Saturday, July 20, 2002

Annan Warns Israel on 'Collective Punishment'
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned Israel on Friday that destroying Palestinian homes and deporting relatives of suicide bombers amounted to collective punishment of the Palestinian people.

While Annan ``has repeatedly condemned suicide bombings and upheld Israel's right to defend itself, the secretary-general wishes to make clear that self defense cannot justify measures that amount to collective punishments,'' spokeswoman Hua Jiang said.

``The secretary-general is disturbed by reports that the Israeli government has again destroyed the homes of Palestinians in the West Bank and are considering the forcible transfer of relatives of suicide bombers from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip,'' Jiang said in a statement.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-mideast-un.html

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