The Sabra and Shatila massacre numbers are almost twice as high but that's a quibble.

Although Ariel Sharon was branded a war criminal, he remained unindicted, even worse was elected Prime Minister.

One of his most notorious statements, and one that perhaps best explains Israel's current annexation drives, was this:

"Sharon upheld a view that “the borders are wherever Israelis plant the last tree, or plough the last furrow”