Keep on excusing the terrorist murderers.
The only people I see excusing murderers on this thread are the Israeli supporters, who cheer on Sharon who was murdering people in terrorist attacks long before the PLO was established.
You don't think that Isreal could possibly be truethful when they say they only want a more ballanced team?
The team already included several military members, as I said including a retired US major-general, William Nash.
The main sticking point is that Israel has been insisting that it's soldiers and politicians be exempt from any war-crimes charges resulting from the investigation, rather an odd precondition if they have nothing to hide.
A British major, in the camp as a military adviser to Amnesty International, said that there had been no massacre, but evidence of wanton destruction
after the battle was over, in revenge for the Israeli military casualties.
Human Rights Watch also say no evidence of a massacre, but say they have identified 22 civilian bodies so far.
I think the Israeli government is most concerned about it's descision to cut off food and water to Jenin for some time after the fighting, and it's descision to prevent medical and humanitarian aid from reaching Jenin for 9 days after the fighting, both of which fall under the definition of war crimes. The fact that it was 9 days before the wounded could get medical attention undoubtedly cost civilian lives, and for no obvious reason.