Israel’s Cabinet temporarily barred a U.N. fact-finding panel planning to visit the Jenin refugee camp. After the Cabinet voted Sunday, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres spoke to the head of the team and “informed him that the arrival of the committee will be delayed until further clarifications about current issues,” according to a spokesman for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
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