Friday, April 19, 2002

Israeli Forces Pull Back From Jenin, but Blockade Still Remains
In his remarks, made in Washington on Thursday as he welcomed Secretary of State Colin L. Powell back from six days in the Middle East that yielded no cease-fire, Mr. Bush appeared to endorse Mr. Sharon's demand that the Palestinians turn over the killers of Israel's tourism minister, who Israel says are hiding with Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian leader, in his Ramallah compound. Under an agreement between Israelis and Palestinians, neither side must extradite a suspect provided he is jailed.

Saeb Erekat, the Palestinians' chief negotiator, said that after being arrested two months ago, the suspected killers were transported through the West Bank, from Nablus to Ramallah, in an official American vehicle, with coordination with the Israeli Army.

"The whole idea was that we would bring them to justice in a Palestinian court in Ramallah," he said. "Doesn't the United States president know that this transfer was done with the help of his people?"
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/19/international/middleeast/19MIDE.html

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