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Friday, September 19, 1997 / Elul 17, 5757
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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
1. LARGE-SCALE TERRORIST ATTACK AVERTED
2. FAMILIES MOVE OUT, STUDENTS MOVE IN
3. HEVRON VIOLENCE ACTS UP
4. RUSSIAN DENIES AIDING IRAN
5. LEADERS COME, LEADERS GO
6. CHIEF RABBINATE NEWS
1. LARGE-SCALE TERRORIST ATTACK AVERTED
It was revealed last night that the Israeli General Security Service
arrested a Hamas terrorist gang last month that had planned to carry out a
bombing in the Malha Mall in Jerusalem. The gang had also planned to
kidnap Jerusalem Mayor Olmert and/or another public figure, whose name is
not being permitted for publication. The terrorists were arrested only one
day before the intended attack, after they had carried out careful advance
planning. Security at the mall has since been re-enforced.
Two of the gang members have already been indicted. The gang was
responsible for a previous terror attack in Tel Aviv, in which 14 people
were injured, and were connected to the Tsurif terrorist gang as well.
2. FAMILIES MOVE OUT, STUDENTS MOVE IN
The three families in the Mt. of Olives building owned by Dr. Irving
Moskowitz left last night, and have been replaced by ten yeshiva students,
as stipulated in the compromise reached yesterday. The Peace Now
encampment is still there, the occupants of which said that they will not
leave until the last of the Jewish settlers have gone. Representatives of
the two groups met today, in an atmosphere described as "good."
Some sharp Arab reactions have been heard at the compromise reached
regarding the Jewish presence there. Leading Moslem leader Sheikh Abdullah
Nimar Darwish wrote in a prominent Palestinian paper today that Dr. Irving
Moskowitz is "an extremist Nazi." Yasser Abed Rabbo, responsible for the
Information Portfolio in the Palestinian Authority, called today for the
Palestinians to object to the Jewish presence on Mt. of Olives "with all
the means at their disposal." Today's Moslem prayers in the Al Aksa mosque
passed quietly, and the 10,000 worshippers dispersed quietly. Police are
still stationed near the Ras el-Amud building, as a precautionary measure
against Arab violence there.
3. HEVRON VIOLENCE ACTS UP
Several incidents of Arabs throwing rocks were registered in Hevron today,
and three explosives were thrown this morning at IDF soldiers. The
soldiers were not hurt, and Hevron is now quiet.
4. RUSSIAN DENIES AIDING IRAN
Russian Ambassador to Israel Michael Bogdanov denies Israeli claims that
Russia is aiding Iran in the development of nuclear weapons. In a meeting
with Absorption Minister Yuli Edelstein, Bogdanov said that the only
nuclear help proffered by Russia to Iran concerns the construction of a
nuclear reactor in Bushir, that will be used for electricity. He said that
if Israel has specific information about Russian nuclear scientists
employed in Iran, it should transmit it to the authorities in Moscow, who
will "deal with the issue with all seriousness."
5. LEADERS COME, LEADERS GO
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will depart on Sunday for a two-day visit
to Austria. He was supposed to have visited Romania and Hungary
beforehand, but he remained here in order to deal with the Mt. of Olives
issue. The Prime Minister is scheduled to visit the United States and
Great Britain next month. The President of the Czech Republic will visit
the Middle East beginning today, and will spend five days in Israel next
week.
6. CHIEF RABBINATE NEWS
Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau received an unusual request yesterday during a
visit to Hevron. Jewish leaders there asked the Chief Rabbi if the
responsibility for the Machpelah Cave could be transferred from the Defense
Ministry to the Chief Rabbinate. They mentioned as a precedent the Moslem
Waqf's control of Islamic holy sites, such as the Dome of the Rock and
environs... Rishon Letzion Rabbi Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron recommended revoking
the burial licenses from burial societies that employ sanctions in their
struggle to improve their employment conditions. The burial society in
Acre this week prevented funerals from taking place, because of their
ongoing dispute with the municipality (which has since been solved)... The
Chief Rabbinate is working to find a Halakhic solution for the problem of
storing the milk that will be produced during the upcoming three-day Rosh
HaShanah/Shabbat holiday. Chief Rabbi Lau said that reports that the
Rabbinate had decided that the five million liters of milk must be thrown
away were not true, and that those who spread such reports were spreading
"disinformation."
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