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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East?
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To: Scoobah who started this subject10/25/2001 9:16:03 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu  Read Replies (2) of 32591
 
Hatred of Jews will never die

Hain beats a retreat over Israeli 'atrocities'

By Anton La Guardia, Diplomatic Editor
(Filed: 26/10/2001)

PETER HAIN, the Foreign Office minister, came close
yesterday to accusing Israel of committing "terrorist acts"
in Palestinian areas.

Speaking to foreign correspondents in London, he said:
"We are just as horrified as Arab leaders and Arab
peoples about the atrocities in the occupied areas - and
indeed in Israel.

"It's absolutely vital that this tit-for-tat violence stops and
that people get round the negotiating table and start
talking rather than fighting.

"We deplore all assassinations, all terrorist attacks,
whether suicide bombs in Tel Aviv or terrorist acts in the
occupied areas."

The mere hint that Israeli forces are responsible for
terrorist acts and atrocities would be unprecedented in
British diplomacy.

Last night Mr Hain hurriedly explained that he had been
referring not to Israeli forces but to extremists among
Jewish settlers "who commit random acts of violence".

He said: "I am not for a moment equating Israeli actions
in the occupied territories with terrorist acts.

"Israel is a legitimate government with an army. We wish
they were not in the occupied territories. To suggest that
that is equivalent to terror is nonsense. But equally, I
regard many of the actions of the Israeli forces as
unacceptable."

portal.telegraph.co.uk
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