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From: Arutz-7 Editor <neteditor@IsraelNationalNews.com>
Subject: Arutz-7 News: Sunday, November 19, 2000
Arutz Sheva News Service
<http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com>
Sunday, Nov. 19, 2000 / Cheshvan 21, 5761
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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
1. ARAFAT'S ANNOUNCEMENT, VIOLENCE CONTINUES
2. SHAS KEEPS THEM GUESSING
1. ARAFAT'S ANNOUNCEMENT, VIOLENCE CONTINUES
Today's weekly government meeting dealt largely with a review by GSS head
Avi Dichter of the Palestinian Authority's efforts, if any, to decrease the
violence. A senior PA figure told Itim News Agency today, "Arafat's
announcement of a halt to shootings from PA-controlled territory was meant
only for American and European ears."
Palestinian shooting attacks continue almost unabated. This morning, an
Israeli bus was shot at on the Karni-Netzarim road in Gush Katif; no one
was hurt. O.C. Southern Command Maj.-Gen. Yom Tov Samiyeh said that there
has been a "relative lull" in the shooting, and that there were only five
such attacks last night. However, Gush Katif spokeswoman Datia Yitzchaki
said that there have been "non-stop" incidents, and that the shooting at
N'vei Dekalim last night lasted four hours.
Other Palestinian violence this morning: Shots at an IDF position near
Ofrah. Rocks near Gush Etzion and at Jewish homes in Hevron... A 20-kg.
explosive was discovered and safely dismantled along the Israel-Egypt
border. Mob rioting near N'vei Dekalim, including throwing rocks and
rolling burning tires towards the soldiers.
Rioting, tire-burning, and firebomb-throwing resumed in several places in
Judea and Samaria this afternoon, including at the Kalandia refugee camp
between Jerusalem and Ramallah, the Ayosh junction, and Hevron. The IDF
responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. Itim News Agency noted that
Arafat's instructions to his men regarding a ceasefire did not preclude
rocks or firebombs, nor did they apply to areas that are not under total
Palestinian control.
Rock-throwings by Israeli-Arabs in the Galilee continued over the
weekend. Most of the incidents occurred near the village of Arabeh, not
far from the Jewish communities of Lotem and Yodfat.
2. SHAS KEEPS THEM GUESSING
Shas continues to enjoy the public limelight, leaving the government, the
opposition, and the public guessing about its political intentions. Shas
leader Eli Yeshai met for the first time in some three weeks today with his
Likud counterpart Ariel Sharon; the latter asked him to support the motion
to topple the government which the Likud plans to submit next week. Yeshai
also met with Labor party leaders, who asked him to extend the safety net
his party has granted the government by an additional several months.
Shas MK Ya'ir Peretz told Arutz-7 today that he tends to support the idea
being promoted by a Knesset Member from Meretz - whom Peretz would not name
- to hold new elections only for Prime Minister, while leaving the Knesset
intact. Such an eventuality would require the support of a 2/3 majority of
the Knesset, or 80 MKs. Shas MK David Tal said today that if it were up to
him, he would not renew the party's safety net.
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From: Arutz-7 Editor <neteditor@IsraelNationalNews.com>
Subject: Arutz-7 News: Monday, November 20, 2000
Arutz Sheva News Service
<http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com>
Monday, Nov. 20, 2000 / Cheshvan 22, 5761
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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
1. MASS PROTEST THIS EVENING
2. BARAK TURNS TO UNITY
3. OFFICERS OFFER THEMSELVES TO SETTLERS
1. MASS PROTEST THIS EVENING
The Yesha Council calls on all Israelis to go out to dozens of
intersections throughout the country at 5 PM this evening and protest
against Barak's policy of restraint. Former Council head Yisrael
Harel expressed disappointment in the public for not showing up at
"spontaneous protests" this morning. The main entrance and exit to
Jerusalem were blocked this morning for a half-hour by several dozen
people, causing giant traffic jams in both directions. Later today, a
group of protestors attempted to block the main Jerusalem-Tel Aviv
highway at the Sha'ar HaGai junction. A follow-up protest is
scheduled for outside the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem this
evening.
IDF bulldozers were busy this morning destroying groves and buildings
alongside the road, which the terrorists had hidden behind. Gaza
Coast Regional Council head Aharon Tzur told Maj.-Gen. Uzi Dayan -
currently on leave from the army in order to head the National
Security Council - that Kfar Darom's security demands include full IDF
control of 300 meters on either side of the roads, razing of
Palestinian buildings alongside the roads, and closing them off to
Palestinian traffic.
Council Secretary Shlomo Filber, asked this morning if he blames Prime
Minister Barak for the killings today, said, "Any fool in the country
knows that there is one man who is holding the army back from
responding with the required force... Barak is simply forsaking the
security of Israel's citizens out of a baseless hope that he can reach
an agreement with Arafat."
Former Yesha Council head Yisrael Harel sounded some criticism of the
nationalist public today: "It could be that we are finally waking up
- I pray that we are. Since Rabin's death, we have lost our will...
Our public support is growing, but people are still not sure what to
do, and they sit by the radio and TV instead of getting up and doing
something. Why is it that it's only a few guys who go and demonstrate
at the Jerusalem entrance - why don't thousands more come and join
these spontaneous protests? Instead, we spend lots of money for
flyers and for advertising for rallies days in advance, and at the end
the same people come out. Where are we? Why aren't we doing
anything?" As of 6 PM, rallies had already been reported at many
intersections around the country, including one of Israel's major
arteries, the Geha highway, which was blocked with burning tires from
three directions. Other junctions that hosted protests: Har Hotzvim
(Jerusalem), Tapuach; Tzemach, on the southern shore of the Sea of
Galilee; Golani, Amiad, and Machanayim in the Galilee; Kiryat Arab's
Harsina; Ra'anana; Rehovot; and more.
2. BARAK TURNS TO UNITY
Prime Minister Barak resumed efforts today to form a
national-emergency government, but initial responses from the
opposition were negative. Likud leader Ariel Sharon said that Barak
had called him on the matter today, "but I rejected the idea out of
hand." Likud MK Danny Naveh said, "This is just a continuation of
Barak's stuttering zig-zag policy, which has caused the public to lose
all its confidence in him and in his government." The Yisrael
B'Aliyah party demands that Barak first deal with full force against
today's attack, and only afterwards to start talking about a
national-unity government. Shas party leader Eli Yeshai said that
although a unity government is not advisable, an emergency cabinet
should be formed of representatives of different parties, without the
distribution of government portfolios. The NRP and Yisrael B'Aliyah
are in favor of a national unity government.
3. OFFICERS OFFER THEMSELVES TO SETTLERS
A group of high-ranking reserves officers have banded together to help
out in places that are suffering from Palestinian violence. Col. Uzi
Keren of Kibbutz Ein Gev [a secular community on the eastern shore of
the Kinneret Sea] explained to Arutz-7 today:
"We have started a group called, 'We Won't Let Them Be Alone.' The
reference is to all those settlers and others who have been under fire
for almost two months, who have been under siege, who are afraid to go
out at night, and whose kids go to sleep afraid from the sounds of
gunfire nearby... There is nothing political about this; during
wartime, we suspend our political arguments - they can wait until
after the war... We are planning to offer help in guard duty, working
in fields, and even writing letters, which we have been told is very
important to the children in these besieged communities... One of our
number is Yoav Chatto-Tsidon, who provided military escort for convoys
to Jerusalem in 1948, and now again he'll be doing the same thing -
except this time from the east, not from the northwest..." Other
officers participating in the efforts include Moshe Peled and Yaakov
Chisdai.
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From: Arutz-7 Editor <neteditor@IsraelNationalNews.com>
Subject: Arutz-7 News: Tuesday, November 21, 2000
Arutz Sheva News Service
<http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com>
Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2000 / Cheshvan 23, 5761
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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
1. TERRORIST ATTACK CRITICALLY INJURES ISRAELI
2. IDF BOMBS P.A. TARGETS
3. P.A. PROMISES REVENGE
4. EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR LEAVES
5. ASSORTED QUOTES
1. TERRORIST ATTACK CRITICALLY INJURES ISRAELI
Yet another critical injury was the result of an Arab terrorist
shooting attack this afternoon, in the same intersection as the
bombing of the school bus yesterday near Kfar Darom. A Palestinian
sniper shot an Israeli man, a resident of Netzer Chazani, in his head
as he was on his way to the protest encampment erected in a nearby
intersection by Gush Katif rabbis. The attack followed hours of
non-stop shooting from the Arab village of Dir el-Balah upon the
vicinity of Kfar Darom. The victim was flown by helicopter to Soroka
Hospital in Be'er Sheva, where doctors are struggling to save his
life. The IDF immediately sent a bulldozer to demolish the building
from where the attack was carried out, as well as trees along the
road.
The Yesha Council called on the government not to convene the security
cabinet for another "showy session that will decide on another
Hollywood-style bombing." "How much more blood will be spilled before
Barak allows the army to win?" asks the Council.
2. IDF BOMBS P.A. TARGETS
The IDF successfully bombed nine Palestinian Authority targets in Gaza
yesterday evening, including headquarters of Muhammad Dahlan's
Preventive Security, Fatah, and Force 17, as well as Palestinian
television buildings. Barak's aide Gilad Sher said that Israel gave
the PA advance warning of the targeted buildings. Minister Binyamin
Ben-Eliezer said that the attack did not involve even "one-thousandth
of the force we could have used." In addition, Israeli forces took
over an area a few kilometers wide, effectively cutting the Gaza Strip
into two. Arab workers were not allowed to come to work near the Erez
Checkpoint today; they rioted at first, but then dispersed.
Likud leader Ariel Sharon said that last night's retaliatory attack by
the IDF was a positive development, although it "should have come
earlier." He strongly implied that Muhammad Dahlan, who is widely
considered to be behind many of the terrorist attacks, should be
targeted and killed.
Maj.-Gen. (res.) Oren Shachor - a confidante of Shimon Peres, a
participant in diplomatic talks with the Palestinians during the
Netanyahu government, and former Coordinator of Government Activities
in Judea and Samaria, said today that he, too, is against the policy
of restraint.
3. P.A. PROMISES REVENGE
Minister Dalia Itzik said today that the coming few days will probably
see an escalation in the warfare. Palestinian violence continued last
night and this morning, following statements by many PA leaders that
they would avenge the IDF raids on Gaza. Palestinians shot at Hevron,
Psagot, Elisha, Bezek, Ayosh, Mt. Eval, and other places. A grenade
was thrown into a Jewish home in Ma'aleh Zeitim (Ras el-Amoud) in
eastern Jerusalem. For the first time during daylight hours, there
was shooting this morning at N'vei Dekalim, which continued for a long
while. Three Israelis were injured by rocks yesterday; one man, whose
wounds are termed "light," underwent an operation on his jaw over the
night.
Palestinian shooting in Gaza was directed this morning at IDF
outposts, an army bulldozer near Kfar Darom, an IDF vehicle near the
Karni checkpoint, and more. Palestinian policemen shot at groups of
Israeli soldiers this morning in two incidents; the soldiers were not
hurt, and, in one case, killed the attacker.
Later today: Among other incidents, there was shooting in Hevron and
at Dagan Hill in Efrat; firebombs at A-Ram junction and near Kalkilye;
and rioting in many Yesha locations, including south of Hevron, near
Jericho, Ayosh Junction, Baal Hatzor, and near Tulkarm.
4. EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR LEAVES
The peace with Egypt, long termed "cold," just about froze over this
morning when Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Mussa recalled his
Ambassador to Israel, Muhammad Bassiouny, for "consultations." Mussa
explained that the step was taken after "Israel increased its use of
force against the Palestinians" last night, and in light of the Arab
League's call to sever diplomatic relations with Israel three weeks
ago. It is currently not clear when and if Bassiouny will return.
Israel's Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami said that this is a "fairly
grave matter" that is likely to harm the "important function that
Egypt plays in the diplomatic process."
The decision comes only a day after former Israeli President Ezer
Weizman met with Egyptian President Mubarak in Cairo, at the latter's
request, in a meeting that was termed "good." The Foreign Ministry is
attempting to make contact with officials in Egypt to discuss the
matter, so far with no success. Yasser Arafat cancelled plans to
visit Egypt this morning, before word of the recall was publicly
learned.
Israel will not recall its Ambassador from Cairo at this stage. The
last time Egypt recalled its ambassador from Israel was during the
Peace for Galilee war; he never returned, and was replaced two years
later by Bassiouny.
5. ASSORTED QUOTES
Labor MK Ophir Pines, on the topic of Likud leader Ariel Sharon's
refusal to consider Barak's offer for a national unity government:
"It's not that Sharon doesn't think Barak is serious - he knows very
well that Barak is serious, but the question is how serious Sharon is.
Last time [three weeks ago, when Barak suddenly withdrew his offer
for a unity government after negotiations with Sharon], most of the
Likud wanted to do the nationally-responsible thing, while this time
it has changed and is now doing something very irresponsible -
preferring its own political good over the national good..."
Likud leader MK Ariel Sharon: "I would recommend that Barak and Pines
go out to the street and see what's happening. This nation deserves
security, and the government must give it... Yesterday's attack by
the IDF was good, but it must not be a one-time thing - other targets
must be chosen and hit... [One of the] things preventing our entry
into the government is its diplomatic position, namely, the fact that
it continues to adhere to its Camp David concessions - the division of
Jerusalem, the giving away of the Jordan Valley, the consent to take
in refugees - Barak's desire to do this is coming even at the expense
of Israeli citizens' security..." Regarding his recommendation to
kill Muhammad Dahlan, Sharon said, "What, does anyone think that
someone who gives orders to murder children is immune to attack? He
must be afraid to show his face in public!" Sharon concluded his
remarks on Arutz-7 with words of support for Kfar Darom: "Kfar Darom
held up the Egyptian invasion in 1948, and was evacuated, after paying
a heavy price, a full two months after the War of Independence began.
Why should it be evacuated? No Jewish community has to be evacuated!
[The situation] is still in our hands, and it's up to us!"
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To: arutz-7@IsraelNationalNews.com
From: Arutz-7 Editor <neteditor@IsraelNationalNews.com>
Subject: Arutz-7 News: Wednesday, November 22, 2000
Arutz Sheva News Service
<http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com>
Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2000 / Cheshvan 24, 5761
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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
1. MASSIVE RALLY TONIGHT
2. LOOKING FOR A GOAL
1. MASSIVE RALLY TONIGHT
Spontaneous demonstrations against the government's policy of
restraint continued last night at several main intersections. Dozens
of protestors blocked the main Geha intersection near Tel Aviv, a
rally was held at Arlozorov St. in northern Tel Aviv, and 100 people
demonstrated at the entrance to Jerusalem, holding signs reading, "Let
the IDF Win!" A major demonstration has been called for tonight by
the Yesha Council in Zion Square in Jerusalem for the same theme.
Likud MK Moshe Arens, a former Foreign Minister of Israel, said today
that he would have preferred a different motto for the Yesha Council
campaign, and suggested, "Order the IDF to Win." He explained that
it's not enough for the government to "allow" the army to win, but it
must rather guide it to victory: "The Defense Minister must visit the
sites, and give the appropriate instructions... The army can only
present alternatives, but the government must make the decisions."
Dozens of yeshiva students conducted a prayer-rally on the Geha
highway today, on behalf of those who have been wounded in the recent
violence.
Other protests and rallies underway at the present time:
* A protest tent in front of the Prime Minister's residence in
Jerusalem. Started by Likud MK Limor Livnat, it is being carried on
this week by Emunah Women's group, and will be taken over next week by
Women in Green, in three-hour shifts of volunteers.
* Rabbi Rafi Fisher, brother of Sara Lisha - the teacher who was
murdered by terrorists on her way home to N'vei Tzuf last Monday - has
started a protest tent in front of Shas party leader MK Eli Yeshai's
home in Har Nof, Jerusalem. The protestors are demanding that Shas
help bring down the government and stop giving Barak "security nets."
* Other family members of Sara Lisha, as well as other activists,
initiated another protest tent at the entrance to Kokhav Ya'ir, where
Ehud Barak resides.
* The tent city at the checkpoint down the road from Rachel's Tomb
continues, despite the partial opening of the holy site to the public.
The participants say they will remain until the army agrees to allow
unlimited worshippers, 24 hours a day. They call on the public to
arrive at Rachel's Tomb. IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Sha'ul Mofaz,
O.C. Central Command Maj.-Gen. Yitzchak Eitan, and Judea and Samaria
Brigade Commander Brig.-Gen. Benny Ganz visited Rachel's Tomb today.
They were accompanied by Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, the rabbi of the
Holy Sites. Their goal was to ascertain the security arrangements at
the Tomb, and Mofaz said that he would consider raising the number of
worshippers allowed to enter the site.
* Cities of Israel, a grass-roots organization, reports that Israelis
demonstrated Monday night at at least 32 locations throughout pre-1967
Israel this week against the government's policy of restraint and in
solidarity with Israel's Yesha communities. The protest sites
included Ashdod, Be'er Sheva, Eilat, Hadera, Haifa, Hatzor, Tsfat, Tel
Aviv vicinity, and others.
Nadia Matar, co-chairperson of Women in Green, writes, "The struggle
for Eretz Yisrael, Am [Nation of] Yisrael and Torat Yisrael is at its
peak. We have the 'zchut' (privilege) to be part of it. Don't be
overwhelmed by the different activities. Pick and choose what is
convenient for you. Just don't stay home!"
2. LOOKING FOR A GOAL
Gen. (res.) Oren Shachor, a strong Oslo supporter, told Arutz-7
yesterday, "There is no choice, we must respond with full force
against the Palestinians." His colleague, Gen. (res.) Yoram Ya'ir,
speaking on Arutz-7 today, did not say straight out whether he agreed
or disagreed, but said, "From a professional point of view, it is most
inadvisable to allow yourself to come to a situation of 'no choice' -
because then, if the only remaining course of action doesn't work,
you're stuck. It's always good to have two or three options... The
main problem is that we don't know, from a national point of view,
what our goal is. This puts us in a position of always having to
react to what the other side does... It is up to our leaders to
establish the national goals - the Palestinians have a clear goal,
while for the last 12-13 years, since the intifada first began, we've
never had two government ministers who could define our national goals
the same way... Specifically now, when everything is falling apart
for us, when there were those who thought that this would lead [to
peace], and those who thought it would not, and everything is getting
messed up for everyone, we must make an effort to unite and define our
common national goal... 'Stopping the violence' is a short-term goal,
but it may lead us to lose the long-term goal, and you then allow the
other side to dictate our actions, and we have to always react..."
Ya'ir said that once we define our goals, "we must pursue them.
Despite the fact that the other side may shoot at us, and will try to
terrorize us, and will try to lead us astray, we will continue... We
have no military problem. We can easily wipe out all of Beit Jala, if
we want. That's not the problem... We can let the IDF win, as some
say, but we will lose the entire campaign, because the problem is not
military - understand that."
Arutz-7's Yosef Zalmanson then asked him, "Let's say that Barak's goal
is to reach a point where he can continue the negotiations and reach
an agreement based on the Camp David concessions. What would you
advise the military to do in order to facilitate that goal?"
Ya'ir: "To assume a defensive position, to built up its deterrence
power, to hit specific spots..."
A-7: "That seems to be very close to what it is doing now. Maybe,
then, Barak *has* set himself a goal, namely, the one I just
mentioned?"
Ya'ir: "Then he should say so!! Now do you see the difference
between a leader and a politician?"
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From: Arutz-7 Editor <neteditor@IsraelNationalNews.com>
Subject: Arutz-7 News: Thursday, November 23, 2000
Arutz Sheva News Service
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Thursday, Nov. 23, 2000 / Cheshvan 25, 5761
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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
1. MASS RALLY DEMANDS: "LET THE IDF WIN!"
2. SHARON DEMANDS END TO CAMP DAVID
3. AMERICAN BALANCE
1. MASS RALLY DEMANDS: "LET THE IDF WIN!"
Over 100,000 people gathered at Zion Square in Jerusalem last night to
protest the government's policy of restraint. "Let the IDF Win!" the
protestors repeatedly chanted. Rabbi Moti Elon told the cheering
throngs, "The People of Israel are strong! If its leaders are weak,
then they should go home - because the people have more strength than
they do! ... We are often asked, 'What is the alternative?' The
answer is that the alternative is right here - all these people all
around here. Am Yisrael Chai! ... Some people want us to evacuate
our children from these places. But I just spoke to Nogah Cohen,
whose three children are hospitalized in Be'er Sheva after the school
bus bombing, and she asked me to relay this message: We will not
leave here!"
Opposition party leaders also spoke: Likud leader Ariel Sharon
declared that the Oslo agreement was "dead," while Rabbi Yitzchak Levy
(NRP), who lost his daughter in the terrorist bombing in Jerusalem
three weeks ago, said, "We ask, after so many attacks on the same road
[near Kfar Darom], is it impossible for the army to protect one
kilometer of roadway? It is a short stretch - is it possible that the
army cannot keep the road open and safe? No! Of course the army can!
It can do it! With the help of G-d, the IDF has great strength, and
we are able to win, but the government is apparently not letting it.
But we can win! We must know that we must not lose hope for even a
moment. We do not surrender. The Land of Israel is ours, and here we
will stay, and with G-d's help, we will win!"
MK Rehavam Ze'evi (National Union) was later asked to outline how the
government should respond to the ongoing terrorism, and responded,
"There is certainly no intention to go bombing innocent civilians. I
will not go into exact operational details here and now, but Muhammad
Dahlan, for instance, should be made into a target, and so should
Yasser Arafat if he continues along the path of terrorism... You will
now ask me, 'but in the end we will have to sit and negotiate anyway?'
Of course we will have to - but the question is in what position will
we be for these negotiations - a position of weakness and defeat, or a
position of victory and strength?"
2. SHARON DEMANDS END TO CAMP DAVID
Likud leader Ariel Sharon continued this morning to reject calls from
Ehud Barak and other public figures to join a national emergency
government. Even after today's attacks in Gaza, Labor MK Ophir Paz
asked Sharon to "set aside partisan concerns during this time of
emergency," but Sharon said that Labor is attempting to use the crisis
for its "political survival."
Sharon explained this morning that there is no point in joining a
government that will continue its efforts to reach an agreement with
Arafat based on the Camp David concessions. "I asked Barak straight
out," said Sharon today, "if you want me to go with you, tell me where
you are headed - and he refused to answer. This is because he knows
that secret negotiations are going on even right now, while the
violence continues. And let's not be naive: they are not just
contacts to stop the violence. They are negotiations based on his
Camp David concessions, and we refuse to join a government that will
split Jerusalem or that will give away the Jordan Valley."
Shinui party leader Yosef Lapid, who is attempting to facilitate a
unity government, told Arutz-7 today, "After speaking with Barak and
Sharon, I feel that both sides sound like they understand the need
[for such a move], but I don't know if they will come to an agreement
in their meeting that is apparently planned for tonight. Sharon
demands elections within a few months and the nullification of the
Camp David proposals; I personally am in favor of new elections a year
from now. Regarding Camp David, I think it should be sufficient to
say that no progress on negotiations will be made without approval of
the emergency government's cabinet... Sharon's suspicions of Barak
are well founded, since Barak's treatment of the Likud and of Shinui
in the past was shameful." Lapid and Shas leader Eli Yeshai,
political rivals of the first order, made a dramatic announcement last
night that they would be willing to sit together in the same
government during the emergency period.
MK Avigdor Lieberman, leader of the right-wing opposition party
Yisrael Beiteinu, is against any form of a unity government: "I would
never be willing to sit in the same government with Beilin and Barak,
and it's time for the nationalist camp to stop stuttering on this
issue... We see that Barak continues to weaken the country, he has
failed in everything he touched, and as long as he is in charge, it
keeps getting worse. We need new elections; once that is agreed upon,
then we will support him during the interim emergency period. Look
what's going on: Arafat promotes - by two ranks! - a policeman who
kills Israelis, and the Peres' and Beilins still say that we should
talk with him..."
3. AMERICAN BALANCE
U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright made a most balanced and
impartial call yesterday for both the Israelis and the Palestinians to
"resolve [their differences] around a negotiating table, not through
unilateral actions... now is not the time for trading accusations."
She was specific in her demands on both sides: "For the Palestinian
Authority, this means ending shootings against Israelis, creating
buffers between demonstrators and the IDF, ending incitement to
violence, and arresting those responsible for terrorism regardless of
to which organization they belong. For the Israelis, this means
withdrawing their forces to positions prior to the onset of the
crisis, ending the economic restrictions against Palestinians, and
restraining their use of force."
It should be noted that Israel has already carried out the above
demands more than once over the past two months, while the
Palestinians have not carried out their end of the above "bargain."
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