Prime Minister Sharon asked the Cabinet today to agree not to vote against cooperation with the UN\'s Jenin \"fact-finding\" committee until he completes his contacts with the Americans on the matter. Education Minister Limor Livnat said today that there is a general consensus among all the ministers that \"we must object to any attempt to conduct a blood-libel against Israel and to have the committee question our soldiers.\" Livnat explained that the soldiers \"must not testify or talk to this committee - first of all because we are a sovereign country and our soldiers will not testify before a foreign body, and secondly, let\'s remember who this body is: They never sent anyone to investigate the deaths of the 470 Israelis in the past year and a half. The UN is not an objective body, and the entire purpose of this committee is to place the blame on Israel…\"
Sharon told the ministers that U.S. President George Bush suggested that the problem of the wanted terrorists in Arafat\'s compound - the murderers of Tourism Minister Rehavam Ze\'evi and the man behind the Karin-A weapons ship - be solved with British and American help. The proposal is that the terrorists be transferred to a PA prison, guarded by American and British jailers to ensure that they do not escape. Some ministers tend to agree to this idea, provided that the Americans accept the Israeli demands regarding the UN Jenin committee.
Sharon told the ministers that U.S. President George Bush suggested that the problem of the wanted terrorists in Arafat\'s compound - the murderers of Tourism Minister Rehavam Ze\'evi and the man behind the Karin-A weapons ship - be solved with British and American help. The proposal is that the terrorists be transferred to a PA prison, guarded by American and British jailers to ensure that they do not escape. Some ministers tend to agree to this idea, provided that the Americans accept the Israeli demands regarding the UN Jenin committee.