Annan Appears to Dismiss Israel's Balking on Inquiry
Indeed, even as Mr. Annan met this evening in his 38th-floor office with the Israeli Ambassador, Dr. Yehuda Lancry, to hear his objections, the leader of the fact-finding group, the former Finnish president, Martti Ahtisaari, and other officials were flying out of New York for a preliminary meeting in Geneva.

Israel said tonight that it would delay the arrival of the team until it agreed to its members and precise assignment, contending that its membership was stacked against Israel.
The fact-finding mission had been approved by the Security Council after Foreign Minister Shimon Peres had said Israel would not object to such a mission. In addition to Mr. Ahtisaari, the other members are Sadako Ogata of Japan, a former United Nations high commissioner for refugees, and Cornelio Sommaruga of Switzerland, the former leader of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Both have strong backgrounds of sympathy for refugees, and diplomats here said Israel was known to particularly object to Mr. Sommaruga, the former Red Cross chief.…

Diplomats here said the Israelis appeared to be upset not only by the absence of military experts, but by the presence of forensic experts and lawyers and by language used by Mr. Annan that they construed as suggesting that the mission might be expanded to areas other than Jenin.
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