The Massacre That Wasn't - Part VI

WSJ ^ | April 30, 2002 | JAMES TARANTO

[My Identity]

In Jenin, where the British press, United Nations representatives and "human rights" groups have been throwing around charges of a massacre, the Israeli Defense Forces say "the Palestinians have begun moving bodies buried in the cemetery next to the government hospital prior to operation 'Defensive Shield' into a 'mass grave' of casualties of the operation--facing the old cemetery." The IDF charges the Palestinians with other "false manipulations" to make the carnage seem worse than it was. Hmm, maybe James Randi should be on the U.N. investigating team.

[My Identity]

Posting for the record.

[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
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 Israel told the truth; Palis did not
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 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	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
Jenin War Diary of a Hasidic Soldier - Part II http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/678298/posts There is no army as humane as the IDF	Massacre Claims Unsupported by Palestinian Fighters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/675129/posts Pali eyewitnesses all support the Israeli version
And so, in conclusion:
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
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

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It still comes down to this; The IDF kept any journalist out of Jenin, at gun point where necessary. The IDF would not allow medical aid to enter the camp or the evacuation of injured civilians. 50% of the bodies recovered so far are women and children. I don't believe a massacre took place i.e people lined up and shot in large numbers as in Sebrenica etc. I do believe that the IDF ran amok in Jenin after the ambush which killed 13 soldiers. Why else have the Israelis denied access to Jenin to outside media for so long? Why have the Israelis put so much effort to ensure that there would be no investigation of the events in Jenin?

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50% of the bodies recovered so far are women and children.

Absolutely not true - post a credible (non-Pali)source for this lie. I believe the number is 7 women & children out of 52 bodies. And who's to say that some of those 7 weren't also combatants.

[anapikoros]

Please ping me when you decide to stop updating this list as I want to archive the final installment offline.

BTW, great job!!

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The IDF kept any journalist out of Jenin, at gun point where necessary.

Not true. How did all the world (and UK) press get in to Jenin in the first place to write their unfounded articles?

The IDF would not allow medical aid to enter the camp

Not true. They stopped and searched Red Crescent ambulances because they are known to transport weapons and bombers. A violation of both the Red Cross charter and the Geneva Conventions. Once cleared, they were allowed to pass.