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alternative perspectives on the "war on terrorism"
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JENIN: WHILE ISRAEL BLOCKS U.N. INVESTIGATION, IT ALSO OBSTRUCTS AID TO THE SURVIVORS
Greek rescue team denied entry to Jenin to search for bodies
Amira Hass, Ha'aretz, April 24, 2002
Israel is preventing a Greek team made up of 34 earthquake rescue experts from coming to Israel to help salvage bodies from beneath the ruins in the Jenin refugee camp, Palestinian and Greek sources have confirmed to Ha'aretz. Queried on the issue, a spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry said, "Israel does not prevent humanitarian aid. We are aware of the problem and it is being handled by the relevant authorities." A plane loaded with equipment has been delayed for two days at the Athens airport since the Foreign Ministry informed the Greek embassy that "there is no need for such a team."
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Israeli army continues to shoot at Palestinian civilians
Brian Wood, Counterpunch, April 23, 2002
For the last four days I've been in the Jenin Refugee Camp trying to help in digging the corpses from under the rubble. Every day more corpses are dug out, and somehow some people still have come out alive. It has been quite miraculous because some have been under their homes for two weeks. There were three people yesterday I heard that came out alive. Today one person came out alive.
The problem is that the people here don't have the equipment to do this kind of rescue operation and they are still receiving so little help from outside. They have only three bulldozers working in the entire refugee camp removing some of the rubble and getting closer to where the bodies are and removing them by hand. In an area of four city blocks long and two city blocks wide, there are two hundred homes that are all completely destroyed. So this is where the majority of the rescue operation is taking place.
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