Many Palestinians where in refugee camps in Lebanon.
But your following your usual tactic, or posting irrelevant information
What's irrelevant, Tim? That Israel has violated Lebanon's sovereignty on any number of occasions. That over the years Israel has killed many Lebanese and done billions and billions of dollars worth of damage to that country. That Israel is the ME superpower and throws its weight around when ever it feels the mood to do so. I suspect what you find irrelevant, the Lebanese find extremely significant.
After the 1973 war, Sharon retired with the rank of brigadier general and, like several other Israeli generals, used his reputation as a political base. He was elected to the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) in 1974 but quickly resigned to become a military adviser to Labor Party prime minister Yitzhak Rabin. When Sharon returned to the Knesset in 1977, he made a radical shift in political allegiance by joining the conservative Likud Party, which came to power in the election. He was appointed Likud’s minister of agriculture, and he soon directed resources to Israelis settling in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israel’s left wing vehemently opposed settling the territories, which were populated mainly by Palestinians, but the right wing gave resounding support to Sharon’s efforts.
In 1981 Likud again won electoral victory, and Sharon became minister of defense. The following year he directed an attack on the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in Lebanon, and the ensuing fighting created a tremendous controversy in Israel and elsewhere. Sharon was accused of deceiving the cabinet in order to extend the war’s objectives beyond those stated by Prime Minister Menachem Begin. In addition, Israel’s defeat of the PLO, which was the main protector of Palestinian refugees in civil-war-torn Lebanon, left many of those refugees defenseless against enemies. When Lebanese Christian forces slaughtered a large number of the refugees, Sharon was reprimanded for not preventing the tragedy. He was eventually forced to give up the defense ministry, an unprecedented step in Israel; however, Sharon’s power was such that he remained in the cabinet even without a ministry.
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Many crimes against humanity were committed by the Israelis in Lebanon.....this is one where their indifference was responsible for the outcome. The Israelis would like nothing better than to eliminate the Palestinians so they would no longer have to worry about reparations. Oh my God, I am suggesting the Israelis would like to commit genocide. Yes, I am!
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