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Palestinians Shot at UN High Commissioner
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

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.

 

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