Articles by Seth Anziska

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Sabra and Shatila: New Revelations
Seth Anziska | New York Review of Books – TRANSCEND Media Service, 17 Sep 2018

17 Sep 2018 – Sifting through Foreign Ministry files, I stumbled upon the minutes of a September 17 [1982] meeting between Israeli and American officials that took place in the midst of the Sabra and Shatila massacre. The startling verbatim exchange between Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon and US diplomat Morris Draper clearly demonstrated how the slaughter of civilians in the Palestinian refugee camps of south Beirut was prolonged by Draper’s acquiescence in the face of Sharon’s deceptive claim of “terrorists” remaining behind.

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