EPISODE · Sep 18, 2022 · 34 MIN
Podcast Ep 65: Sabra and Shatila 40 years on
from The Electronic Intifada · host The Electronic Intifada
On episode 65, we speak with Donald Wagner, a long-time Chicago-based activist for Palestinian rights, a Presbyterian clergyperson and the author of a new memoir, Glory to God in the Lowest: Journeys to an Unholy Land. Forty years ago this month, during Israel’s invasion of Lebanon, Israel’s then-defense minister Ariel Sharon sent Lebanese militia forces, the Phalangists, into the Sabra and Shatila Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut on false claims of so-called terrorism. Thousands were slaughtered in a three-day massacre and no one was ever tried for war crimes. Read more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/podcast-ep-65-sabra-and-shatila-40-years
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On episode 65, we speak with Donald Wagner, a long-time Chicago-based activist for Palestinian rights, a Presbyterian clergyperson and the author of a new memoir, Glory to God in the Lowest: Journeys to an Unholy Land. Forty years ago this month, during Israel’s invasion of Lebanon, Israel’s then-defense minister Ariel Sharon sent Lebanese militia forces, the Phalangists, into the Sabra and Shatila Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut on false claims of so-called terrorism. Thousands were slaughtered in a three-day massacre and no one was ever tried for war crimes. Read more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/podcast-ep-65-sabra-and-shatila-40-years
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