Israel on Sunday approved housing allowances for South Lebanon Army (SLA) veterans residing in Israel, touting it as a “historic justice” to former members of the notorious Christian-led militia, officials said. The decision, passed by the government, would see some 400 former SLA fighters who did not hold commanding ranks receiving a one-off grant of 550,000 shekels (around $161,000) towards buying a home over the next four years, the Israeli army said in a statement. The nerve of this! Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982, committed large scale killings of Palestinian refugees and Lebanese civilia…