Further information about the 1982 Lebanon WarThe U.S. Foundation for Jewish Culture has produced a guide to the movie, which provides more information about the Lebanon War and its aftermath. It includes excerpts from the Kahan Commission, which investigated the Israeli role in the Sabra and Shatilla massacres. The conclusions of the Kahan Commission included the recommendation that Ariel Sharon be fired as Defense Minister and never permitted to hold the post again.Thomas Friedman's article in the New York Times detailing the massacre and how it occurred, from September 26, 1982. The full text of the Kahan Commission report. It is available on quite a variety of websites - this one is called MidEastWeb and their stated aims are as follows: MidEast Web was started by people active in Middle East dialog and peace education efforts. Our goal is to weave a world-wide web of Arabs, Jews and others who want to build a new Middle East based on coexistence and neighborly relations. Our members and staff include distinguished educators, engineers, Web designers and other professionals experienced in dialog, peace education projects and in promoting dialog and coexistence using the Internet. MidEast Web for Coexistence is a registered non-government organization in Israel. The page from which this quote is drawn lists the founding members and supporters.Articles about the movie:From Ha'aretz - "Thirty-six years later, he returns to the "Akabish" route in Sinai. Without wanting to, he finds himself back at that moment when he saw hundreds of burned and distended bodies heaped by the side of the road. "I returned to my private war experiences, the burnt tanks, the stench of the dead near Ismailiya, the looting of the bodies of the Egyptian soldiers," says the writer and psychotherapist Dr. Dror Green. 'In particular, I returned to my friend Ehud Matanya, with whom I was discussing art when he was ripped to pieces by a machine gun fired from an Egyptian plane.' "It is the day after he watched the animated film 'Waltz with Bashir,' and Green, 54, is still distraught. He talks about being jolted. 'Viewing the film is a meaningful experience. I experience a similar feeling when I watch, as I do at least once a year, [Francis Ford] Coppola's 'Apocalypse Now.' I allow myself to identify with the sense of horror that pervades Coppola's film precisely because it takes place so far away, in the Vietnam of a different era. The distance allows me to unpack the baggage of nightmares in a controlled manner. The truth is that I find it difficult to watch Israeli films, and I usually avoid them.'" |