Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat accused Israel...

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat accused Israel of having killed some 500 Palestinians in its West Bank offensive, saying Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had gone "crazy."
"There are 500 Palestinians killed in the last 12 days in the West Bank, there is a major Israeli crime going on in the West Bank against our society," he told AFP.Israeli sources claimed the total number of Palestinian deaths in the West Bank operation was "over 200."
Erakat also accused Israeli forces of carrying out summary executions of Palestinian prisoners in the northern West Bank town of Jenin's refugee camp. Jenin fell to the army after a week of hard fighting on April 10.
"Today the Israelis assassinated eight Palestinians in Jenin. They had surrendered to the army and they (the army) shot them," Erakat said.