{"id":1764,"date":"2002-05-01T15:17:18","date_gmt":"2002-05-01T20:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=1764"},"modified":"2002-05-01T15:17:18","modified_gmt":"2002-05-01T20:17:18","slug":"the_massacre_th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/05\/01\/the_massacre_th.html","title":{"rendered":"The Massacre that Roared"},"content":{"rendered":"

The new official Palestinian count of the dead in Jenin? Fifty-six<\/a>, down from the 500 or so that were earlier claimed. Perhaps that’s one reason why the UN is backing off sending a fact-finding mission there.<\/p>\n

In fact, the official Palestinian party line is no longer that there was a massacre, but that it was actually a great Palestinian victory (as demonstrated, no doubt, by the low body count):<\/p>\n

He no longer used the ubiquitous Palestinian charge of “massacre” and instead portrayed the battle as a “victory” for Palestinians in resisting Israeli forces. “Here the Israelis, who tried to break the Palestinian willpower, have been taught a lesson,” Mr. Kadoura said.
\nHe insisted that Israel had tried but failed, thanks to the heavy fighting, to destroy the entire warren of homes in the camp that had housed 11,000 people.<\/p>\n

So all those claims about how unfair it was that the Israelis were using tanks and helicopters are now null and void, since the dedication of the doughty Palestinian fighters easily drove them off after they’d only detroyed a miniscule portion of one corner of the “camp.”<\/p>\n

As to the injured, the official Palestinian count is 233, mostly men, and including those who have been injured triggering PA booby-traps since the fighting.<\/p>\n

(Via Slobokan<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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