BBC April 19, 2002
In JENIN, highly respected UN envoy, Norway's Terje Roed-Larsen emerged from the destruction to describe for the BBC what he'd witnessed:
"Shocking and horrifying beyond belief ...a blot on the history of the State of Israel ... the most sad and terrible thing I have ever seen ... the stench of decaying corpses is all over the place ... even to hunt down the most criminal elements no civilized nation can allow itself to use such means .."
Israel has since barred Mr Roed-Larsen from taking part in the upcoming UN fact-finding mission to Jenin; he has been denounced by a member of Sharon's government as "a racist, an anti-Semite and an apparent criminal"
Mr Roed-Larsen stands by his words
Ha'aretz April 23 2002
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee on Tuesday that Israel had been left with no choice but to accept the UN fact-finding mission to Jenin refugee camp, and that he feared the results it would produce, Israel Radio reported. See latest April 30 2002
The Los Angeles Times reported some of this - see what happened
"Every time we do something you tell me America will do this and will do that ...
I want to tell you something very clear: don't worry about American pressure on Israel. We, the Jewish people, control America and Americans know it." Ariel Sharon, to Shimon Peres, Oct 8th. 2001
Meanwhile George W. Bush was commenting:
Ha'aretz April 19 2002
"The president praised Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as "a man of peace. I'm confident he wants Israel to be able to exist at peace with its neighbor." Bush said he was satisfied that Sharon was acting in good faith. "He gave me a timetable, and he met the timetable"
"Mr. Arafat did condemn terrorism, and now we will hold him to account and demand that he take action against terrorists," Bush said.
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