
course of Israel's "Peace
for Galilee" campaign in
Lebanon without perpet-
rating , "horrors or
slaughter." Therefore, he
said, he "did not at all fin-
agine that the Phalan-
gists, a trained and or-
ganized military force,
facing the task of hard
fighting in difficult con-
ditions, would want or
would be able to perpet-
rate massacre."
Begin acknowledged that
at the crucial Cabinet meet-
ing in the evening of Sept.
16, Deputy Premier _David
Levy had indeed warned of
the possibility of a mas-
sacre. But Levy did not pro-
pose that the Phalangists be
withdrawn from the camps
or that the Cabinet even ad-
dress itself to the issue.
According to Begin, "His
words aroused no response
on the part of any of the par-
ticipants at the meetings
and this in itself shows that
this possibility (a massacre)
was not considered likely in
the circumstances by any-
one present."
Begin also stated that
Eitan's warning to the
Cabinet that the Phalan-
gists were "sharpening
their knives ... there is
revenge in their eyes"
was made in refernce to
the overall situation in
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