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TODAY'S HEADLINES: 1. NETANYAHU SPEAKS ABOUT SYRIA IN JAPAN 2. PA PERPETUATES "STARVATION" 3. NORWEGIANS HELP YESHA COMMUNITY "IN COMPENSATION" 4. NSC: VIOLENCE MAY BE THE BEST WAY
1. NETANYAHU SPEAKS ABOUT SYRIA IN JAPAN Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, visiting in Japan today, said, "There is no chance that Syria will receive the entire Golan Heights." He also said, however, that Syria had been instrumental in calming the Lebanese situation this week, thus increasing the chances for a renewal of negotiations with the Syrians. Mr. Netanyahu met with the Japanese Defense Minister, and then with heads of the Jewish community in Tokyo. He departs for South Korea tomorrow.
2. PA PERPETUATES "STARVATION" The Palestinian Authority is perpetuating the construction freeze in Gaza, despite the fact that Israel removed the ban on the entry of building materials. The Palestinians continue to claim that Israel is "starving the Palestinians," yet say that they are waiting for cement prices to go down before they continue to build. 4000 Palestinians had been employed in construction in Gaza before the closure went into effect. In addition, the PA has not issued the permits that Israeli has authorized for workers in the Jewish communities in Yesha. Some 13,000 Palestinians are thus employed. However, after Israel announced on its Arabic language broadcasts that they were allowed to return to work, many of them have begun to do so. Correspondent Haggai Huberman reports that, according to Israeli sources, Arafat is attempting to increase unrest within the Palestinians, which will be translated to violence against Israel.
4. NORWEGIANS HELP YESHA COMMUNITY "IN COMPENSATION" A Christian group from Norway, supporters of Israel, has raised $70,000 for an intensive-care ambulance for the Binyamin community of Nachaliel. A spokesman for the group said that helping the Yesha communities is its way of attempting to compensate for the Norwegian government's role in bringing about the Oslo agreements, "which endanger Israel." Many Norwegians object to their government's role in Middle East affairs, according to the group spokesman.
5. NSC: VIOLENCE MAY BE THE BEST WAY U.S. mediator Dennis Ross is expected to arrive in the Middle East next week for what has been termed a "rescue visit." On the other hand, the U.S. National Security Committee recommended to President Clinton that he allow what it calls the "explosive" situation between Israel and the Palestinians to deteriorate to a violent clash. The NSC feels that this will convince the sides of the need to renew negotiations. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is not expected to arrive here before late September or October.
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TODAY'S HEADLINES: 1. BEIT LECHEM CLOSURE LIFTED 2. IDF CLOSES HAMAS 'CHARITY' OFFICES 3. SURPRISE RELEASE OF PA OFFICER 4. NETANYAHU IN SOUTH KOREA 5. ARROW II PROJECT 'ON TIME' 6. KNESSET MEETS IN KIRYAT SHEMONAH 7. A DAY OF PERMITS AND THE LACK THEREOF
============================= SPECIAL INSERT: PA MEDIA WATCH =============================
1. BEIT LECHEM CLOSURE LIFTED Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai and IDF Chief-of-Staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak lifted the internal closure on Beit Lechem (Bethlehem) and Beit Sahur this afternoon allowing Arabs there to reach other areas of Judea, Samaria, and Gaza (Yesha). The area remains a closed military zone preventing Israelis from entering the city. The general closure placed on Yesha following the Machane Yehuda bombing 28 days ago continues. Yesterday marked the fourth day of violent Palestinian rioting in the Beit Lechem area. Radio Palestine, broadcasting from Jericho, threatened that Palestinian demonstrators there are liable to break through the IDF roadblock at the tip of Jerusalem's southern-most neighborhood Gilo. Assistant Commander of the Beit Lechem brigade, Lieutenant-Colonel Eitan, this morning warned that a mistake on the part of either Palestinians or IDF soldiers could escalate to the use of live ammunition by both parties.
Speaking from Korea, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu stated today that Israel has definitive evidence that the Palestinian Authority is encouraging violence in anticipation of next month's projected visit of United States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Commander of the Beit Lechem District Coordinating Office Lieut.-Col. Uzi stated yesterday that the Palestinian Authority not only did nothing to prevent the recent riots, but even encouraged the youth to intensify the violence.
Notwithstanding the breach in security matters between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, the IDF and the Palestinian police carried out a joint exercise in the evacuation of wounded today. The exercise took place in the Netzarim area of Gaza. The Palestinian police stressed that the exercise involved cooperation only on a humanitarian level.
2. IDF CLOSES HAMAS 'CHARITY' OFFICES The Civil Administration closed the Hamas "Charity Committee" center in the village of Bani-Naim, east of Hevron last night. The closure came in the wake of the finding of inciteful material, praising the suicide terrorists, at the Committee's offices. The material included video recordings, books, and magazines inciting to terrorist action against Israel. The "Charity Committee" is a part of the Hamas civilian infrastructure, through which money and employment, educational and medical benefits are channeled. The benefits are often earmarked for the families of suicide and convicted terrorists. Israel security officials say that these institutions serve as incentives for the recruitment of new activists.
3. SURPRISE RELEASE OF PA OFFICER Yesterday Israel released the deputy commander of the Palestinian Police in Tulkarm, Muneir Abushi, who had been arrested on suspicion of planning terrorist actions against Israel. Abushi, had received his instructions from Palestinian Police Commander Ghazi Jibali. Arutz Sheva corespondent Haggai Huberman reports that Abushi's release came as a surprise to the Israel Defense establishment, because of the conclusive evidence they have against him. In deliberations with the Palestinians, Israel repeatedly refused the request to turn Abushi over to the Palestinian Authority for investigation, in exchange for the removal of Ghazi Jibali from his position. Apparently Israel has now decided to confer with this request.
Abushi was arrested on July 15 for his role in terrorist attacks against Israel in the Tulkarm area. Security officials connect him to the Palestinian officers who were apprehended on the way to perpetrating a terrorist action at the Bracha community, south of Shechem. The same Palestinian Police/terrorist squad shot at the Levanon family while they were driving home two months ago.
4. NETANYAHU IN SOUTH KOREA Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met this morning with the President and Prime Minister of South Korea. Israeli officials are awaiting to hear details of the missile deal between North Korea, Syria and Iran, which came to light following the defection to the United States of two brothers from the North Korean diplomatic service. According to current information, the deal involves missiles with the ability to reach all parts of the State of Israel.
5. ARROW II PROJECT 'ON TIME' At a special press conference today, researchers and developers of the anti-missile Arrow II missile announced that the new weapon will be operational at the end of the coming year. Uzi Elam, head of Defense Ministry Development department, explained that the cause of the mishap that occurred during last week's trial has already been identified, and that its correction will not delay the completion of the project.
6. KNESSET MEETS IN KIRYAT SHEMONAH The Knesset is holding a special session today in Kiryat Shemonah as an expression of solidarity with the residents of the North. Arutz Sheva Knesset reporter Chezki Zisman notes that the Defense Minister expressed hope that the population of the settlements near the Northern border will be doubled within ten years. Kiryat Shemonah Mayor Prosper Azran will attempt to convince the Knesset to pass the Kiryat Shemonah Law which would require various government ministries to provide special budgeting for the city.
7. A DAY OF PERMITS AND THE LACK THEREOF Jerusalem Municipal officials demolished three illegal Arab building starts this morning in Jerusalem's Ras El-Amud neighborhood. Spokesperson for the Municipality Tal Marom clarified that there are approximately 3,000 illegal structures in the Arab neighborhoods of the capital. According to Marom, only those edifices erected on lands slated for public use are actually destroyed. In most cases, a cessation order is issued forcing the builders to apply for the necessary permits.
Meanwhile, the Appeals Board of the Jerusalem Planning and Construction Committee continues today its deliberations on an appeal submitted by the Meretz faction asking to cancel existing permits for the construction of a Jewish neighborhood at Ras El-Amud on the Mount of Olives. The appellants claim that the construction of such a neighborhood would harm the Israeli/Palestinian negotiations.
============================= SPECIAL INSERT: PA MEDIA WATCH =============================
On August 25, 1997, the official television station of the Palestinian Authority broadcast a cultural affairs program which hosted Palestinian author Hassan al-Agha. Following are excerpts from the program:
"Moderator: It is well-known that every year the Jews exaggerate what the Nazis did to them. They claim there were 6 million killed, but precise scientific research demonstrates that there were no more than 400,000. Has the complex which the Jews have as a result of the Nazis' actions created within them psychological burdens which they are now releasing against the Palestinians?
Al-Agha: The truth is I do not think so. Psychological baggage after 40 or 50 years. I am skeptical. But I do think that we are talking about an investment. They have profited materially, spiritually, politically and economically from the talk about the Nazi killings. This investment is favorable to them and they view it as a profitable activity so they inflate the number of victims all the time. In another ten years, I do not know what number they will reach, Last year, for the first time, a statistic appeared according to which 1 ½ million children were killed by the Nazis. This number was not previously known. If this number was indeed correct, then someone would certainly have remembered it. In my opinion, it is an investment, and as you know, when it comes to economics and investments, the Jews have been very experienced ever since the days of the Merchant of Venice."
Responding to the broadcast, Director of Policy Planning and Communications in the Prime Minister's Office David Bar-Illan said, "It is regrettable that an official outlet of the PA has stooped to Holocaust denial coupled with an allusion to Jewish venality and greed. It means that Palestinian propaganda is no longer limited to anti-Israel incitement, but has crossed the line to undisguised anti-Semitism."
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TODAY'S HEADLINES: 1. FIGHTING IN LEBANON 2. SPIES IN PRISON 3. TEN FOR TALMON 4. CLOSURE BEING LIFTED
1. FIGHTING IN LEBANON The Lebanese front has heated up once again. Israel Air Force planes attacked Hizbullah terrorist bases this afternoon, in the eastern sector of southern Lebanon. Prior to that, fire had been exchanged between Israel and Hizbullah, after two Amal terrorists were killed in an engagement with an IDF force.
2. SPIES IN PRISON The appeal of Naif Abu Salaah, 30, a student in the Humanities department of Damascus University and a resident of the Israeli Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, was rejected today by the Haifa District Court. The Haifa police had been deployed in extra strength, after the angry protests in Majdal Shams yesterday, but the hearing proceeded without incident. Abu Salaah was arrested on suspicion of spying for Syria, and will remain in prison at least until next Sunday. A similar arrest of another Arab woman, teacher Nadia Fuda, on suspicion of spying for Egypt, was publicized yesterday. She is originally from Acre, and has been living in Egypt for the past 12 years.
3. TEN FOR TALMON Ten caravans (trailer homes without wheels) were brought to the growing Western Binyamin community of Talmon today. The approval for the action was given by Defense Minister Mordechai over two months ago. Aharon Domb, Secretary-General of the Yesha Council, said that the new caravans will be for families and public use.
4. CLOSURE BEING LIFTED The internal closure on Bethlehem was lifted yesterday, and as of this morning Israelis are permitted to enter the city. The committee on the "territories" will convene today in the office of the Defense Minister, and it will apparently decide to gradually allow the entry of Palestinian workers into 'smaller' Israel as of next week. The decision to lift the closure yesterday was made on Tuesday, despite the fact that the Defense Minister - as well as the Prime Minister, visiting in Korea - continued to defend the closure until yesterday afternoon. The Foreign Affairs Ministry responded to statements by the Greek Foreign Minister against the closure on the territories with the following statement: "...The steps which Israel took in the wake of the terrorist outrage at the Machaneh Yehudah market in Jerusalem were necessary in order to protect the lives of civilians from further terrorist attacks. These measures were not intended to cause harm to the civilian population nor to undermine the status of the Palestinian Authority. If the PA had actually fulfilled its responsibilities and acted resolutely to uproot the terrorist scourge from areas under its control, then the civilian population of both sides would have been spared suffering."
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