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AP. 28 April 2002. Israel Bans U.N. Mission to Jenin. JERUSALEM -- Israel's Cabinet decided Sunday not to allow a U.N. fact-finding team to come to the region to look into the battle in the Jenin refugee camp, a Cabinet minister said. Communications Minister Reuven Rivlin, briefing reporters after a lengthy Cabinet meeting, said that the United Nations had gone back on its agreements with Israel over the team, and so it would not be allowed to arrive. Rivlin, speaking for the Cabinet, criticized the team's composition and said it was inevitable that the mission's report would blame Israel. "This awful United Nations committee is out to get us and is likely to smear Israel and to force us to do things which Israel is not prepared even to hear about, such as interrogating soldiers and officers who took part in the fighting," Rivlin said. "No country in the world would agree to such a thing." Palestinians have objected to Israel's delay of the fact-finding team, insisting that the United Nations send it immediately. The eight-member team, appointed by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, has been waiting in Geneva since Wednesday for Israel's green light to fly to the region. Annan had refused to delay sending the mission despite Israel's objections. Annan did not have immediate comment on the Cabinet's decision, his spokesman, Fred Eckhard, said in New York. A U.N. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Annan had spoken to Secretary of State Colin Powell, who had earlier visited the region on a peacemaking mission, as well as the team's leader, former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari. The U.N. Security Council, which last week endorsed the mission, was expected to hold an emergency meeting in New York later Sunday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Stoller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews Last train to Nuremberg --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
