#phalange — Public Fediverse posts
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I'm seeing a pattern of abuse and #genocide here. Are you?
#Sabra and #Shatila massacre: What happened in #Lebanon in 1982?
#Israeli-backed #Phalange militia killed between 2,000 and 3,500 #Palestinian refugees and #Lebanese civilians in two days.
The refugees were victims of the 1948 #Nakba, or “catastrophe” in Arabic, fleeing the violent ethnic cleansing of #Palestine by #Zionist militias as #Israel was formed.
Key points:
- Between September 16 and 18, 1982, the refugees, now living in Shatila and Sabra, along with Lebanese civilians, were attacked by a right-wing Lebanese militia, in coordination with the Israeli army. Between 2,000 and 3,500 people were killed.
- Israeli forces, led by then-Defence Minister #ArielSharon, invaded #Lebanon in June 1982, laid siege to Beirut and heavily bombarded the city, where the PLO headquarters were located.
- The #UnitedNations General Assembly passed a resolution declaring the massacre an “act of #genocide.
- The Sabra and Shatila massacre is remembered as one of the most traumatic events in Palestinian history and its memory is commemorated annually by Palestinians in Lebanon and in Palestine.
- In February 1983, the UN commission found that “Israeli authorities or forces were involved, directly or indirectly in the [Sabra and Shatila] massacres”.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/16/sabra-and-shatila-massacre-40-years-on-explainer