Lebanon – Israel

TJS S5E19 Lebanon War part IV – Sabra and Shatila

October 27, 2022 mfeuer@hotmail.com Season 5

The assassination of Christian Lebanese Phalangist leader Bashir Gemayel was an explosion which rocked the region, and the massacres at Sabra and Shatila which followed in its wake horrified the world. This episode touches on a rabbinic debate over the morality of war, the political struggle over its consequences and sets the stage for a…

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Lebanon War 1982

TJS S5E17 – Lebanon War part II

March 20, 2022 mfeuer@hotmail.com Season 5

Operation Peace for the Galilee begins with Israeli jets pounding Yasser Arafat’s PLO bases in southern Lebanon, but there is always a backstory. In this episode learn about the complicated history Lebanon’s civil wars fought between Christians, Moslems and Druze. Meet Ariel Sharon in his new role of Defense Minister, ever the bulldozer and now…

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