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THE MID-EAST DISPATCH
DAILY HEADLINES NEWS REPORT
** 1 Clinton Rejects Weizman 'Camp David' Idea
** 2 Hamas Leader Calls for Massacre of Jews
** 3 Another NIS 160 Million to the PA
** 4 Russia to Accept Palestinian Ambassador
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** 1. CLINTON REJECTS WEIZMAN 'CAMP DAVID' IDEA
President Weizman and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright are
reluctant to pressure Israel to revive the peace process. President Bill
Clinton is equally reluctant to adopt Weizman's suggestion to invite
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Chairman Yasser Arafat to the
United States for Camp David-style talks, fearing the effort is doomed
to fail because of the vast chasm between the sides.
Over the dinner Clinton hosted for Weizman on Sunday, several left-wing
Jewish leaders, led by Dan Abrams and John Bendheim, said that America
should apply pressure to Netanyahu in order to advance the peace
process. Abrams said, "21 Arab nations want peace. Assad and Arafat want
peace. Does Bibi want peace?"
Secretary of State Albright objected to the idea of applying pressure in
the "style of Bush and Baker," noting that the process was continuing.
Pressure could be applied towards improving the atmosphere, but not to
focus on specific issues.
Presidents Clinton and Weizman discussed at length on Monday Weizman's
suggestion to convene a Camp David-style meeting between Arafat and
Netanyahu. Clinton expressed doubt as to the value of such a meeting in
the near future because of the wide gap between the two sides and the
severe breakdown of trust between Netanyahu and Arafat.
Clinton said he wanted to see an outline of a deal before inviting the
two leaders for such talks. Clinton said that Israel, Egypt and the U.S.
had come to Camp David with most of their problems solved, and that the
sides knew how the talks would turn out.
Weizman disagreed, saying that the results of such talks could not be
preordained and that the problems had not, in fact, been solved prior to
the talks. Weizman said that the Camp David talks had commenced after a
seven-month crisis between Israel and Egypt, and that the gaps between
the parties had been large there, too.
Clinton said he would do anything to help the peace process, including
holding Camp David-style talks at the North Pole, if that would help
keep the parties "cool." Weizman noted that he believed that both
Netanyahu and Arafat want peace. {HAARETZ 10/8 H}
** 2. HAMAS LEADER CALLS FOR MASSACRE OF JEWS
Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi called for a massacre of Jews during an
interview this week.
"I will tell you something. I feel that it is justice for us to do with
Jews as they did with us" said Rantisi in Gaza. When asked what he meant
by this, Rantisi said: "In the same way that they dispossessed our
people. They killed thousands of Palestinians in tens of massacres and
they destroyed homes. So I think it is just to do with them as they did
with us."
Earlier in the interview, Rantisi disavowed the reported comments of
Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Yassin. The newly-released Sheikh Yassin
was said to have offered a peace with Israel in return for withdrawal
behind the 1967 boundaries, along with the dismantling of all Jewish
settlements.
Rantisi claims these remarks had been mistranslated. "Sheikh Yassin says
"the occupation" not territories - the West Bank and Gaza. When he says
the occupation this means the occupation of all of Palestine... The Jews
are occupiers. It is impossible to make peace with them when they are
occupying your home." {IMRA/MED 10/9 H}
** 3. ANOTHER NIS 160 MILLION TO THE PA
Israel will transfer an additional 160 million shekels in owed tax
refunds to the Palestinian Authority within the next few days. The
money was withheld following the Jerusalem terror attacks and has been
released in small increments. {GALEI TZAHAL 10/9 H}
** 4. RUSSIA TO ACCEPT PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR
The Palestinian Authority has discovered an ingenious manner to dispose
of the Razi Jibali issue. Israel is demanding the extradition of the
Palestinian police official, but the PA refuses...now Yasser Arafat has
appointed him the Palestinian ambassador to Russia. {MED 10/9 H}
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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
1. IDF TO INVESTIGATE HIZBULLAH "SUCCESS"
2. YESHA CONCERNED ABOUT FURTHER WITHDRAWALS
3. RAFUL: BACK TO BASICS
4. PORAT: MEDIA MUST REPORT NEWS, NOT GIVE OPINIONS
5. MINISTER EDELSTEIN HELPS RAISE MORALE IN LEBANON
6. ANCIENT JEWISH PRESENCE IN GOLAN RECONFIRMED
1. IDF TO INVESTIGATE HIZBULLAH "SUCCESS"
The funerals of the two IDF soldiers who were killed yesterday in
Lebanon were held this afternoon. Fabian Kuzma, of the Binyamin
community Ofarim, was buried in the military cemetery of Kiryat Shaul,
and St.-Sgt. Amir Yoeli was laid to rest in Zichron Yaakov. Six
soldiers were wounded in the fighting yesterday afternoon, during
which Hizbullah terrorists shot at the IDF troops for an hour from
within civilian villages. Earlier in the afternoon, a Hizbullah
roadside bomb exploded near an Israeli convoy in the security zone,
injuring two soldiers. This was followed about two hours later by
heavy Hizbullah rocketing of IDF and South Lebanon Army outposts,
killing Kuzma and Yoeli. At the same time, three SLA soldiers were
wounded when an anti-tank missile was fired on their vehicle. O.C.
Northern Command Maj.-Gen. Amiram Levine accused Hizbullah of again
using villages as cover - in flagrant violation of cease-fire
understandings reached last year - in order to prevent the IDF from
retaliating for fear of harming Lebanese civilians. The IDF is
investigating the circumstances of the attack, especially the question
of how the terrorists managed to approach to within only 300 meters
from the border, attack, and escape unharmed.
2. YESHA CONCERNED ABOUT FURTHER WITHDRAWALS
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met again last night with American
envoy Dennis Ross, and the two agreed that Ross would return to the
region during the Sukkot holiday (in about two weeks). The
negotiations on further withdrawals from Yesha have in essence been
renewed. The Yesha Council sent a letter to the Prime Minister, in
which it wrote, "The present situation, in which 30% of Judea,
Samaria, and Gaza, is closed to Jewish settlement, and under which the
Jewish communities can barely breathe between the Palestinian blocs,
is the limit of the acceptable concessions. We warn against the
abandonment of even a single community, be it the furthest one out, to
[densely-populated] Palestinian territory, and certainly to come under
Palestinian terrorist control, is simply inconceivable, and the
entirety of Yesha will object to this, as if it were one large
community. We recognize the difficulties and pressures that you face,
but it was exactly in order to rescue your nation from them did you
ascend to power. We are willing to expend every effort in order to
strengthen your government..."
The Yesha Council and the Knesset Land of Israel front will meet in
the Knesset on Monday to decide on their next moves. MK Michael
Kleiner, chairman of the above Knesset group, demands that Netanyahu
immediately cease negotiations concerning the second withdrawal.
Kleiner claims that the Prime Minister is being dragged into the talks
from a position of weakness in light of the recent events, and that
this will in turn "drag Israel into a catastrophe in the form of a
renewal of the withdrawal process."
MK Tzvi Hendel (NRP), on the same topic, warns that his party would
not be a member of a government that transfers additional territories
to Arafat before a permanent arrangement has been agreed upon. Hendel
also said that he does not understand why Netanyahu granted permission
to Arafat to use the Dahaniyeh airport, given the present state of
security cooperation.
3. RAFUL: BACK TO BASICS
Minister of Agriculture Rafael (Raful) Eitan, who served as IDF Chief
of Staff from 1978 until 1983, told Arutz-7 today that questions about
the number of casualties in Lebanon are "politically-motivated." He
said, "This is a war, and in war there are casualties. Why weren't
questions like these ever raised during the War of Attrition
[1968-1970]?... It is clear that Hizbullah will not stop fighting
against us if we leave Lebanon.
If today they were 300 meters from our border, then tomorrow they
will be within our borders." He laid to rest any speculation that there
was disagreement between the governmental and military echelons.
When asked about possible withdrawals from Yesha that may be under
consideration, Eitan said, "One thing I know, and that is that the
government's policy is designed to preserve our existence and our
security. This policy does not match the desires of the Arabs, who
will not suffice with a return to the 1967 borders or even to the 1947 borders. They
will fight us in any case, and we have to be on the alert. I don't
see anything on which we can concede [in negotiations] if we want to
continue to exist."
He criticized the remarks of Foreign Minister David Levy, saying that
the government has decided to fight terrorism, which is not something that
can be done only "locked away at home. Those who dispatch terrorists
to kill people in Israel have to feel that they will be pursued by
Israel wherever they may be. We cannot be confined to our homes."
Minister Levy had said that he was not involved in the decision to
kill Hamas leader Khaled Mish'al, and implied that he would have
objected to it.
4. PORAT: MEDIA MUST REPORT NEWS, NOT GIVE OPINIONS
MK Chanan Porat (NRP) has written a letter to Voice of Israel director
Amnon Nadav, asking him to take disciplinary action against military
affairs reporter Carmela Menasheh. Porat writes that during a report
on the Mish'al affair this past Sunday, she presented her own opinions
within the framework of a supposedly factual report. He quoted the
following sentences from her report: "We are talking about one of the
[biggest] operational fiascoes and a decision-making process that led
to unnecessary and embarrassing complications... There is no
explanation for the amateurish and haughty behavior that were manifest
in this operation... It is inconceivable that such a failure, with all
of its implications, could pass without responsibility being taken,
and without the Prime Minister and the head of the Mossad suffering
the consequences." Porat said that a report such as hers should not
be presented on public radio as a news report, but rather as an
opinion, with equal time being given to opposing viewpoints. "News
reporters must keep their private opinions to themselves, and not use
the microphone, which belongs to the public at large, to advance their
own political agenda," wrote Porat. He pointed out that Menasheh has
already been officially rebuked for similar behavior in the past.
5. MINISTER EDELSTEIN HELPS RAISE MORALE IN LEBANON
Immigration and Absorption Minister Yuli Edelstein visited IDF
outposts in Lebanon today, in an effort to encourage the soldiers
serving there. He heard different opinions from the soldiers
regarding the public debate in Israel about a unilateral withdrawal
from Israel, but they were unanimous in their agreement that the
raising of the issue following a failed operation or an incident
involving loss of life causes a drop in morale amongst them and raises
the enemy's motivation level. The officers briefed Edelstein on the
military situation in the area. Division Commander Brig.-Gen. Effie
(Fein) Eitam thanked the Minister for his visit, as did the soldiers,
one of whom said, "You have no idea how much a visit like this helps
recharge our batteries."
6. ANCIENT JEWISH PRESENCE IN GOLAN RECONFIRMED
Two gravestones from the Talmudic period were found recently in the
Golan. On one of them is written the Hebrew name Nachman bar Sachak.
A spokesperson for the Antiques Authority said that the findings
provide further proof of the Jewish presence in the Golan at that
time.
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