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Annan warns Israel on "collective punishment" UNITED NATIONS, July 19 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned Israel on Friday that destroying Palestinian homes and deporting relatives of suicide bombers amounted to collective punishment of the Palestinian people. While Annan "has repeatedly condemned suicide bombings and upheld Israel's right to defend itself, the secretary-general wishes to make clear that self defense cannot justify measures that amount to collective punishments," spokeswoman Hua Jiang said. Israeli security sources said Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein had set terms for the possible deportation of relatives of Palestinian militants to the Gaza Strip from the West Bank if they were found to have links to plans for attacks. The discussion of deportation followed Israel's demolition of the family homes of two Palestinian militants accused of planning attacks which killed 11 people in Israel and near a West Bank Jewish settlement this week. "The secretary-general is disturbed by reports that the Israeli government has again destroyed the homes of Palestinians in the West Bank and are considering the forcible transfer of relatives of suicide bombers from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip," Jiang said in a statement. |
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