http://slate.msn.com/?id=2065250 Any UN inquiry into what happened at Jenin will necessarily be less about facts than it is about analysis and spin:
Israel's critics want the investigation to focus on what Israeli soldiers did to Jenin; Israel wants to include what Jenin's terrorists did to Israel. Critics want to begin with the assault; Israel wants to begin with events that provoked it. In evaluating the Israeli military's behavior, critics want to treat the camp's residents as civilians; Israel wants to treat them as abettors of terrorism. Critics want to ask whether Israeli soldiers distinguished civilians from fighters; Israel wants to ask how the fighters got mixed in with the civilians. Critics say a massacre should be defined by how many civilians were killed; Israel says it should be defined by whether the killing was deliberate.