Saeb Erekat and the Jenin lie

Saeb Erekat The Jenin Libel
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Most (in)famously in 2002, as Israel mounted Operation Defensive Shield in response to the Palestinian terror campaign, Erekat falsely accused Israel of carrying out a "massacre" in the Jenin refugee camp:
The numbers of killed could reach 500 since the Israeli offensive began. Thousands of wounded. The Jenin refugee camp is no longer in existence, and now we've heard of executions there. - Erekat on CNN, April 10, 2002
A few days later, Erekat again appeared on CNN, interviewed by Bill Hemmer:

HEMMER: OK. You brought up Jenin, and you used the word massacre there. Earlier this week, you said 500 Palestinians were killed there. Do you still stand behind those numbers in the refugee camp?

ERAKAT: I said 523 were killed actually since the incursions began throughout the West Bank, and I asked you a question, Bill.

HEMMER: But you said specifically and others said 500 in Jenin. Where are you getting the evidence that shows 500 people were killed there?

ERAKAT: I don't have evidence.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPT...

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