Though the United Nations backed off from its plan to investigate Israel for the Jenin battles of two months ago, the European Union refuses to give up. Its European Commission is currently visiting in Israel, and negative superlatives are once again being dramatically sounded to describe what happened in Jenin. It will be recalled that the IDF preferred to endanger its own soldiers, as opposed to \"innocent\" PA residents, during the anti-terrorism battles against the terrorist strongholds in Jenin. Israel lost 23 soldiers in the Jenin battles, including 13 in one ambush. Despite this, Arab accusations of an Israeli \"massacre\" in Jenin echoed for weeks afterwards in the world media, until it became clear that instead of the \"hundreds\" of dead, there were actually only about 50. This has not stopped the Chairman of the Commission from describing what he saw there yesterday as \"horrific,\" and adding, \"Europe is frustrated with Israel.\"
Some Israelis are even more frustrated with Europe. Lior and Chen Keinan, who lost their baby daughter and Chen\'s mother in a Palestinian terrorist attack in Petach Tikvah on May 27, told a CNN interviewer shortly after the attack that Europe has legitimized Palestinian terrorism - which would boomerang back at them. Significant excerpts of this message/warning to Europe can be heard here.
Some Israelis are even more frustrated with Europe. Lior and Chen Keinan, who lost their baby daughter and Chen\'s mother in a Palestinian terrorist attack in Petach Tikvah on May 27, told a CNN interviewer shortly after the attack that Europe has legitimized Palestinian terrorism - which would boomerang back at them. Significant excerpts of this message/warning to Europe can be heard here.