On September 14, Lebanese President Jemayel, who had been elected less than a month ago, was assassinated. Gemayel is a Lebanese Maronite who is trusted by Israel, and the title of "Waltz with Bashir" is taken from the short-lived Lebanese president.
Later, it became known that Gemayel's death had nothing to do with the PLO or the Muslims of the West, but at the time, the death of the president was an immediate sign of a runaway. Israel immediately decided to break the agreement with the United Nations and occupy the western part of Beirut. They would rather believe that the death of President Gemayel is related to the Palestinians, and worry that if the Palestinians in the western part are not cleaned up, it will cause hidden dangers in the future.
Although the multinational force hangs in the name of the United Nations, it is helpless, watching the arrival of the Israeli army. Along with the Israel Defense Forces were the Falangists in Lebanon and possibly part of the South Lebanese Army.
Commanding the Falange was a Maronite Lebanese named Elie Hobeika. Hobeika was also a victim of the grievances of the Lebanon war, and his fiancée was the victim of the 1976 Dharma massacre.
In this retribution, Hobeika, who was already the leader of the Falange, was elected by the Israeli people. According to Israel's deployment, the Israeli army is responsible for occupying the west and driving away the remaining PLO. However, the Israeli army cannot enter the camps because the PLO likes to hide in them. Going in to fight street battles: First, the loss is huge; second, it is easy to bring public opinion disasters.
The responsibility for entering the refugee camp was handed over to the Falangists in Lebanon, who were responsible for interrogating refugees and identifying armed men.
Outside the Shatila refugee camp, Israeli troops guarded the passage to prevent anyone from escaping the camp, and lit fires to help light the Falangists. This has the scene in the memory of director Forman. As a soldier, his duty is to guard the passage on the periphery and be responsible for lighting. As for what's going on inside the camp, the Israelis can shirk not knowing, but they must have heard the gunshots in the camp.
The Falangists under the command of Huberka shocked the world. Afterwards, no one knew the exact death toll, with some saying it was only 400, while others claimed 3,500. Forman doesn't know the number, he can only tell us with the crying old man and child at the end of the film, this is the scene after the massacre.
Neither Israeli Defense Minister Sharon, nor Falangist Hubeka, could wash away this stain in their lifetimes.
Hubeka was assassinated in 2002. By this time Lebanon had returned to peace, and the Lebanese were committed to driving out the last remaining foreign army, the Syrians. The assassins claimed that Hubeka was a tool of Syria. Others believe that Syria may have been involved in the massacre that year, and that Hubeka's death could free many people from responsibility. He couldn't escape the shadow of that massacre even when he died.
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