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- Iraq hits at UN for hypocrisy on Israel - Iraq accuses the United Nations of double standards for imposing sanctions on Baghdad for 11 years, but failing to take any action against Israel for blocking a fact-finding inquiry into its military action at the Jenin refugee camp.
www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,708384,00.html
- Israel accepts UN panel, but demands immunity for testifiers - Describing that Israel will not allow any Israelis to testify for the U.N. factfinding mission in Jenin unless they are promised immunity from being charged with criminal acts or war crimes.
www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=156139
- Israel blocks UN mission to Jenin - Describing Israel's sudden refusal to cooperate with a human rights fact finding mission into its military incursion into Jenin, and its possible fear that the mission may also investigate Nablus.
www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,689718,00.html
- Israel refuses to co-operate with UN human rights mission - Describing a decision by the United Nations to call off a human rights mission to the Palestinian territories to look into rights abuses after Israeli authorities refused to co-operate.
www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_571143.html
- Israel tells UN it will welcome Jenin fact-finding mission - Describing a reversal of Israel's initial refusal, and its announcement that it will permit a fact-finding mission to look into its recent military actions against the Palestinians, and U.S. support for the investigation.
www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_571266.html
- Israelis dub Jenin probe 'anti-Semitic' - Describing Israel's frenzied efforts to impede investigation into what happened during military incursions in Jenin, after being cautioned by a legal advisor that a UN investigation could lay the foundation for war crimes charges.
www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,706442,00.html
- Jenin: A missed opportunity - Describing as unfortunate Kofi Annan's decision to cancel the fact-finding mission in the face of Israel's intransigence, and noting the irony of initial statements from Israel that they would welcome investigation and had nothing to hide.
www.jsonline.com/news/editorials/may02/40365.asp
- Last-ditch UN talks to save Jenin inquiry - Describing efforts by the Security Council to achieve its objective to send a fact-finding mission to Jenin, despite Israel's refusal to cooperate, and a human rights report suggesting that Israel committed war crimes.
www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,709130,00.html
- Legal experts to U.S. to discuss mandate of UN probe with Annan - Describing Israel's decision to block UN investigation of possible atrocities in Jenin, and its diplomatic effort to limit the scope and authority of any mission that does occur.
www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=155437
- Mixed reaction to Jenin decision - Observing in the context of Israel's refusal to cooperate with investigation of its actions in the Jenin refugee camp, Israeli declarations that the United Nations is anti-Semitic, and complaints from Palestinians that the United Nations would not let Iraq or Serbia escape such intransigence.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_1963000/1963737.stm
- My Team Should Have Investigated Jenin - Retired General William L. Nash describes his effort to build a fact-finding team full of experts on terrorism and counter-terrorism, and a plan to investigate with no preconceptions of what occurred in Jenin, and his frustration with Israel's obstructionism.
www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A3778-2002May10¬Found=true
- PM says fears outcome of UN fact-finding mission in Jenin camp - Aried Sharon expresses that he had 'no choice' but to allow a UN mission to investigate what happened at Jenin, while former Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu advances a public relations campaign meant to discredit its eventual findings.
www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=154990
- Secretary General Report on Jenin - The full text of the official United Nations report on Israel's incursion into Jenin, during its military operations in the occupied West Bank.
www.un.org/peace/jenin
- Sharon puts Washington on the spot - During his Washington visit, Ariel Sharon openly thanked the Americans for scuttling the proposed UN fact-finding mission of Palestinian deaths in the West Bank town of Jenin, and accused Saudi Arabia of funding terrorists.
www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,711652,00.html
- There should be a UN inquiry into the deaths at Jenin - Asserting that it is in the best interests of all parties to have the UN fully investigate allegations of misconduct by Israeli troops during the military incursion.
argument.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/story.jsp?story=286583
- Twenty-six Palestinians emerge from Nativity siege - Describing the slow progress of negotiations to end the siege of the Church of the Nativity, as well as the possibility that the United Nation's will cancel an investigation into Jenin due to Israel's refusal to cooperate.
news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=290682
- UN agrees to Jenin probe - Describing the unanimous Security Council vote to send a fact-finding mission to Jenin, following diplomatic pressure from Israel and the United States to prevent the grant of investigative powers.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_1940000/1940601.stm
- UN General Assembly expected to condemn Israel on Tuesday - Describing the probability of a General Assembly vote condemning Israel for blocking a United Nations fact-finding mission to determine what happened in the course of Israel's incursion into the Jenin refugee camp.
www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=159466
- UN in crisis meeting as Israel snubs mission - Describing Israel's refusal to cooperate with the United Nations fact-finding mission into what happened during its military incursion into Jenin, and Israel's objection to the mission being able to select its own witnesses.
www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,706890,00.html
- UN Must Persevere in Search for Jenin Truth - Arguing that Israel's decision not to cooperate with a United Nations fact-finding mission into the Israeli military assault on the Jenin refugee camp is intended to prevent the world from knowing the truth.
www.mafhoum.com/press3/95P9.htm
- UN struggles to save face over Jenin - Describing the threat to Kofi Annan's credibility in the face of Israel's refusal to allow a U.N. fact-finding mission, and British dipolomatic pressure that if Israel has nothing to hide they should allow the mission to proceed.
news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=290307
- UN will disband Jenin team rather than yield to Israel - Describing that Kofi Annan prefers to end efforts to send a fact-finding mission to Jenin, rather than concede to Israel's demands to change its composition and mission, and suggesting a secret deal by the United States not to pressure Israel on the issue.
news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=290711
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