Hmmm. Religious hypocrite? Perhaps, but not in the context of anything I've written at Mudcat, here or ever. And never in any discussion of the Levantine problem at any time or any where. But name-calling becomes you (and don't expect an apology this time).

As to Sabra and Shatilla, the massacres were conducted by Lebanese militia. I do however fault the Israeli army for not intervening to stop the killing, as the perpetrators were their allies.

However, when Palestineans were expelled from Jordan, they set-up a state-within-a-state in the south of Lebanon. No need to repeat the details and history of the 1980s to you; you'll deny them anyway, because they don't fit your preconception of the problem.

And so, I think I'll take number6's, biLL's, advice, and bid adieu to this thread.