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Middle East
Peres termed Jenin operation a "massacre"
2002-04-09
  • Foreign Minister Shimon Peres reportedly termed the army's operations in the Jenin refugee camp over the last few days as a "massacre," in conversations behind closed doors. IDF Deputy Territories Operations Commander Brig.-Gen. Kamil Abu Rukun told Army Radio in response, "It's not the Israeli army that is delaying the evacuation of Palestinian wounded in the territories. We requested from local Red Cross and [Palestinian] Red Crescent authorities to be involved in this matter, giving them all the opportunities and availability to assist, and they refused for their own inhumane ... propaganda reasons."
    Some say Peres is a voice of moderation. Others say he's a weasel.
    There is something up here, and it may just be the JPost who has no love lost for Peres. Ha'aretz [http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=150149&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y] gives Peres being concerned about how the PA will use decisive IDF action in Jenin as a propaganda ploy to term Jenin a massacre. Neither of these papers are updating this story, which is rather surprising. If Peres said what the JPost said, it would have political significance. If its as Ha'aretz put matters, then Peres is merely stating the obvious.
    Posted by Tom Roberts 4/9/2002 6:23:52 PM
    I'm surprised that they haven't set up more ambushes. Could they be semi-good at simple sniping and autoboomers and not too good at more complicated tactics?
    Posted by Mark Byron [markbyron.blogspot.com] 4/10/2002 10:39:45 AM
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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