The Sabra Shatilla massacre was the outcome of a 25+ year civil war, but it was not a 3 day event.
The PLO had just failed coup attempts in every neighboring country, and moved on to their next target, Lebanon. Israel's only interest was securring Southern Lebanon, not kill Palestinians. The PLO had been entering into Israel's border, taking hostages, and killing American tourists. Are you suggesting it was Israel's responsibility to occupy Lebanon and keep these fueding factions apart? Israel was ordered to leave. The Phallanges were in power, and the massacre was avenging the assasination of he Lebanese president.
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Originally Posted by hamster of smite
Israel has probably killed a hell of a lot more people in between the "official" wars then during them
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No the point beng made was that Arab nations have killed more people then Israel ever has. Jordan alone killed 20,000 Palestinians during a failed coup attempt.
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