25 years since the massacres at the Shatila and Sabra camps in Lebanon

On September 16, 1982 Lebanese Christian Phalangist militia entered the Beirut refugee camps Sabra and Shatila during the Israeli invasion of Lebanon.
To drive out Palestinian guerrillas Israel allied herself with several Christian militia groups, including the Phalangist militia who had fought the Palestinian Liberation Organization during the Lebanese civil war (1975-90).
Following the evacuation of the PLO fighters from Beirut, Ariel Sharon the Defense Security of the Israeli forces allowed Phalange forces to enter...