Who killed the Arabs in the town? The Lebanese Christian Phalanges militia was responsible for the massacres that occurred at the two Beirut-area refugee camps on September 16-17, 1982.
Did Ariel Sharon allow the massacre to happen? No! Ariel Sharon did not know what was happening inside the camp. Although Ariel Sharon sued Time magazine for libel in American and Israeli courts in a $50 million libel suit, after Time published a story in its February 21, 1983 issue implying that Sharon had "reportedly discussed with the Gemayels the need for the Phalanges to take revenge" for Bashir's assassination. The jury found the article false and defamatory.