A UN team has concluded that the shots fired at the car
convoy that carried UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Mary Robinson last November to visit Hebron were fired from
an AK-47 rifle like that used by Palestinian forces and from
an area that is under complete PA control.
Robinson visited Hebron on November 12, and while on her way
to Tel Rumeida, shots were fired at her car. One bullet even
struck one of the cars.
Palestinian officials claimed at the time that the shots
were fired by Israelis, apparently settlers, who tried to
harm the visitor. Robinson met later with PA chair Yasser
Arafat, and since she did not contradict the Palestinian
accusations, her silence was interpreted in Israel as
acceptance of the Palestinian view.
The bullet that hit the UN car was removed and sent by the
UN to Denmark for forensic study. Those results showed the
bullet came from an AK-47 Kalashnikov, used by the
Palestinians, including official Palestinian forces, but not
by the Israel Defense Forces nor the settlers in the Hebron
area.
Furthermore, when the UN forensic team surveyed the actual
scene, and calculated from where the shots were fired, they
determined the shooting came from a house in the H-1 area,
which is an area under full Palestinian control.
