Christian groups have accused Arafat of killing up to 40,000
Lebanese civilians during the PLO's sojourn in Lebanon
((Excerpt from a much longer article))
The "massacre"
The term 'massacre' has seen increased usage over the last few years. Israel stands accused of massacres in Jenin and Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon is personally accused of sanctioning a massacre in Sabra and Shatila.
www.badil.org/Press/2001/press186-01.htm
http://www.mallat.com/articles/theca...rielsharon.htm
Some Human Rights groups have looked to find evidence of Israeli abuses in a bid to bring charges at the International Criminal Court (established July 1 2002)
www.iccnow.org/html/the_court.htm
Others have attempted instead
to use the Belgian law courts, which from 1993 to the present day, allow litigants to bring cases of crimes against humanity committed in any country.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_1458000/1458169.stm
PLO accused in Lebanon
Some argue that any analysis of Israeli policy must be accompanied by investigation of both former and current PLO activity. Current activity is well documented (see children). Past activity is not so well documented in the Western Media... Maronite Christians, one of the largest ethnic groups living in Lebanon, www.maroniteunion.org have accused the PLO and its leader Yasser Arafat of sanctioning massacres in Lebanese Christian towns of Beit Mallat and Tall Abbas between 1982 and 1990. See:
http://www.cdn-friends-icej.ca/medig...7/letter2.html
http://www.aramaic-dem.org/palestini...and_war_cr.htm
Many pro-Palestinian commentators and supporters have dismissed attempts by Jewish groups to tarnish the PLO in Lebanon, claiming it is pro-Israeli propaganda. However, the evidence and events that unfolded there remain compelling. The sheer body of eyewitness testimony by victims and evidence of atrocities carried out by PLO in the 1970s and 1980s warrant further investigation.
Christians Accuse Arafat
Terror attacks by the PLO were seen as so bad at the time that on October 14 1976, Lebanese Ambassador Edward Ghorra told the UN, as quoted in the New York Times on October 15: "Palestinian elements belonging to various
organisations resorted to kidnapping Lebanese and sometimes foreigners holding them prisoner, questioning them, torturing them and sometimes killing them."
Christian groups have accused Arafat of killing up to 40,000 Lebanese civilians during the PLO's sojourn in Lebanon, which began in the 1970s after it was turfed out of Jordan during Black September.
During Black September, estimates of Jordanian and Palestinian dead numbered at least 10,000. So far no war crimes accusations have been levelled either at the PLO or at the Jordanian armed forces.
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill...587/black.html
So far no war crimes accusations have been levelled either at the PLO or at the Jordanian armed forces for Black September.Deir Ashahe destruction: Others point the finger at Arafat for the destruction of the Lebanese village
of Deir Ashahe in 1975 with hundreds estimated to have been killed.
www.wlo-usa.org/Bulletins/bulletin49.htm
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill...87/damour.html
www.gamla.org.il/English/feature/free2.htm
www.clhrf.com/freeopinionresponses.htm
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Find this article at: http://www.freemiddleeast.com/PLOmassacres.asp
"They have come with chariots and horses we come in the name of G-d - they have fallen, but we arose" (Psalms 20)
Lebanese civilians during the PLO's sojourn in Lebanon
((Excerpt from a much longer article))
The "massacre"
The term 'massacre' has seen increased usage over the last few years. Israel stands accused of massacres in Jenin and Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon is personally accused of sanctioning a massacre in Sabra and Shatila.
www.badil.org/Press/2001/press186-01.htm
http://www.mallat.com/articles/theca...rielsharon.htm
Some Human Rights groups have looked to find evidence of Israeli abuses in a bid to bring charges at the International Criminal Court (established July 1 2002)
www.iccnow.org/html/the_court.htm
Others have attempted instead
to use the Belgian law courts, which from 1993 to the present day, allow litigants to bring cases of crimes against humanity committed in any country.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_1458000/1458169.stm
PLO accused in Lebanon
Some argue that any analysis of Israeli policy must be accompanied by investigation of both former and current PLO activity. Current activity is well documented (see children). Past activity is not so well documented in the Western Media... Maronite Christians, one of the largest ethnic groups living in Lebanon, www.maroniteunion.org have accused the PLO and its leader Yasser Arafat of sanctioning massacres in Lebanese Christian towns of Beit Mallat and Tall Abbas between 1982 and 1990. See:
http://www.cdn-friends-icej.ca/medig...7/letter2.html
http://www.aramaic-dem.org/palestini...and_war_cr.htm
Many pro-Palestinian commentators and supporters have dismissed attempts by Jewish groups to tarnish the PLO in Lebanon, claiming it is pro-Israeli propaganda. However, the evidence and events that unfolded there remain compelling. The sheer body of eyewitness testimony by victims and evidence of atrocities carried out by PLO in the 1970s and 1980s warrant further investigation.
Christians Accuse Arafat
Terror attacks by the PLO were seen as so bad at the time that on October 14 1976, Lebanese Ambassador Edward Ghorra told the UN, as quoted in the New York Times on October 15: "Palestinian elements belonging to various
organisations resorted to kidnapping Lebanese and sometimes foreigners holding them prisoner, questioning them, torturing them and sometimes killing them."
Christian groups have accused Arafat of killing up to 40,000 Lebanese civilians during the PLO's sojourn in Lebanon, which began in the 1970s after it was turfed out of Jordan during Black September.
During Black September, estimates of Jordanian and Palestinian dead numbered at least 10,000. So far no war crimes accusations have been levelled either at the PLO or at the Jordanian armed forces.
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill...587/black.html
So far no war crimes accusations have been levelled either at the PLO or at the Jordanian armed forces for Black September.Deir Ashahe destruction: Others point the finger at Arafat for the destruction of the Lebanese village
of Deir Ashahe in 1975 with hundreds estimated to have been killed.
www.wlo-usa.org/Bulletins/bulletin49.htm
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill...87/damour.html
www.gamla.org.il/English/feature/free2.htm
www.clhrf.com/freeopinionresponses.htm
( continued )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Find this article at: http://www.freemiddleeast.com/PLOmassacres.asp
"They have come with chariots and horses we come in the name of G-d - they have fallen, but we arose" (Psalms 20)
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