A TRAP FOR ISRAEL

New York Post ^ | 5/01/02 | Eric Fettmann

[kattracks]

IF U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan follows through on yesterday's announcement and disbands the United Nations' investigative mission to Jenin because of Israeli non-cooperation, expect Ariel Sharon and his government to take a major public-relations hit.

After all, Israel had declared from the start that it had "nothing to hide" from an objective fact-finding inquiry into its military operation at the Palestinian-controlled city and refugee camp.

[Howlin]

expect Ariel Sharon and his government to take a major public-relations hit

For the life of me, I cannot understand how the PA is getting "good press" from this.

[Kermit]

Advice to Israel, take a page out of the Clinton Playbook, organize your own investigation. Get a high-ranking retired US General, some officers from NATO countries, a couple good forensic pathologists and have your own investigation. It'll be less biased than the UN and you'll have a study to point to.

While we're setting up investigations, start another group to investigate the evidence that ties Arafat and the PA to the terrorist attacks.

[Jeremiah Jr]

Reports out of Israel say that the Bush administration has agreed to support Israel's objections in return for the deal that will free Yasser Arafat from Ramallah and end the stalemate at Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity.

Deal with the devil (Arafat) and...

[My Identity]

For a dose of truth:
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	Atrocities of the British Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/669206/posts Huge amounts of ink devoted to unverified Pali tales
WSJ: The Massacre That Wasn't - Part III http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/672189/posts Hey, Jimmy Carter has an opinion too!!	Reporters Back Down From Jenin "Massacre" Reports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/668509/posts World press forced to face the truth: No Massacre
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
An interesting juxtaposition of tales:
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 camp http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/670962/posts Doctor: 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 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/672951/posts Israeli citizen-soldier describes what went on in Jenin	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
And so, in conclusion:
Massacre Claims Unsupported by Palestinian Fighters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/675129/posts Pali eyewitnesses all support the Israeli version	The Phantom Massacre http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/672761/posts War Crimes in Jenin were committed by the Palis
The Jenin Probe Ends http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/675737/posts UN unhappy about Israel's possible exhoneration	Jenin's War Criminals http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/675340/posts What the Palestinians did was the real war crime

[aimhigh]

Annan ... could easily conclude that Israel's actions in Jenin were disproportionate, and thus did not constitute a legitimate military response.

Actually, the UN would conclude that it's a war crime for Israel to win any battle.

[dennisw]

Israel should convene it's own commission to investigate Jenin. Of course non Israelis would be on it too. Amazing how in your face scummy the UN behaved when it placed Cornelio Sommaruga on their commission on Jenin. This ghoul said the Star of David is the same as the nazi swastika and kept Israel out of the international Red Cross

[dennisw]

FROM CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER:

Three people have been chosen by the United Nations to judge Israel's actions in Jenin. Two are sons of Europe, and one of those is Cornelio Sommaruga. As former head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Sommaruga spent 12 years ensuring that the only nation on earth to be refused admission to the International Red Cross is Israel. The problem, he said, was its symbol: "If we're going to have the Shield of David, why would we not have to accept the swastika?"

This man will sit in judgment of the Jews. Marx was wrong when he said that history repeats itself, the first time as tragedy, the second as farce. The second time is tragedy