The Cabinet decided this morning that the UN \"fact-finding\" committee will not be welcome in Israel at this stage. The way in which Israel sees the committee\'s goals and those which the UN has set for it are too far apart for the government to allow it to begin work. Many experts, both in and out of Israel, have warned that allowing the committee to investigate the Jenin battles under such circumstances would endanger Israeli interests almost beyond repair. Former Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said earlier this week that the idea was \"total insanity. For over 50 years - for four of which I was Israel\'s Ambassador to the UN - we rebuffed these types of plans that were designed to put us into [difficult positions]. The UN is not a body that can evaluate these issues in a responsible manner, and certainly not after it has proven its lack of sincerity by not offering to investigate even one of the terrible terrorist massacres that we have suffered at the hands of the Palestinians - and we therefore should not cooperate with this body.\"