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Searching Jenin: Eyewitness Accounts of the Israeli Invasion
It's a shame we are to ignore Israeli atrocity since they decided (and other Arab nations for political reasons) the Palestinians are going to be their Arab whipping boy forever. Why was the UN not allowed to enter the town immediately after the attack, if the IDF had nohing to hide? This book is a shocking, moving portrayal of a people (individuals! With NAMES!) who have negative rights, being trampled by a rogue nation in violation of numerous UN resolutions, much of it the result of Israeli apartheid policies which forbids the Jews becoming a minority in their own state. (Much like South Africa in the 80's.) It really is awful to say, but the Israelis learned well the lessons of WWII, and how to manipulate public opinion, especially here in the States, to be perceived as the victim. The last time I checked, the side fighting with the rocks was considered the victim/underdog, not the side with US supplied tanks, helicopters and bulldozers. Read the account of Red Crescent ambulance drivers shot at trying to pick up the wounded, young children, shot at for throwing stones at Israeli troops, the mothers and wives of men 16-40 taken away by the IDF becaue they were suspected of being terrorists. There was one depiction of IDF soldiers wrecking a mosque and a kindergarten, tearing up schoolbooks and urinating on the floors. I guarantee by the time you are halfway through, you will be saddened or angered by this endless cycle of violence allowed to proceed uninterrupted in the 21st century. A tragic account all the way around.
Searching Jenin: Eyewitness Accounts of the Israeli Invasion
If its truth and reality you are looking for you won't find it here.Yet sadly some of your reviewers of this book have been sucked in by the myths surrounding what really happened in Jenin - and one thing is for sure- it certainly was not a massacre.What a travesty to publish such a one-sided and selective view of what really happened in Jenin.The exaggerated stories that came out bore no resemblance to the true story that finally emerged, but this book seems to want to perpetuate the myth.In the event 52 Palestinian people died in Jenin, far removed from the thousands originally claimed. Of those 38 were armed militants!!! And over 30 Israelis died, caught up in booby trapped homes as they tried to protect civilians, or in one case refusing to shoot a child suicide bomber who was detonated killing many soldiers. If you want eye witness accounts speak to some of those who were there and watched their friends die because they adhered to the high moral standard of the Isreal Defence Forces. Or talk to the head of the hospital in Jenin who, when asked why he lied about Israelis shooting at the hospital, when in fact they protected it and helped save many lives, said "What do you expect me to say if I want to stay alive"!To suggest that there is still a controversy over the number of Palestinian dead is highly misleading as even those observers who are among Israel's severest critics have agreed with that final figure.And as far as the small area of the Jenin that the book focuses on, the reason why that refugee camp was flattened was that, under the noses of UNWRA, it was a hotbed of terrorism, with bomb-making factories, stores of ammunition and explosives, and booby trapped homes.Interestingly, a team of British engineers was forced out of Jenin last month when they were there building new quality homes to replace the refugee accommodation - the reason - the Palestinians did not want the residents to be allowed to give up their refugee status! Typical callousness and cynicism that has forced them to be refugees since 1948.Why nothing about the vast majority of Jenin that remained intact. Clearly that did not suit the authors' agenda.Joy WolfeManchester UK
Searching Jenin: Eyewitness Accounts of the Israeli Invasion
(...)Palestinian producer: False film funded by PADocumentary claims Israeli army committed war crimesJanuary 17, 2005A Palestinian filmmaker who produced a documentary alleging Israeli troops committed war crimes in a refugee camp admitted in a deposition last week to falsifying scenes, using inaccurate information and obtaining financing for the project from the Palestinian Authority, WorldNetDaily has learned.Muhammad Bakri, producer of "Jenin, Jenin," a documentary that claims Israel committed genocide in the Jenin refugee camp in April 2002, admitted in a deposition to inaccuracies throughout his film. The filmmaker is being sued by five Israeli soldiers visible in still footage in the film, which alleges IDF troops killed a "large number" of civilians, mutilated Palestinian bodies, randomly executed and bombed women, children and the mentally and physically impaired, and leveled the entire refugee camp, including a wing of the local hospital.The documentary doesn't show footage of the alleged atrocities, but in some scenes, faces of the soldiers now suing Bakri were superimposed over "eyewitness testimony," and it was indicated they had committed "war crimes."But Bakri, in a deposition obtained by WND, admitted he "believed" selected witnesses but didn't check the information they provided."I believed the things that I've been told. What I did not believe was not included in the film," said Bakri.When asked about a scene in which it is implied Israeli troops ran over civilians, Bakri admitted to constructing the footage himself as an "artistic choice." He also answered "no" when asked if he believed "that during the operation in Jenin, the Israeli soldiers killed people indiscriminately."In perhaps the most explosive element of the deposition, Bakri admitted his documentary, which was screened in theaters around the world, was financed in part by the Palestinian Authority. He said Yasser Abed Rabu, Palestinian minister of culture and information and a member of former PLO leader Yasser Arafat's executive committee, "covered a part of the film expenses."Israel entered Jenin, which was considered a center for terrorist recruitment and operations, as part of its Operation Defensive Shield to crack down on increased suicide bombings by Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. Israel sent infantry units to fight house-to-house and lost nearly two dozen soldiers to ambushes, Palestinian snipers and booby-trapped houses.Claims of a massacre were immediately made following the operation by the Palestinian leadership, which spoke of upwards of 500 civilians killed and thousands wounded, but it was later determined 56 Palestinians, mostly gunmen, were killed, and 23 Israeli soldiers died in the battle.Media accounts, documentary evidence and investigations by several international humanitarian organizations quickly proved there was no massacre....
Searching Jenin: Eyewitness Accounts of the Israeli Invasion
The book has no facts & only Palestinian one sided lies. How does one explain that only about 50 Palestinians were killed during the IDF raid (in response against the suiside bombings the Jews pursued by the Palestinians)Among those killed most were (according to the UN) armed terrorists. It's up to the Arabs to choose their own heroes, they have made their choice for homicidial fanatics like Osama Ben Laden (the more they kill the merrier according to the Palestinians, but for liberal and/or anti-Semitic idiots out there -- wake up and stop applauding this madness.
Searching Jenin: Eyewitness Accounts of the Israeli Invasion
Just one question here for these lying, pro-terrorist Arabs. Tell me something. If Israel is "OCCUPYING" JENIN and the rest of "Palestinian" land, how can it be INVADING A CITY where it is already SUPPOSED TO BE IN?
Searching Jenin: Eyewitness Accounts of the Israeli Invasion
The main problem with this book is its lack of honesty. even though international groups have already concluded that NO massacre took place in Jenin, Palestinians like Ramzy, the editor, still claim that 250 people were killed. The truth is that 54 Arabs (mostly armed with machine guns and grenades) were killed along with 14 Israeli soldiers.The editor cannot back up his claims of a massacre with victims names or any other relevant information. This is something commonly seen in Palestinian society, the crying wolf syndrome, that caused the UN to scrap its investigation into the alleged massacre.The area of land that was destroyed was approximately 100 by 100 square meters and an aerial photo of it is still posted on the Israeli Foreign Affairs website. This area was less than 3% of the city which is The area that was destroyed was done so to root out terrorists, the majority of suicide bombers that murdered innocent Israeli women, men and children came from Jenin.Prior to the IDF operation Defensive Wall Jenin's leading terrorist organizations were mainly centered in it's refugee camp. The leading groups were:1. HamasHamas' Jenin network organized a number of lethal suicide attacks, most recently in Haifa on March 31, in which 15 Israelis were killed. The Jenin network operated jointly with diverse operational elements in the Hamas movement and its overseas leadership. This network was severely damaged by the IDF in Tubas on April 5. Six major Hamas terror leaders were killed, including Qis Adwan (head of the Jenin infrastructure and organizer of suicide attacks killing dozens of Israelis), and Sa'ed Awad (chief of the QASSAM-2 missile project. Awad's death was effective in slowing missile production in Samaria).Other senior activists - Nasser Jerar (involved in planning major attacks in Israel) and Jamal Abu Al Hija (Hamas' Jenin head, responsible for directing and financing terror activities) - are still at large.2. Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)Until the IDF operation, the PIJ infrastructure in Jenin was the strongest in the PA's territories, due mostly to massive financial injections from the PIJ leadership in Syria. Details of these financial transactions have been verified by captured documents. The PIJ suffered a severe setback with the death of its Jenin military leader, Mahmud Tu'albe (responsible for a string of terrorist attacks inside Israel), and the arrest of senior operational figures, including Ali Safuri and Thabet Mardawi (both responsible for a large number of suicide and murder attacks).3. Fatah / Al Aqsa Brigades / TanzimFatah's Jenin network served as a central focus for terror activities. According to captured documents, local Fatah members, in close contact with Marwan Barghouti, carried out scores of shooting and explosives attacks against the IDF and Israeli civilians. Among these assaults was the March 30 suicide attack in a Tel Aviv coffee shop, where an Israeli civilian was killed and 45 wounded. Prominent senior Fatah activists include Jamal Hawil (arrested by the IDF for directing lethal terrorist attacks) and Ita Abu Ramila (Fatah and Preventive Security Apparatus leader in Jenin).