Editing Sabra and Shatila massacre (section)

=== Lawsuits against Sharon ===
==== Sharon's libel suit ====
Ariel Sharon sued [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']] magazine for [[libel]] in American and Israeli courts in a $50&nbsp;million suit, after ''Time'' published a story in its 21 February 1983, issue, implying that Sharon had "reportedly discussed with the Gemayels the need for the Phalangists to take revenge" for Bachir's assassination.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/archive/collections/0,21428,c_ariel_sharon,00.shtml |title=Time Collection: Ariel Sharon |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=25 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060116050853/http://www.time.com/time/archive/collections/0,21428,c_ariel_sharon,00.shtml |archive-date=16 January 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The jury found the article false and defamatory, although ''Time'' won the suit in the U.S. court because Sharon's defense failed to establish that the magazine's editors and writers had "acted out of [[malice (legal term)|malice]]", as required under U.S. libel law.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://brookekroeger.com/sharon-loses-libel-suit-time-cleared-of-malice/ |title=Sharon Loses Libel Suit; Time Cleared of Malice |date=25 January 1985 |access-date=25 February 2022 |first=Brooke W. |last=Kroeger |author-link=Brooke Kroeger |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303053743/https://brookekroeger.com/sharon-loses-libel-suit-time-cleared-of-malice/ |archive-date=3 March 2024}}</ref>

==== Relatives of victims sue Sharon ====
After Sharon's 2001 election as Israeli Prime Minister, relatives of the victims of the massacre filed a lawsuit.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Flint |first=Julie |title=Vanished victims of Israelis return to accuse Sharon |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/nov/25/israelandthepalestinians.lebanon |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=25 November 2001 |access-date=13 November 2012 |quote=The fate of the disappeared of Sabra and Chatila will come back to haunt Sharon when a Belgian court hears a suit brought by their relatives alleging his involvement in the massacres. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012022529/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/nov/25/israelandthepalestinians.lebanon |archive-date=12 October 2023}}</ref> On 24 September 2003, Belgium's Supreme Court dismissed the war crimes case against Ariel Sharon, since none of the plaintiffs had Belgian nationality at the start of the case.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.redress.org/publications/UJ%20Update%20-%20Dec03%20-%20final.pdf |title=Universal Jurisdiction Update |date=December 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910230718/http://www.redress.org/publications/UJ%20Update%20-%20Dec03%20-%20final.pdf |archive-date=10 September 2008 |website=Redress (London) |access-date=5 January 2010}}; section Belgium, subsection 'Shabra and Shatila'.</ref>