[2] For a detailed catalogue of the violations of the Geneva Conventions with regard to the civilian population, see the report of the MacBride Commission (Nobel Peace Prize 1974), Israel in Lebanon, The Report of the International Commission to enquire into reported violations of International Law by Israel during its invasion of the Lebanon, 28 August 1982 – 29 November 1982, London, Ithaca, 1983, 187-192 (Conclusions) – hereafter referred to as the MacBride Commission.
[3] According to Kapeliouk, Sabra et Shatila: Enquête sur un massacre, Paris, Seuil 1982, citing Ha'aretz of 15 September 1982, General Eitan declared the previous day before the Knesset’s Commission for Foreign Affairs that “[n]othing remains in Beirut but some terrorists and a small PLO office.” Kapeliouk, p 30.
[4] Benny Morris, The Righteous Victims, New York, A. Knopf, 1999, p. 540.
[5] Schiff and Ya'ari, Israel’s Lebanon War, New York, Simon and Schuster, 1984, p. 251.
[6] Ariel Sharon, Warrior: An Autobiography, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1989, p. 498.
[3] According to Kapeliouk, Sabra et Shatila: Enquête sur un massacre, Paris, Seuil 1982, citing Ha'aretz of 15 September 1982, General Eitan declared the previous day before the Knesset’s Commission for Foreign Affairs that “[n]othing remains in Beirut but some terrorists and a small PLO office.” Kapeliouk, p 30.
[4] Benny Morris, The Righteous Victims, New York, A. Knopf, 1999, p. 540.
[5] Schiff and Ya'ari, Israel’s Lebanon War, New York, Simon and Schuster, 1984, p. 251.
[6] Ariel Sharon, Warrior: An Autobiography, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1989, p. 498.