Palestinian territories are "the largest detention camp in the world" -- Britain's ambassador
British envoy's criticism angers Israel By Alan Philps in Jerusalem UK Telegraph 15/10/2002 Britain's ambassador to Israel has angered its government by describing the Palestinian territories as "the largest detention camp in the world". Sherard Cowper-Coles accused soldiers of humiliating and harassing civilians. He put his complaints to Maj-Gen Amos Gilad, the officer in charge of the welfare of Palestinians under occupation, after a tour of the West Bank which he is said to have found shocking. After his comments were leaked to the press yesterday, a senior Israeli official said: "The ambassador has forgotten that the British mandate is over. He went too far." British officials said the criticisms were co-ordinated with Whitehall after Gen Gilad visited London, where he was asked to explain why 3.5 million Palestinians were effectively locked up. ... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2002%2F10%2F15%2Fwmid15.xml
