Jenin - The Evidence
(May 2, 2002)

Sources:
Israel Ministry for Foreign Affairs / Israel Defense Forces http://www.mfa.gov.il and http://www.idf.il
The Jerusalem Post http://www.jpost.com
Haaretz newspaper http://www.haaretzdaily.com

1. Massacre in Jenin?

The IDF Spokesman's Office said on Monday that Palestinians in the Jenin refugee camp are inflating the number of residents killed during Operation Defensive Shield by removing bodies from a cemetery, located near the government hospital in the camp, to a mass grave where they earlier buried the bodies of 26 residents killed in the IDF operation. A British doctor in the Rescue team said that one of the corpses had been buried for two years.

In addition, IDF aerial photography showed a Palestinian "funeral" in Jenin where the corpse, after falling of the bier, got up and ran away from the procession...

Source: THE JERUSALEM POST and letters from soldiers.

2. Hide the Evidence

Jenin residents have been ordered by the PA to erase any militant symbols and hide weapons, as well as refrain from taking any militant action while the UN teams are present.

3 Post-Pullout

The IDF has reported that since the military pulled out from the
camp, explosive devices planted by Palestinian terrorists during the IDF operation have wounded 21 residents.

4. Jenin's Irish Connection

Former Royal Engineers' bomb-disposal expert Paul Collinson, now working with the Red Cross Rescue team in the Jenin refugee camp, found 200 explosive devices that were identical in every detail to those used by the IRA in Northern Ireland.

He is convinced that the devices were either supplied by the IRA or made by Palestinians under direct IRA supervision. "When I saw the bombs it was like a flashback to Northern Ireland," he said. "The pipe bombs I found in Jenin have all the hallmarks of originating from Ireland."

Source: HA'ARETZ, Jerusalem Post