Kahan Commission

The Kahan Commission ( ועדת כהן, official name is: Commission to investigate the events in the refugee camps of Beirut ) was established on 28 September 1982 by the Israeli government of Menachem Begin, to investigate the massacre of Sabra and Shatila during the Lebanon War.

Chaired by the Commission Yitzhak Kahan, the then President of the Supreme Court of Israel. The other two members were Aharon Barak ( Supreme Court Justice ) and Major - General ( retired) Yona Efrat. The Commission met over a period of four months. Its stated aim was:

After a four- month investigation, on 8 February 1983, the Commission submitted its report, which was released to the public simultaneously in Hebrew and English. The Kahan Commission came to the conclusion that the direct responsibility for the massacre at the Kata'ib was. Israel was acquitted of any direct responsibility, however, considered to be indirectly responsible for the events. The massacres were committed with the knowledge and support of the Israeli army.

The then Defence Minister and later Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was considered to be " personally responsible ". He could have ignored the danger of retaliation and a Bluvergießens and not taken the appropriate measures to prevent this. Sharon rejected a resignation from originally and Menachem Begin refused to fire him. Later Sharon was Minister without Portfolio. The Commission adopted against Chief of Staff Rafael Eitan, the intelligence chief of Aman Yehoshua Saguy a similar judgment.

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