An Israeli court ruled that then-Defense Minister Ariel Sharon misled Prime Minister Menachem Begin regarding the extent of the military operation he planned for the 1982 Lebanon war. The court made the statement in a ruling rejecting a libel suit brought by Sharon against the newspaper Ha’aretz.
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