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Titolo: Peres: massacro a Jenin

Tel Aviv, 07:55
MO, Peres: un massacro nel campo profughi di Jenin
L'operazione condotta dall'esercito israeliano nel campo profughi di
Jenin, in Cisgiordania, è stata definita "una strage" dal ministro
degli esteri Shimon Peres. Lo riferisce il quotidiano Haaretz ,secondo
cui il ministro teme adesso le reazioni della opinione pubblica
internazionale quando saranno rese note le dimensioni reali del
massacro. Secondo il giornale, le vittime sono oltre cento. 
Il ministro palestinese Yasser Abed Rabbo ha confermato al quotidiano
Maariv che nel campo profughi di Jenin "è stato compiuto un terribile
massacro. Sono morti - ha precisato sia combattenti sia civili. I
carri armati e le ruspe degli israeliani - secondo il ministro - hanno
distrutto mentre avanzavano tutto quanto si parava loro davanti. Hanno
demolito case, con dentro famiglie intere". 
Anche un alto ufficiale israeliano, citato oggi dalla stampa, sostiene
che in quel campo "ci sono scene di distruzione molto gravi". Malgrado
i ripetuti appelli alla resa, ha affermato, gli abitanti hanno
preferito combattere alla fine. Ma Israele, a suo parere, è rimasto
sorpreso dalla loro tenacia e non ha preparato a dovere l' occupazione
del campo. (Red)
http://www.repubblica.it/news/ired/ultimora/rep_nazionale_211313.htm

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Peres calls IDF operation in Jenin a 'massacre'
By Aluf Benn and Amos Harel, Ha'aretz Correspondents
Foreign Minister Shimon Peres Peres is very worried about the expected
international reaction as soon as the world learns the details of the
tough battle in the Jenin refugee camps, where more than 100
Palestinians have already been killed in fighting with IDF forces. In
private, Peres is referring to the battle as a "massacre."
IDF officers also expressed grave reservations Monday over the
operation in Jenin. "Because of the dangers," they said, "the soldiers
are almost not advancing on foot. The bulldozers are simply 'shaving'
the homes and causing terrible destruction. When the world sees the
pictures of what we have done there, it will do us immense damage."
"However many wanted men we kill in the refugee camp, and however much
of the terror infrastructure we expose and destroy there, there is
still no justification for causing such great destruction." 
Peres, who is feeling increasingly isolated in the government - Sharon
added three hardline ministers to his cabinet Monday - believes Arafat
is still irreplaceable at this stage.
He does not regard the documents that Sharon presented Monday in the
Knesset as a "smoking gun" that irrefutably proves that Arafat was
directly linked to ordering terrorist activity. And Israel's isolation
of the Palestinian leader, he believes, only enhanced his prestige and
turned him into the key player.
Despite his harsh criticism, however, and his belief that Labor will
not be able to remain much longer in the government, Peres is in no
hurry to quit. He is telling his closest associates that after the
fighting ends and U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has visited,
the decision will be made. If Powell presents a political plan, Labor
will want to fight for it in the government.