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Friday, November 19, 2010

Dutch Film Director accuses Ariel Sharon of killing 2 Palestinian children in 1982

IMEMC- George Sluizer declared that in 1982 he saw then Israeli defense minister Ariel Sharon shooting Palestinian children from near the Sabra-Shatilla refugee camp, Beirut, while he was filming a documentary. Israel officials called report a 'modern blood libel'.

The accusation was first made in Volkskrant, a Dutch newspaper, during an interview to George Sluizer, who was promoting the screening of his most recent film about Israel in the International Documentary Film Festival of Amsterdam.

...“Sharon shot two children like you shoot rabbits, in front of my eyes,” he added. Read more
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