Sharon after Sabra, Shatila Massacre: "Israel" Could be Accused of Genocide

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"Israeli" archives released protocols from "Israeli" dramatic cabinet meeting discussing Sabra and Shatila report.

"If we adopt this report, our ill-wishers and naysayers will claim that what happened in the [Sabra and Shatila] camp was genocide," "Israeli" War Minister Ariel Sharon warned the "Israeli" cabinet in 1983 during a special meeting dealing with the findings of the Cohen Report on the Sabra and Shatila massacre in the First Lebanon War.

Sharon refused to resign, as the external fact-finding mission's report had recommended, and repeatedly stressed that he and then "Israeli" Prime Minister Menachem Begin were in the same boat. Adopting the report, Sharon claimed, would "leave a mark of Cain on us for generations to come."
Thirty years later, the "Israeli" archives on Thursday cleared for publication the protocols of Zionist entity's cabinet meetings from the early 1980s, specifically those dealing with the outcome of Cohen Report. The main meeting held following the publication of the report by the so-called "Israeli" Chief "High Court Justice" Yitzhak Cohen took place on Febuary 10, 1983.

In details, Sharon arrived late. "Israeli" Prime Minister Begin noted that Sharon had informed him of a so-called "Peace Now" protest being held near his farm causing him to run late.
Sharon eventually arrived but not before all those present called for a full implementation of the report's recommendations, despite the price Sharon would have to pay - stepping down as war minister.

Sharon, whose resignation was recommended in the report, as well as a decision barring him from ever holding the War Ministry portfolio again, arrived very tense, and began lashing out.
"I am not keen on getting into personal reflections nor searching for victims and scapegoats. On the face of it there are parts of the report that could, and should be adopted. However, I found parts which in my opinion should not be accepted. The question is much broader than the personal question - of which people seem to focus on ceaselessly - of whether Sharon will go or not.
"The chapter regarding indirect responsibility is the most severe in my opinion. The committee determined that "Israel", not just the government, or the "Israeli" Forces are responsible. The committee determined that not only did the possibility of the massacre exist, it was also known to the political and military echelons, and they chose willingly and knowingly to ignore it."
"That includes all of us, including you Mr. Prime Minister, each and every one of us. I cannot stress this enough - knowingly ignored, all of us," he continued to stress.

Then came the warning: "If we adopt this report, all our ill-wishers and naysayers will claim that what happened in the camp was genocide. Not to mention the fact that the committee itself didn't even seem to hesitate before drawing a line between "Israel" and its partners to the pogroms and the horrors Jews experienced. I personally refuse to accept even the slightest hint of such allegations."

"There are parts of the report which I believe we just cannot accept if we don't want this burden - this mark of Cain - to be imprinted onto our forehead for generations to come."

Sharon further refused to accept the conclusion that it was of no importance that at the time the decision was made to allow the Phalanges to enter the camp there was no way to predict they would undertake a massacre.
Sharon quotes the report's findings which claim that he authorized the Phalanges' entry into the camp in order to avoid "Israeli" casualties.
Begin categorically rejected Sharon's argument for the government's rejection of the report.

Source: Ynet, Edited by moqawama.org