Reply #36: Israeli official 'not sorry' Tutu's Beit Hanun mission canceled

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"Israeli diplomatic sources said last night they were not sorry that the United Nation's fact-finding mission to investigate Israeli-Palestinian violence in Beit Hanoun was canceled.

The mission, headed by Nobel laureate and former Cape Town archbishop Desmond Tutu, came to investigate the killing of 19 Palestinian civilians in Beit Hanoun at the beginning of November."

The sources said that the six-member delegation was "one-sided and cynical."

Earlier, Tutu said Israel refused to let him enter the Gaza Strip and was also preventing his entrance to Israel. "We find the lack of cooperation by the Israeli government very distressing," Tutu told reporters.

The sources said Israel wanted the mission members to enter as tourists, probably because a tourist status would not oblige Israel to recognize the mission's work. The UN, however, insisted they come as diplomats, i.e., as representatives of the UN. The sources said negotiations were still in progress."

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