Benjamin Weinthal
Thomas von der Osten-Sacken, an author who has written on NGOs in the Middle East and who also heads the relief organization Wadi, told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday that European countries,including Germany, rushed to issue one-sided statements blaming Israel “without waiting for information from the Israeli side.” He termed it the “Jenin effect,” a reference to false media reports (BBC) and NGO reports (Amensty International) regarding Israel’s operation Defensive Shield in April 2002 against Palestinian terrorists within the Jenin refugee camp. Reports about an Israeli massacre in Jenin turned out to be fabricated, but were promulgated by anti-Israeli activists. http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=177164