>From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: ISRAEL BANS U.N. MISSION TO JENIN >Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 00:38:07 EDT > >ISRAEL BANS U.N. MISSION TO JENIN >By JACK KATZENELL, > >JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's Cabinet decided Sunday not to allow a U.N. >fact-finding team to come to the region to look into the battle in the >Jenin refugee camp, a Cabinet minister said… > >Rivlin, speaking for the Cabinet, criticized the team's composition and >said it was inevitable that the mission's report would blame Israel. > >“This awful United Nations committee is out to get us and is likely to >smear Israel and to force us to do things which Israel is not prepared even >to hear about, such as interrogating soldiers and officers who took part in >the fighting,” Rivlin said… > >In an eight-day battle that ended April 11, the center of the Jenin refugee >camp was devastated by Israeli bulldozers and tanks. Palestinians charged >that Israeli soldiers massacred hundreds of civilians… > >After an international outcry, the United Nations, following a U.S. >initiative, put together the inquiry team to look into what happened at the >camp. At first Israel agreed, but then objected to the framework and >procedures the team was to follow, as well as the composition of the team. > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~