He chose to portray what was a cynical alliance of convenience between Israel and the Christian Phalange as a lesson to humanity and a rebuke of that hypocritical Christian Europe which had betrayed the Jews during the Holocaust. He would show them how the Jewish state, created by Holocaust survivors and now led by one, would come to the rescue of a Christian minority threatened with destruction.
1982年入侵黎巴嫩时，贝京把自己看作受上帝派遣的大屠杀复仇者。 他选择将以色列与基督教长枪党之间邪恶的实用联盟视之为人类应当汲取的教训，以及对曾在大屠杀中出卖犹太人的伪善的基督教欧洲势力的一种斥责。 他要向他们证明，由大屠杀幸存者建立并领导的这个犹太国家将如何拯救面临着毁灭威胁的基督教少数民族。