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- "I made them a stadium in the middle of the camp" - Describing how an IDF bulldozer operator bragged about the destruction he caused in Jenin, where he leveled homes for 75 straight hours fueled by his hatred for Palestinians and his constant consumption of whisky, and his admission that he refused to issue warnings before bulldozing occupied houses.
www.gush-shalom.org/archives/kurdi_eng.html
- "What Kind of War Is This?" - Describing encounters between Palestinian civilians and Israeli soldiers, and the destruction that resulted from Israel's incursion into the Jenin refugee camp.
www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=153462
- 'I saw three men shot. They surrendered but were still killed' - Reporting anti-Palestinian graffiti left by Israeli troops, extensive destruction, and accounts of summary executions and needless civilian deaths during the incursion in Jenin.
www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,687654,00.html
- 'The soldier shouted, kill them, kill them' - Describing an incident in which Israeli soldiers fired on unarmed civilians, possibly on the mistaken belief that one of them had an explosive device.
news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=287332
- 'We fight like girls and we are accused of a massacre' - Israeli troops respond to accusations of atrocities in the Jenin incursion, with an army spokesman describing Palestinian resistance as a battle against the odds, but in no way a massacre.
www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,687656,00.html
- A Tale Of Two 'massacres' - Jenin And Racak - Asserting hypocrisy in the Western press and political leadership in their treatment of what they describe as a 1999 Serbian massacre, by compariting it to their response to Israel's actions against the Palestinians in Jenin.
www.zmag.org/content/Miscellaneous/edwardsmassacres.cfm
- After granting UN access to Jenin camp, Israel blocks delivery of aid - United Nations press release, complaining that Israel has prevented relief personnel from delivering desperately needed supplies to civilians in Jenin.
www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=3386&Cr=jenin&Cr1=
- Amid Israeli attack, tales of abuse - Recounts the stories of refugees from the Jenin camp on their experiences during Israel's incursion, including a cigarette stubbed out on a man's skin, young men executed in plain sight, and mass burials.
www.csmonitor.com/2002/0412/p01s01-wome.html
- Amid the ruins of Jenin, the grisly evidence of a war crime - Describing evidence of a massive cover-up by Israel of atrocities allegedly committed during its military incursion in the refugee camp, the devastation of homes and property, and the reactions of civilian residents.
news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=285413
- Army denies frenzy of destruction in Jenin - Israeli forces assert that their actions in Jenin were militarily necessary, and respond to international and human rights groups who have criticized the extent of the destruction.
www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,686836,00.html
- Back to Jenin - Describing how true accounts of Israel's mass arrests of men and boys, many of whom were relocated to Shin Bet prisons without notice to their families, and its decision to send three large refrigerated trucks to the ruins of the city, were leading causes of rumors of a massacre in Jenin.
www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=%20187479
- Barring aid to Jenin is 'a war crime' - Describing the reaction of international human rights workers to Israel's incursions, and their conviction that even if there was no massacre, atrocities occurred.
news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=287344
- Blasted to rubble by the Israelis - Describing the extent of the devastation of the Jenin refugee camp, following Israel's military incursion.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/04/16/wmid16.xml
- Brutal, yes. Massacre, no - Suggesting that there is no indication of an intentional massacre, but that Israel's operation was an act of ferocious destruction against an area of civilian concentration, and that during the siege Israel may have lost control of its troops.
www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,688008,00.html
- Bush says Israeli invasion of Jenin must be investigated - Describing international response to allegations of atrocities in Jenin, an attempted suicide bombing, and the killing of seven Palestinians including a nine-year-old boy for violating an Israeli military curfew.
www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,687669,00.html
- Children scream for water in the 'City of Bombers' - Describing the suffering of civilians and children in the Jenin refugee camp, during the course of Israel's military incursion.
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,3-261573,00.html
- Death at the door - Describing how a Palestinian mother was shot by Israeli troops as she called on her family to come into their house, in the context of Israeli's policy of indiscriminately shooting 'curfew violators' even if they are just sticking their heads out of a window.
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/04/12/MN27225.DTL
- Families scrabble in the dust to find their dead - Describing the difficulties of recovering bodies from the refugee camp, the extent of the destruction, and reactions of UN officials.
news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=286615
- Fresh evidence of Jenin atrocities - Describing questions raised by an autopsy of a shooting victim, concern for people who may be buried in the rubble, stories of human rights abuses, and questions of possible disregard for the lives and safety of civilians.
news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=286197
- From the ruins of Jenin, the truth about an atrocity - Arguing that although probably not a massacre, atrocities and human rights violations were committed in Jenin by Israel's armed forces. Also suggesting that the Bush Administration shows little regard for the Palestinian people.
news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=286934
- Grieving survivors say the Israelis buried war crimes in heaps of reeking rubble - Describing the frantic search of survivors for their missing families, the reaction of humanitarian officials to apparent mass killing and Israel's denial of humanitarian relief, and the growing body of evidence regarding what occurred.
news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=285826
- Horror stories from the siege of Jenin - Describing accounts of atrocities from Palestinian citizens, amidst the ruins of the refugee camp.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/04/15/wmid115.xml
- Human rights group finds evidence of war crimes in Jenin - Describing a human rights report detailing evidence that the Israeli army committed war crimes in its incursions in Jenin, and calling for criminal investigations of those responsible, and detailing the use of civilians as human shields.
news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=291385
- Ill-Prepared For a Battle Unexpected - Describing the chaotic attack by Israeli troops on Jenin, and quoting Israeli soldiers regarding indiscriminate fire at civilian houses.
www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A50986-2002Apr25¬Found=true
- Israel accused over Jenin assault - Describing the conclusion by the International Red Cross that Israel recklessly endangered civilian lives and property during its assault on the Jenin refugee camp, and Amnesty International's call for a war crimes inquiry.
www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,688959,00.html
- Israel buries the bodies, but cannot hide the evidence - Describing Israel's scramble to clean up the carnage in Jenin in advance of allowing journalists to access the city, and the expressions of international officials that Israel seems to be concealing war crimes.
news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=284436
- Israel's stranglehold on Jenin - Describing how medics cannot get access to Jenin, as Israelis celebrate 'Independence Day' at the military checkpoint across from them, and the desperate need for medicine and humanitarian aid within the blocked city.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_1936000/1936204.stm
- Israel's troubled UN relations - An overview of the history of Israel's relationship with the United Nations in the context of its refusal to cooperate with an investigation of Jenin.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_1949000/1949185.stm
- Israel/Occupied Territories: Jenin War Crimes Investigation Needed - Summarizing a report from Human Rights Watch on the Israeli incursion into the refugee camp, as concluding that Israel committed extremely serious abuses in Jenin, which in some cases appear to be war crimes.
www.hrw.org/press/2002/05/jenin0503.htm
- Jenin - a thicket of human rights questions - Describing human rights groups as disappointed by Israel's High Court's rulings on issues such as demolition of civilian homes, torture, and efforts to rescue people who may be buried alive, on the basis that its intervention is 'limited' during army operations.
www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=152121
- Jenin Refugee Camp Eyewitness - Answers to questions posed to an Oxfam-Québec relief worker, with regard to the status and difficulty of rescue efforts following Israel's siege of Jenin.
discuss.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/zforum/02/world_holland0419.htm
- Jenin Satellite Imagery - Satellite Aerial Imagery of the Jenin refugee camp.
www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/palestine/jenin-imagery.htm
- Jenin tactics under the spotlight - Describing reports of atrocities, the Israeli response, and an IDF soldier's admission that his unit was ordered to fire even when they could not see their targets.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_1952000/1952940.stm
- Jenin: 'My mother ran for help. A soldier shot her in the head' - Describing how Israeli snipers killed a woman as she tried to get medical help for her dying son, the apparent high numbers of civilian casualties in the Jenin refugee camp, and criticism of Israel's interference with humanitarian aid.
news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=283752
- Jenin: IDF Military Operations - The full report from Human Rights Watch of their inquiry into Israel's incursions into the Jenin refugee camp, presenting their conclusion that Israel violated international law in the course of its operation.
hrw.org/reports/2002/israel3
- No peace for those in Jenin - Describing the effect of Israel's incursion and demolition of homes and public buildings on the civilian residents of the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.
www.registerguard.com/news/20020412/1a.jenin.0412.html
- Nurse shot through heart and man in wheelchair among Jenin dead - Describing civilian casualties at the hands of Israel's military forces.
news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=288683
- Once upon a time in Jenin - Describing how early investigations have established the probability of serious offenses by Israeli forces, including summary executions of civilians, use of human shields, and refusing medical care to the wounded.
news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=288592
- Operation Defensive Shield - The Propaganda War and the Reality - Analysis of events during Israel's incursions in the occupied territories, focusing on Jenin, utilizing the statements of Israeli soldiers and Palestinian eyewitnesses to determine what actually happened. From the Israeli human rights group, B'tselem.
www.tikkun.org/magazine/index.cfm/action/tikkun/issue/tik0207/article/020711a.html
- Peres calls IDF operation in Jenin a 'massacre' - Describing Shimon Peres' concern about human rights violations during Israel's military incusion, and the expression of IDF officers that the operation was indefensible. Also raising doubts about claims that Arafat has been proved to have ordered terrorist attacks.
www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=150051
- Refugees flee camp with reports of Israeli abuses - Describing reports of random shootings of civilians, use of civilians as human shields, refusal to allow medical aid to the wounded, rocket attacks and demolition of homes with their residents still inside, and other alleged human rights violations by Israeli forces in Jenin.
www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,683098,00.html
- Remember Jenin - Asserting that an investigation is needed into the deaths, destruction, and possible war crimes committed by the Israeli Defense Forces during their incursion into the Jenin refugee camp.
mcrowley.tripod.com/jenin/index.html
- Remembering Jenin - Timeline, archive of photos, reports and eyewitness accounts of the events in Jenin during the Israeli Field of Thorns operation asserting the need for an investigation.
www.jenin.info
- Report from Jenin: voices heard under the rubble - Describing efforts to find the wounded and recover bodies, the suffering of camp residents, and a call by a Palestinian cabinet minister for a full inquiry into what occurred.
www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=152840
- Rescue teams join Jenin search - Describing the arrival of international teams of specialist rescue workers, some with earthquake experience, to help clear the Jenin refugee camp and save possible survivors, and the continuing effort to recover the dead.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_1939000/1939611.stm
- Shock at lack of rescue effort in Jenin - Describing human rights activists as being appalled by the lack of interest by Israel or international groups in performing search and rescue in Jenin, even after a family of ten was discovered buried in the rubble of their home.
www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,686092,00.html
- Survivors of Jenin creep home to see destruction - Describing stories of destruction, and of human rights abuses and summary executions by Israeli troops.
news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=285084
- The battle for Jenin - An interactive overview of the progress of Israel's military incursion into the West Bank refugee camp.
www.guardian.co.uk/flash/0,5860,686322,00.html
- The Battle for the Truth - What really happened in Jenin camp? - Suggesting that the entire refugee camp should be treated like a crime scene with a full international invetigation to ensure that, as much as possible, we learn the truth.
www.guardian.co.uk/israel/comment/0,10551,685592,00.html
- The bloody evidence of the tragedy that is Jenin - Describing accusations that Israel's forces committed 'massacres' in Jenin, and how Israel's refusal to allow media and humanitarian groups into the refugee camp is convincing many that it has something to hide.
news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=284810
- The camp that became a slaughterhouse - Describing the deaths of women and children, and those who bled to death in the street when denied medical care by Israel's invading force, and Israel's refusal to allow media access to areas of the camp which are still littered with bodies.
news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=284823
- The living dead - Describing a Palestinian man's genuine fear that his family, missing for days after the destruction of his house, was buried under the ruins, and how his fears were cynically exploited by Israeli propagandists who wanted to refute charges of a massacre.
www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=188390
- The lunar landscape that was the Jenin refugee camp - Describing the extent of damage in Jenin, reports of abuse by Israeli troops, and the pervasive smell of rotting bodies buried under buildings.
www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,685133,00.html
- The search for bodies continues in Jenin - Describing the difficult process of recovering bodies from the ruins of the camp, the reactions of UN and Red Cross officials to the devastation, and Israel's continued opposition to an international peacekeeping force.
www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=153466
- U.N. Envoy Calls Camp 'Horrifying' - Israel Condemned For Slowing Rescue - Comments of the U.N. envoy to the Middle East on the crisis in Jenin, and the difficulties of recovering bodies and getting humanitarian aid to civilians.
www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A11963-2002Apr18¬Found=true
- U.N. envoy: Refugee camp 'horrifying beyond belief' - Describing reactions to the destruction and death resulting from Israel's incursions into Jenin.
www.usatoday.com/news/world/2002/04/18/arafat-jordan.htm
- UN prepares Jenin report - Following Israel's blocking a fact-finding mission, the United Nations General Assembly ordered a report on Israel's West Bank incursions, urging both Israel and the Palestinians to assist with the compilation of relevant information.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_1976000/1976988.stm
- What happened in Jenin? - Describing Ariel Sharon's role in past atrocities committed against Palestinian civilians and how that history may have resulted in overblown fears about Jenin, how Palestinians benefit from overstatement, and calling for a full and balanced inquiry.
www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1019167376003
- Witnesses tell how elderly were used as human shields for tank forces - Describing stories of the use of civilians as human shields, mass arrests of women and children, and dead bodies piled in the streets following Israel's incursion into the Jenin refugee camp, and the difficulty of investigating the claims due to Israel's censorship policies.
www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=283026
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