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Wednesday, July 23, 1997 / Tammuz 18, 5757
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1. ARAB TERRORIST ATTACKS TOURISTS IN JAFFA
2. CABINET APPROVES CUT-BACKS IN 1997 BUDGET
3. RESULTS OF GOLAN LAW VOTE UNCLEAR
4. PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY OFFICIAL ATTACKED
5. NINETY MILLION SHEKELS FOR CONSTRUCTION IN YESHA
6. NAVEH-ROSS MEETING BEARS NO FRUIT
7. KNESSET COMMITTEE DEBATES CHANGE IN ELECTION LAW
8. SHEIKHS INCITE TO VIOLENCE IN FRIDAY SERMONS
9. JEWISH LEADERS TO MEET WITH SWISS BANK OFFICIALS
1. ARAB TERRORIST ATTACKS TOURISTS IN JAFFA
A car driven by a Palestinian Arab plowed into a group of young British
tourists last night in Old Jaffa, lightly wounding 8 of them. The driver
then exited his car and stabbed and mother and daughter with a commando
knife and a Japanese sword. Police and Shin Bet intelligence officials
believe that the assault was a terrorist attack. The 31-year-old
assailant, Israeli Arab Bakr Abu-Rabia from Nazareth, departed from the
El-Mahmudia mosque in Jaffa minutes before the attack. Arutz-7 Military
Affairs correspondent Kobi Finkler reports that Abu-Rabia, a member of
Hamas, had previously been arrested by the Israeli Security Services.
All of the British tourists wounded in the attack were released from the
hospital and have returned to their month-long "Israel Experience"
educational tour. Following the attack, Jewish Agency Chairman Avraham
Burg called on Diaspora Jewry to increase participation of Diaspora youth
in Israel summer programs saying, "Whoever thinks Israel-Diaspora relations
can be damaged through such actions clearly does not understand the
strength of the Jewish People."
2. CABINET APPROVES CUT-BACKS IN 1997 BUDGET
In a late night cabinet session, the government approved the 1997 State
Budget. Twelve ministers supported Finance Minister Ya'acov Ne'eman's
proposed budget cut of NIS 800 million. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu
bowed to the National Religious Party's request to minimize the Treasury's
intention to cut back on the education budget. Defense Minister Yitzhak
Mordechai did not attend the meeting that dealt with cuts in the defense
budget. Mr. Mordechai claims that the Prime Minister did not keep his
prior agreement with Mordechai not to make cuts in the Defense budget.
3. RESULTS OF GOLAN LAW VOTE UNCLEAR
The results of the vote in the Knesset today over the proposal to secure
the Golan Law are still unclear. According to the new law proposed by
Tzomet Party MK Eliezer Zandberg, any change in the Golan Law, which
declares the Golan Heights a part of sovereign Israel, would require a
majority of 80 in the Knesset. Many legal experts are of the opinion that
as long as the Golan Law remains in tact, no part of the Golan can be
transferred to a foreign sovereignty. The opposition parties claim that
Knesset Speaker Dan Tichon took advantage of the fact that that the
opposition party benches were empty while their owners were celebrating the
defeat of a previous bill presented by Third Way Party MK Yehuda Harel.
Harel proposed to make any transfer of land to a foreign entity contingent
upon a majority of 80 members of Knesset. Dan Tichon said that he would
examine videotapes of the voting process, and would announce his decision
by tomorrow. Beforehand, the Knesset had rejected the draft law presented
by Yehuda Harel, with 50 MKs voting in favor of the law, and 50 against.
MK Zandberg's law received a majority of the votes, with 43 in favor and 40
against. MKs Ehud Barak, Shlomo Ben Ami, Binyamin Ben Eliezer and Yossi
Beilin of the Labor party all voted against the draft laws. The cabinet
announced that it was opposed to the law, but many cabinet members,
including the Prime Minister himself, voted in favor of the law.
4. PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY OFFICIAL ATTACKED
Abas Zaki, a member of the Palestinian Authority, was attacked this
afternoon by members of the Ideological Front movement, an offshoot of the
Kach movement. According to Itamar Ben-Gvir, the movement's spokesman, a
car with Palestinian license plates was seen speeding through the streets
of Gilo in a fashion which endangered pedestrians' lives, including a
kindergarten summer camp which was crossing the street. Members of the
Ideological Front chased the car, blocked its way, beat the driver and
tried to drag Zaki from the car. Mr. Ben-Gvir stated that Zaki "deserves
to be hung in a public square" for helping to mastermind the PLO Munich
massacre and for serving in high positions of Fatah. Mr. Zaki stated that
he considers the attack very serious, and that he will press charges with
the police and the IDF.
5. NINETY MILLION SHEKELS FOR CONSTRUCTION IN YESHA
The Knesset Finance Committee voted to transfer ninety million shekels for
housing construction in townships throughout Judea, Samaria and Gaza
(Yesha). The cabinet decided on the transfer of funds in this amount some
time ago, and the decision was brought this morning to the Finance
Committee for approval.
6. NAVEH-ROSS MEETING BEARS NO FRUIT
Cabinet Secretary Danny Naveh who met in Washington last night with U.S.
Special Envoy Dennis Ross, made clear in a subsequent press conference that
the Netanyahu government has no intention of changing its policies
regarding the continued building in Har Homa in southern Jerusalem and in
the Jewish communities of Yesha. Meanwhile, Yasser Arafat announced that
he will not budge from his demand that Israel implement a second and third
withdrawal in Judea and Samaria (the first was approved in the Israeli
cabinet six months ago, but was not yet carried out) prior to the final
status negotiations. Hence, it appears that the American plan to freeze
Israeli building activity on the one hand, and call off the second
scheduled withdrawal on the other, will not be accepted by either of the
two sides.
7. KNESSET COMMITTEE DEBATES CHANGE IN ELECTION LAW
The Knesset Law Committee is presently discussing the number of MK's that
would be required to change the Law for Direct Election of the Prime
Minister. According to the current Law, eighty Knesset members are needed
to impeach the Prime Minister without bringing down the Knesset.
Opposition MK's Anat Ma'or and Dalia Itzik want to reduce the number of
necessary MK's from 80 to 61, but it isn't clear how many Knesset members
are needed to effect a change in the current Law. Attorney-General Elyakim
Rubinstein has opined that a vote of 80 MK's is required to change the
current Law. On the other hand, the Knesset Legal Advisor, Tzvi Inbar,
maintains that 61 are sufficient to do so.
8. SHEIKHS INCITE TO VIOLENCE IN FRIDAY SERMONS
In the weekly Friday sermon delivered at the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple
Mount in Jerusalem, Sheikh Ismael Nohaba stated on July 18, 1997: "Jihad
(Moslem Holy War) is a commandment which we are obligated to carry out.
Only when this nation launches a Jihad against the Zionist thieves and the
hate-filled settlers, will we fulfill our obligation towards Allah. The
Children of Israel were enemies of Islam from the outset and continue, to
this day, the fight against it with all the means at their disposal... Our
battle against them is a religious war." IMRA reports that in the previous
week's sermon, PA appointed "Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine" Sheikh
Ekrima Sabri said: "Oh Allah, destroy America, for she is ruled by Zionist
Jews... Allah will paint the White House black!.. Allah shall take revenge
on behalf of his prophet against the colonialist settlers who are sons of
monkeys and pigs....Forgive us, Muhamad, for the acts of these sons of
monkeys and pigs, who
sought to harm your sanctity." Both weeks' sermons were broadcast on the
PA's official radio station, Voice of Palestine.
9. JEWISH LEADERS TO MEET WITH SWISS BANK OFFICIALS
World Jewish Congress Secretary-General Israel Singer, Chairman of the
International Investigation Commission on Jewish Assets in Swiss Banks Paul
Volcker, and Jewish Agency Chairman Avraham Burg depart today for
Switzerland where they will receive from the Swiss Bankers Association an
initial list of some 1,000 Jewish holders of recently located accounts. A
much larger list is expected to be published this September containing the
names of 15,000-20,000 dormant account holders, who deposited their funds
in different Swiss banks before and during WWII.
The names on the lists presented by the Swiss tomorrow will be published in
major newspapers and through mass media channels in the United States,
Europe, and Israel. Those who believe they or their relatives may appear
on the lists, as well as anyone interested in details on the issue, will be
instructed to contact a special telephone information center in Jerusalem.
Experts estimate that tomorrow's initial list of 1,000 names may represent
many tens of millions of dollars and only the
"tip of the iceberg."
Today's Radio News Editor: Yehoshua Mor-Yosef
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