Statement attributable to the Spokesman of the Secretary-General on violence in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan issued a statement today on "violence in Israel and the 'occupied Palestinian territory.'"If he's talking about Gaza, I'm not sure what he had in mind.At Eye on the UN, Anne Bayefsky points out thatThe Secretary General once again can't bring himself to use that central fact of international law called "self defense" --when it comes to Israel. He calls it "