Second, less than 6 square city blocks were razed in rooting out the terrorist and thier bomb making factories... satalite photos, from a U.S. satilite are available on the IDF web-site (sorry for not having the link handy). The Area razed comprised less than 10% of the camp. If anything, the Israelis were guilty of being too humane in dealing with the terrorists in Jenin and unecessarily risking their soldiers lives.
Israel rightfully denied the U.N. fact finding team in when they learned it was Predispossed to reach a "massacre" outcome without properly analysing the evidence... The head of the U.N. team had previously equated the symbol of the Star of David on the Israeli flag with the Nazi Swastika. Israel's request was simple, put military experts on the team who had experience with counter-terrorism measure, and the U.N. balked.
It was more of a demand than a request, but I agree that Israel had every reason to feel the U.N. was preparing to do a one-sided propaganda number on them. I still believe they would have been better off letting some people in and taking their lumps because they already lost the propaganda war when it appeared that they were trying to hide something. Either way, this business of 'collective punishment' that the Israeli's seem so fond of is really starting to backfire on them. World opinion is turning away from them, and I don't believe its just because of anti-semitism like they claim. Sharon has caused the Israeli's to appear as the aggressers and oppressors and whatever claim they may have once held to the moral high ground has evaporated.