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| siddiqui |
| 08/01/02 at 10:40:38 |
| [slm] I came acrioss this very disheartening and sad article on the UN fact finding team to Jenin ,The Israelis first denied entry to the fact finding team and after every thing was long over anew team goes in and comes out with this report >:( May Allah swt help us Ameen [wlm] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2165272.stm A United Nations investigation has rejected claims that hundreds of Palestinian civilians were killed in Israel's attack on the Palestinian refugee camp in Jenin. In a report released on Thursday the UN said the overall number of Palestinians killed was 52 - around half of whom may have been civilians. It said 23 Israeli soldiers were killed. Of particular concern is the use, by combatants on both sides, of violence that placed civilians in harm's way UN report The report also criticises both Palestinians and Israelis for putting civilians in harm's way. The UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, said the report's aim of finding out exactly what happened in Jenin had been blocked by Israel's decision to refuse access to UN investigators. Israeli troops attacked Jenin on 3 April, days after launching a wide-scale offensive on the West Bank following a wave of suicide bombings in Israel. It regarded the camp as a breeding ground for suicide bombers, saying 28 suicide attacks were planned and launched from Jenin between October 2000 and April 2002. The BBC's Greg Barrow at the UN says the report offers few conclusions and merely reports allegations that have already been made. Civilian hardship "A senior Palestinian Authority official alleged in mid-April that some 500 (Palestinians) were killed, a figure that has not been substantiated in the light of the evidence that has emerged," the report says. Israel says 23 soldiers were killed in Jenin Using figures from Jenin hospital and the Israeli military (IDF) it says only 52 Palestinian deaths could be confirmed. Civilians were put in harm's way, both by the Israelis' methods of attack and by Palestinian armed groups' responses, according to the report. It says Palestinian militants sought by the Israeli military were placed in heavily populated areas, putting civilians at risk. "Palestinian groups are alleged to have widely booby-trapped civilian homes, acts targeted at IDF personnel but also putting civilians in danger," the report adds. "IDF is reported to have used bulldozers, tank shelling and rocket firing, at times from helicopters, in populated areas." The report also says curfews and closures increased civilian hardship, leaving one in five Palestinians in Jenin short of food. It reports "cases of Israeli forces not respecting the neutrality of medical and humanitarian workers and attacking ambulances". Israeli objections The report was compiled after Arab nations asked Mr Annan to look into what happened in Jenin four months ago. An earlier UN fact-finding mission was disbanded after Israel refused to co-operate, objecting to the team's composition and mandate. Israel did not contribute to the report, which was compiled using information from UN officials, the Palestinians, private relief organisations and foreign governments. Some Arab officials hoped the report would serve as a basis for charging Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon with war crimes, but it did not provide any such evidence. Israel and the Palestinians received copies of the report on Wednesday but have not yet commented. |
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| jannah |
| 08/01/02 at 14:19:18 |
| Interesting how their numbers are exactly the same as the Isareli government? [quote]the UN said the overall number of Palestinians killed was 52 - around half of whom may have been civilians. It said 23 Israeli soldiers were killed. [/quote] [quote]Israel says 23 soldiers were killed in Jenin Using figures from Jenin hospital and the Israeli military (IDF) it says only 52 Palestinian deaths could be confirmed. [/quote] Gee makes you think huh... I doubt Israel would have let them in except that they could easily cover up the atrocities. I guess if we asked the Nazi's how many people they killed they would give us the number people could find evidence for as well. |
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| BroHanif |
| 08/01/02 at 14:41:40 |
| We can prepare report after report but the evidence is clear for all just as night is from day who the real victims were. The UN sadly holds no ground anymore, its functioning has come into line with that of the whimsy League of Nations. Hanif |
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| ltcorpest2 |
| 08/01/02 at 16:34:24 |
| how many do the palestinians say were killed? I saw a person claiming to be a palestinian official claim that there were 60 that were killed ( i think i saw it also on a post a few weeks back.) is there an official source claiming otherwise? |
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| ascetic |
| 08/01/02 at 23:03:33 |
| ltcorpest2, "Saeb Erekat, a senior negotiator for the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, said in mid-April that 500 people had been killed. The Israeli army spokesman, Brigadier Ron Kitrey, added to the confusion at the time by saying more than 200 people were dead in Jenin. " http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,767971,00.html Could you provide me with the reference to this statement: [quote] I saw a person claiming to be a palestinian official claim that there were 60 that were killed ( i think i saw it also on a post a few weeks back.)[/quote] |
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