We
are just as horrified as Arab
leaders and Arab peoples about
the atrocities in the occupied
areas — and indeed in Israel.
.
.
— Original version, Peter
Hain speakingHain
beats a retreat over Israeli
‘atrocities’

By Anton La Guardia, Diplomatic
Editor

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From the Israeli forces website (PS: we don’t recall the Nazis boasting of their killings like this)

PETER HAIN, the Foreign
Office minister, came close yesterday to
accusing Israel of committing “terrorist
acts” in Palestinian areas.

Speaking to foreign correspondents in
London, he said: “We are just as horrified as Arab leaders and Arab peoples about the atrocities in the occupied areas — and indeed in Israel.

“It’s absolutely vital that this tit-for-tat violence stops and that people get round the negotiating table and start talking rather than fighting. “We deplore all assassinations, all terrorist attacks, whether suicide bombs in Tel Aviv or terrorist acts in the occupied areas.”

The mere hint
that Israeli forces are responsible for
terrorist acts and atrocities would be
unprecedented in British
diplomacy.

Last night Mr Hain hurriedly explained that he had been referring not to Israeli forces but to extremists among
Jewish settlers “who commit random acts of violence”.

[Born to Kill]He said: “I am not for a moment equating
Israeli actions in the occupied territories with terrorist acts.

“Israel is a legitimate government with an army. We wish they were not in the occupied territories. To suggest that that is equivalent to terror is nonsense. But equally, I regard many of the actions of the Israeli forces as unacceptable.”