Israeli officials are up in arms over reports about an investigative piece that the BBC plans to air, according to the Israeli daily Ha’aretz. The show will focus on whether Prime Minister Ariel Sharon should be tried for war crimes in connection with the Sabra and Shatilla massacre of Palestinian civilians by Christian militiamen during the 1982 Lebanon war.
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