UN General Assembly expected to condemn Israel on Tuesday

NEW YORK - The United Nations General Assembly is due hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday in what is expected to be a condemnation of Israel for its role in scuttling the international body's fact-finding probe of what happened in the Jenin refugee camp during Operation Defensive Shield.

Incensed that General Secretary Kofi Annan abandoned the fact-finding mission because of Israeli objections on Thursday, Arab states said they would take their fight to an emergency session of the General Assembly.

In a draft resolution, the Arab states are demanding that Annan present a report on Jenin and other Palestinian cities by "drawing upon the available resources and information." The group demanded that it receive the report two weeks after the resolution is adopted.

Annan said on Friday that if asked by the General Assembly, the United Nations could put together a report about the Jenin events. The United States said on Friday that it had questions about humanitarian access to the Jenin refugee camp after the Israeli operation there last month.