Posted on 07/14/2003 6:04:05 AM PDT by yonif
In a study to be released next month by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and provided exclusively to The Jerusalem Post, Palestinian sources confirm that 52 Palestinian militants were killed fighting in the battle for the Jenin Refugee Camp.
The battle took place between April 4 and April 11 of 2002.
The research, which was conducted by IDF Lt. Col. Jonathan D. HaLevi and the JCPA from a wide and comprehensive variety of Palestinian written testimony and material which was published recently in Palestinian newspapers, books and Websites, reveals for the first time that Palestinian terror organizations saw themselves as armed combatants and not as civilians who died in a deadly massacre.
The 35 page study, which is based on primary sources, clearly illustrates that Fatah, Islamic Jihad and Hamas prepared themselves thoroughly with automatic weapons, grenades, anti-tank missiles and explosives and perceived the confrontation with IDF troops as nothing less than a "military to military battle."
The study refutes claims by PA leaders at the time that IDF forces were attacking innocent civilians and that the only Palestinians who had perished in the battle of Jenin were innocent, unarmed Palestinian men, women and children.
"The study directly contradicts the baseless charges made by PA leaders including Saeb Erekat, that Israel had massacred 500 Palestinians in Jenin," said former UN Ambassador and JCPA director Dore Gold. "That blatant lie made its way from the screens of CNN to the UN security council".
Among other revelations that the study illustrates is that a joint military operations room had been established by Fatah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad in preparation for the battle of Jenin.
In addition the research indicates that Fatah, Islamic Jihad and Hamas had created a joint bomb making facility in Jenin which produced over two tons of explosives.
The JCPA paper states that civilians were intentionally used as human shields and that both women and children were deployed by Fatah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad to divert IDF troops into ambushes and booby-trapped areas.
The Jenin Refugee Camp was prepared as a "reinforced fortress" where nearly 200 Palestinian terrorists had gathered for the battle, the JCPA research states.
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Actually, the anti-Semites will simply say that the Jerusalem Post is lying.
It is a bit like Mitterrand being surprised at the outrage of Americans at Clinton's misbehavior. "So he cheated his wife with an intern half his age, obstructed justice, and committed perjury? What's the deal? Everybody does that!" This sort of behavior is considered the norm in France, so they think it's the norm in America too.
Similarly, lying is the norm for leftists--that's why they automatically assume that all conservatives lie as well.
And this article will make its way from the Jerusalem Post to...well, nowhere else but a slim number of informed folks who already knew there was no massacre to begin with.
Thanks for the ping. I think I'll keep this one.
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| WSJ: The Massacre That Wasn't - Part I http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/668601/posts Non-evidence and Pali fabrication of evidence |
Steyn: The UN is running out of blind eyes to turn http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/669411/posts Interesting link on UN backpedaling |
| WSJ: The Massacre That Wasn't - Part II http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/669632/posts Palestinians drop their hyped-up "massacre" charges |
The Massacre That Never Was http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/668572/posts The testimony of pathological liars |
| WSJ: The Massacre That Wasn't - Part III http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/672189/posts Jimmy "International Fiasco" Carter, has an opinion |
There was No Massacre in Jenin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/668650/posts The Elite, The Paid, & The Gullible all accept Pali lies |
| WSJ: The Massacre That Wasn't - Part IV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/672160/posts Yet more non-evidence and Pali fabrication of evidence |
NY POST: THE MASSACRE THAT WASN'T http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/667529/posts Peres: There wasn't a house that wasn't booby-trapped |
| WSJ: The Massacre That Wasn't - Part V http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/673145/posts The Pali's contradict themselves and blame it on Israel |
Steyn: It's time to snap out of Arab fantasy land http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/669063/posts Some great Oriana Fallaci quotes/links as well |
| WSJ: The Massacre That Wasn't - Part VI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/678521/posts Pali grave digging and UN jury rigging |
Jenin's 'Massacre' Death Toll Reduced to 56 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/675752/posts Say it slow: Israelis told the truth, Palis told lies |
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An interesting juxtaposition of tales: |
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| Message From An Israeli On The Front Lines http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/673234/posts "Entire families exploded themselves! It was horrific." |
Palestinian Fighter admits: No Massacre in Jenin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/671903/posts 2,000 bombs and booby-traps placed in the camp |
| Pediatrician: terrorists used children in Jenin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/670962/posts Doc: IDF did everything possible to avoid civilian harm |
Palestinians Booby-Trap Wheelchair in Jenin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/670810/posts NOTE: The wheelchair was occupied!! |
| Jenin War Diary of a Hasidic Soldier - Part I http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/672951/posts Israeli citizen-soldier describes what went on in Jenin |
Massacre Claims Unsupported by Pali Fighters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/675129/posts Pali eyewitnesses all support the Israeli version |
| Jenin War Diary of a Hasidic Soldier - Part II http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/678298/posts There is no army on earth as humane as the IDF |
Palestinian fighter's version of the Jenin battle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/672896/posts Pali Plan: Trap Israeli soldiers, then blow them up |
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Yellow Journalism: Sensationalism? YES! Truth? NO! |
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| Documenting the Myth of Jenin (Myth Part 1) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/687909/posts Troubling questions on the media's reliability |
How the L.A. Times and CNN Distorted Jenin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/681552/posts First, you start with an agenda... |
| Why Europe Bought Jenin Myth (Myth Part 2) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/687910/posts Ideologues + agendas = exaggerated, inaccurate news |
Jenin: The Big Lie. Fighting the Media War http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/667296/posts World media falls for Goebbels's 'Big Lie' ... Again |
| Europe's Media Lost Out in Jenin (Myth Part 3) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/687911/posts Remarkable loss in perspective by European media |
Reporters Back Down From 'Massacre' Reports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/668509/posts World press forced to face the truth: No Massacre |
| Jeningrad: What the British media said http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/682766/posts "Only intellectuals could say something so stupid" |
Atrocities of the British Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/669206/posts Huge amounts of ink devoted to unverified Pali tales |
| The Media and 'The Massacre' http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/668719/posts Quick to report fantasy, slow to correct errors |
The Big Jenin Lie http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/679694/posts Putrid Pali Propaganda Promptly Panned - GO FR! |
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We're from the UN. We're Here to Help. |
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| The Overseers of Jenin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/675737/posts Camps run by UN are centers for terror bombings |
U.N.'s Point Man In Jenin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/673541/posts Arafat's militia gangs rely on Mr. Roed-Larsen |
| Guilty Until Proven Guilty http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/675043/posts Surprise! The UN has a not-so-hidden agenda |
The Jenin Probe Ends http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/675737/posts UN unhappy about Israel's possible exhoneration |
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Human Rights Organizations |
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| Human Rights Watch: No Massacre in Jenin Camp http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/677338/posts Pali gunmen endangered lives of Jenin residents |
Amnesty International Double Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/673282/posts Leftist A.I. "condemns" Pali atrocities with silence |
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And so, in conclusion: |
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| The 'Jenin Massacre' Hoax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/677148/posts Living in a world of monstrous moral inversion |
The Phantom Massacre http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/672761/posts War Crimes in Jenin were committed by the Palis |
| Terrorists admit they carried out atrocities http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/679306/posts Fanatics brutalize women, children, old men |
Jenin's War Criminals http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/675340/posts What the Palestinians did was the real war crime |
| Palestinian sources confirm no massacre in Jenin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/945703/posts Surprise, surprise, surprise... |
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