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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
1. NETANYAHU CALLS FOR UNITY
2. YESHA COUNCIL: DEMAND 'TIME-OUT' FOR ILLEGAL ARAB CONSTRUCTION
3. NO INJURIES IN LEBANON
4. 80 KILO OF EXPLOSIVES FOUND STOLEN BY PALESTINIANS
5. CLOSURE EASED, AS DOES PA FIGHT AGAINST HAMAS
6. COMMITTEE BEGINS WORK
7. JORDAN-ISRAEL RELATIONS
8. HAMAS TRUCE OFFER PLACED IN TRUE LIGHT
1. NETANYAHU CALLS FOR UNITY
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has called upon the citizens of Israel to
unite on behalf of the war against terror. In a speech he delivered this
morning at Mt. Herzl in Jerusalem at the annual memorial ceremony for the
fallen soldiers of the Yom Kippur War, the Prime Minister noted that
Israel's terrorist enemies have set all of the Jews of Israel as their
targets, without differentiation. "For them, we are all Jews, we are all
Zionists, and we all serve as their target... This will be an extensive and
difficult struggle, and we will be able to win it only with forbearance and
patience."
Today's weekly cabinet meeting was held in two parts, in order to enable
the Prime Minister and other ministers to participate in the memorial
ceremony. Gesher party leader Foreign Minister David Levy, whose criticism
of the Prime Minister from his hospital bed last week sparked rumors of
another Likud-Gesher crisis, was present and participated in the meeting.
At the meeting's conclusion, Mr. Netanyahu held a session concerning the
talks with the Palestinians, with the participation of Ministers Mordechai,
Sharon, and Sharansky.
2. YESHA COUNCIL: DEMAND 'TIME-OUT' FOR ILLEGAL ARAB CONSTRUCTION
A photo-flight over the areas in and around Jerusalem today showed some
19,000 illegal Arab structures in a state of near-readiness for occupancy.
Shlomo Filber, Deputy Chairman of the Yesha Council, told Arutz-7 today
that today's flight was only one in a series of such flights, part of the
Council's efforts to track the increasing pattern of illegal Arab
construction. He said that the buildings were constructed at an estimated
total cost of 150 million dollars. Filber said that the illegal
construction apparently has two purposes: 1. to surround Jerusalem with an
Arab "belt" stretching from Ramallah, through the northern and eastern
communities, and down to Bethlehem. 2. to cause a major demographic
change in 'greater Jerusalem' areas which, according to national consensus
on any permanent status plan, will be included within Israeli territory;
the houses could be ready for the occupancy of nearly 100,000 Arabs within
a few months. "We have informed the relevant authorities, because we feel
that it is important for them to know that while Americans give backing to
the hypocritical Palestinian demand for a "time-out" in Jewish construction
in Yesha, which involves only a few hundreds or thousands of units, they
are closing their eyes to the Palestinian construction on a much larger
scale. If they are demanding a freeze, then there first must be a freeze
on illegal Arab building in the area of Jerusalem," said Filber.
3. NO INJURIES IN LEBANON
Artillery fire was directed at an IDF outpost in the western sector of the
security zone in southern Lebanon this morning. There were no casualties,
nor was there damage. The Hizbullah terrorists attacked this outpost a
number of times last week. Six of the wounded from last week's fighting in
Lebanon are still hospitalized in Rambam Hospital in Haifa.
4. 80 KILO OF EXPLOSIVES FOUND STOLEN BY PALESTINIANS
A joint operation by the General Security Service and the Jerusalem Police
led to the capture of two Hevron-area Arab residents and 80 kilograms (176
lbs.) of explosives on Friday night. The police suspect that the
explosives, which were found in a stolen car near Maaleh Adumim, were to be
used for terrorist purposes. They surmise that the explosives were stolen
from a quarry within Judea and Samaria.
5. CLOSURE EASED, AS DOES PA FIGHT AGAINST HAMAS
Public Security Minister Avigdor Kahalani said today that in practice,
there is no longer any closure on the autonomous areas. 46,000 Arabs from
the areas of the Palestinian Authority are allowed, as of today, to cross
the Green Line into pre-1967 Israel every day. At the same time, the
Palestinian security forces have not taken any action against Hamas since
the release of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin on Rosh HaShanah eve, a week and a half
ago. Arafat released a leading Hamas terrorist from Palestinian prison
last week, at the request of Sheikh Yassin.
6. COMMITTEE BEGINS WORK
The Chakhnover committee, appointed last week to investigate the Mish'al
assassination fiasco, began its work today. Calls from the political left
continue to be raised in favor of the committee's replacement with a more
powerful official commission.
7. JORDAN-ISRAEL RELATIONS
A senior Jordanian official has made headlines by telling a French news
agency that his country has expelled Mossad agents and suspended security
cooperation with Israel, in retaliation for the attempted assassination of
Jordanian resident and Hamas leader Khaled Mish'al. He added that Jordan
demands that all of those involved in the decision to assassinate Mish'al
be fired. Israeli officials, as well as other Jordanian officials, say
they knew nothing of the above claims. Israeli sources pointed out that
Air Force chief Eitan Ben-Eliyahu had been invited to Jordan last week,
after the Mish'al affair. Minister of Defense Yitzchak Mordechai said that
in any event Israel is a sovereign country that makes its own decisions.
Jordan cooperated with Israel on Friday night when an infiltrator to Israel
was shot and killed by Israeli forces. He broke through the fence between
the two countries near Kibbutz Beit HaArava, in the northern Dead Sea
region, and a knife was found on his body.
Tensions between the two countries were evident on another front. Jordan
denied claims by Israel that there had been two attempted attacks on the
Israeli Embassy in Amman. Israeli sources said that a grenade was thrown
some meters away from the Embassy, and a shooting attempt was also made.
9. HAMAS TRUCE OFFER PLACED IN TRUE LIGHT
The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA)
(http://www.camera.org) has performed an in-depth study on the topic of
"Peace Efforts in Islam," in the wake of recent reports that Hamas had
offered Israel a 10-year truce. The offer was widely-reported to be
"credible" and that it was ignored by Prime Minister Netanyahu when he
decided to go ahead with the assassination attempt on Mish'al. Quotes from
the recently-released Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, however, place the truce offer
in its correct light. "It is impermissible for Muslims to stop jihad
[religious war] as long as an Islamic territory is occupied, [except for]
cases of truce with the enemy and until a sufficient force for liberation
is gathered," he said in December 1994. In a later interview, the Sheikh
declared: "Reconciliation with the Jews is a crime ... If reconciliation
means a truce and a cessation of fighting for a specified period of time,
Islam allows the imam [leader] of the Muslims to undertake such a
reconciliation if he believes that the enemy is strong and the Muslims are
weak and need time to prepare and buildup... As for the permitted duration
of the truce, many Islamic jurists are of the opinion that it must not
exceed 10 years."
Regarding the recent claims of Hamas "moderation" and willingness to reach
a truce, Hamas spokesman Abdel Rantissi stated last week, "... we are not
thinking of this [a truce] at all, nor have we thought of it. I was
surprised by yesterday's reports on this point. This is utterly untrue. We
have never contemplated such an issue. There are great causes, there is the
cause of Palestine, a holy land and Islamic property. All Muslims must
liberate Palestine. We will pursue this line until the last Zionist
occupier leaves the Palestinian land." (Radio Monte Carlo, Paris, as
translated by BBCSWB, 8 October 1997)
Rantissi explained what Hamas had in mind for the Jews of Israel in an IMRA
interview on October 8th:
IMRA: What do you see ultimately happening to the people who moved into
Israel? We have people who came from Europe, Russia, the Arab states.
Rantissi: I will tell you something. I feel that it is justice for us to do
with Jews as they did with us.
IMRA: To let them stay?
Rantissi: 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.
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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
1. WEIZMANN VISIT TERMED "DAMAGING AND UNNECESSARY"
2. POLICE CHIEF ACCUSED OF TAMPERING WITH GOV'T TEMPLE MOUNT DOCUMENT
3. PROPOSAL: NEW JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN RESPONSE TO ARAB BUILDING
4. NINE MORE RELEASED
5. JEWISH BOY INJURED IN HEVRON
1. WEIZMANN VISIT TERMED "DAMAGING AND UNNECESSARY"
Yediot Acharonot reports today that President Weizmann, in his trip
last week to Washington, hinted to President Clinton that Prime
Minister Netanyahu will give up the entire Golan Heights to the
Syrians. Weizmann reportedly said to Clinton, "I am willing to eat
this bottle and to promise that Bibi will reach an agreement with
Syria, on everything, for the price of everything." Israeli
Ambassador Eliyahu Ben-Elissar sent a telegram to Jerusalem during the
visit, in which he wrote, "Out of a deep concern for 'tranquility in
the home,' I have instructed my staff not to report on the contents of
the President's meetings here for the duration of his visit." A senior
source in the Israeli Embassy in Washington said, according to Yediot,
that Weizmann's visit can be summed up as "damaging and
unnecessary."
In one of his last speeches in Washington last week, President
Weizmann was quoted as saying, "Thank G-d it [the assassination
attempt on Hamas leader Khaled Mish'al] did not succeed."
2. POLICE CHIEF ACCUSED OF TAMPERING WITH GOV'T TEMPLE MOUNT DOCUMENT
A Jerusalem Magistrates Court justice has instructed the State
Attorney's Office to "investigate with all seriousness" charges that
former Jerusalem District Police Chief Aryeh Amit tampered with
government documents in order to prevent Jewish prayer on the Temple
Mount. Yehuda Etzion of the Chai Vekayam movement submitted a
complaint today, detailing at length how Amit blanked out two
paragraphs of an August 1967 government decision and circulated only
the third paragraph, thus giving the impression that the government
had forbidden all Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount. Etzion told
Arutz-7 today, "As strange as it sounds, there has never been a
government decision forbidding Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount.
Rather, the government once denied a specific request by Rabbi Shlomo
Goren to pray there on Tisha B'Av following the Six-Day War. The
government decision mentions Rabbi Goren by name in the first two
clauses, and only his followers in the third clause. Amit blanked out
the first two clauses, thus giving the impression that the decision
was applicable for every request of Jews to pray on the Mount, for all
time." Etzion says that the tampered document was presented in court
on at least one occasion, in one of the many court cases against Chai
Vekayam members for the "crime" of attempting to pray on the Temple
Mount. Etzion notes that the law sets a punishment of up to three
years in prison for a public servant who tampers with a document, "the
implementation of which he is authorized."
Amit, without connection, resigned this morning from the police force,
after he was passed over for the post of Police Commissioner in favor
of Yehuda Wilk. There was speculation that Amit was not chosen for
the post because of the what some called his "over-zealousness" in
containing and putting down demonstrations against the previous
government, as well as hareidi demonstrations on Bar Ilan Avenue in
Jerusalem. "In my opinion, the mistake he made," said former Border
Guard Police Chief Meshulam Amit (no relation) today, "is that in
addition to over-reacting, he employed a double standard, because he
allowed striking workers to block streets and burn tires." Aryeh Amit
himself related to this issue today, and said that he hopes that that
was not the reason he was not chosen.
3. PROPOSAL: NEW JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN RESPONSE TO ARAB BUILDING
The Knesset Land of Israel front met today, together with Yesha
Council leaders, to discuss their response to the increasing pressures
on the Prime Minister to call a 'time-out' on Yesha construction. In
an earlier meeting today with the Prime Minister, the members made
clear to him their position that any further withdrawals from Area C
(Israeli-controlled territories) simply cannot come under
consideration. Knesset Member Michael Kleiner (Likud-Gesher) said
that they would demand that the government respond to illegal Arab
construction, "which in essence amounts to illegal Arab settlements,"
by building Jewish communities nearby. They discussed the findings of
yesterday's photo-flight over Jerusalem, showing 19,000 illegal Arab
structures from Ramallah to Bethlehem. The participants at the
meeting also demanded that the Arabs in Hevron be provided with an
alternative route, instead of King David St., so that Jewish security
in the city not be threatened.
4. NINE MORE RELEASED
Another nine terrorists were released this morning from Israeli
prisons, part of the package deal arranged in the wake of the bungled
assassination attempt in Jordan. The nine - none of them members of
Hamas - will be flown today to Jordan.
5. JEWISH BOY INJURED IN HEVRON
A Jewish boy riding a bicycle was hit by an Arab-driven car this
morning in Hevron. The boy, Elyashiv Cohen, suffered a broken leg.
He told the police that the driver ran him down purposely, and they
are investigating.
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THE MID-EAST DISPATCH
DAILY HEADLINES NEWS REPORT
** 1 Committee Member Already Fired
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** 1. COMMITTEE MEMBER ALREADY FIRED
The Commission Of Inquiry established by the Prime Minister to
investigate the failed assassination of Hamas chief in Jordan, Khaled
Mashal, is already in trouble.
The Attorney General has advised that committee member and former
Mossad Chief, Nahum Admoni, be removed from the committee and replaced
by Maj.-Gen. (Res.) Dan Talchovsky.
The Cabinet approved the appointment in a telephone vote. Attorney
General Elyakim Rubinstein became convinced that Admoni's comments to
the media in favor of the operation against Mashal disqualify him from
serving on the committee. Admoni's removal has been confirmed by the
PM's office. {YEDIOT AHARONOT, GPO 10/9 H}
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THE MID-EAST DISPATCH
DAILY HEADLINES NEWS REPORT
** 1 Security Forces Prepare for Hamas Attack
** 2 US Jews Fear Teen Killer Backlash
** 3 Yuli Edelstein Visits Lebanon Outposts
** 4 Iran: Arafat is not 'Our Man in Jerusalem'
** 5 Levy to Apologize to Canada
** 6 Israelis Remember Yom Kippur War
** 7 Jordan Freezes Security Cooperation
** 8 Hebron Explosives Cache Discovered
** 9 Egyptian FM: Israel Is Like Iraq in Kuwait
** 10 Mordechai Sees Need for IDF in Lebanon
** 11 Hussein Expels Mossad from Jordan
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** 1. SECURITY FORCES PREPARE FOR HAMAS ATTACK
Speaking at a Gaza gathering celebrating the return of Sheikh Ahmed
Yassin, Hamas leader Abdul Aziz Rantisi said his organization will
carry on the jihad against Israel and will continue to terrorize all
the enemies of Allah.
Security forces have been placed on high alert throughout the country
in case of any Hamas attempts. Soldiers have been told to be on the
lookout for the possibility that Hamas terrorists might be planning
kidnapping attempts.
Police forces have been boosted to prevent terrorist attacks, and
patrols have been stepped up in eastern Jerusalem. Roadblocks have
been erected along the borders of Israel.
Security sources note that the infrastructure behind the recent
suicide bombings in Jerusalem has yet to be uncovered, and
explosives made at the Bet Sahour factory remain undiscovered.
(KOL ISRAEL, MED 10/10 H}
** 2. US JEWS FEAR TEEN KILLER BACKLASH
Jewish organizations in the United States are increasingly concerned
that Israel's refusal to extradite a Maryland teenager charged in a
grisly killing may heighten anti-Semitism.
Offices of Jewish organizations have received vituperative phone calls
protesting the Israeli position, which in some cases were accompanied
by threats of physical violence.
In Israel, a Petah Tikva magistrate on Wednesday ordered the teenager
held for 10 more days while Israel considered the U.S. extradition
request.
The case has strained Israeli-U.S. relations. Lawmakers in Washington
this week floated proposals to cut as much as one-third of Israel's $3
billion in annual U.S. aid if the suspect is not returned to Maryland
for trial.
The Israeli Embassy in Washington has also received irate phone calls
demanding that Israel comply with the extradition request. Officials
of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith (ADL) said they were
worried about a deterioration in relations between Jews and the
Hispanic community, of which the victim was a member.
The ADL on Tuesday urged the Israeli government to turn the suspect
over to US law enforcement officials who came to Israel to take him
into custody.
The Justice Ministry initially said that the suspect, whose name may
not be published in Israel because he is a minor, would have to stand
trial in Israel because his father is an Israeli citizen. As a result,
Israeli status is automatically conferred on his son, making it
mandatory to try him in the country.
In reviewing the case, Justice Ministry officials have since said they
were not certain the father, who left Israel in 1950 at age six, was
actually eligible for citizenship.
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has told Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu that she expected "maximum cooperation" in the
case. {HAARETZ 10/10 H}
** 3. YULI EDELSTEIN VISITS LEBANON OUTPOSTS
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." {ARUTZ
7 10/10 H}
** 4. IRAN: ARAFAT IS NOT 'OUR MAN IN JERUSALEM'
Another intense disagreement seems to be developing between Iran, and
Egypt and Arafat. The Iranians, in all of their official media,
sharply attack Arafat for posturing as the representative of Arab
interests in Jerusalem, when in fact, they say, this is not so.
The Iranians call upon the religious Islamic groups among the
Palestinians to reject Arafat's moves in this direction. The Teheran
Times writes, "Arafat is not the Islamic representative for Jerusalem,
and he does not represent Islamic interests in Jerusalem. He
represents only himself and Mubarak."
The Iranians would clearly like to see the Islamic groups leading the
fight against Israel, and not Arafat. They blame Egypt for attempting
to take control - through Arafat - over the Islamic interests in
Jerusalem. {YEHOSHUA MEIRI 10/9 H}
** 5. LEVY TO APOLOGIZE TO CANADA
Foreign Minister David Levy will formally issue an apology on behalf
of Israel to Canadian Foreign Minister Lloyd Axeworthy over the Mossad
use of forged Canadian passports in the failed Khaled Mashal
assassination attempt. Levy hopes the apology will help ease some of
the tensions between Israel and Canada, which have developed following
the affair. Canada's ambassador to Israel, David Berger has been
recalled to Canada, who will hold him until Canada receives some
satisfaction from Israel. {MED 10/10 H}
** 6. ISRAELIS REMEMBER YOM KIPPUR WAR
This month marks the 24th year since the Yom Kippur War, in which
Israel was attacked by surrounding Arab nations.
The war was initiated by a surprise attack on Israel during Yom
Kippur, the Day of Atonement, October 6, 1973, and resulted in the
deaths of 2,688 Israel Defense Forces soldiers. Hundreds of family
members have visited the graves of the fallen soldiers since Thursday.
Today, thousands of Israelis are expected to participate in memorial
services, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who will take
part in the main ceremony on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. Mount Herzl
will be closed today except to family members of fallen soldiers and
those due to participate in the memorial service. {MA'ARIV 10/12 H}
** 7. JORDAN FREEZES SECURITY COOPERATION WITH ISRAEL
Jordan has frozen security cooperation with Jordan and will not resume
them until officials responsible for the botched assassination attempt
on Hamas=82 Khaled Mashal are dismissed.
When asked if this includes Prime Minister Netanyahu, the Jordanian
official refused to comment. He again refused to comment when asked if
Jordan wants Mossad director Danny Yatom to resign. He said Jordan is
committed to the provisions of the 1994 peace treaty, under which the
two countries have exchanged intelligence information and worked
closely against terrorist groups. {KOL ISRAEL 10/12 H}
** 8. HEBRON EXPLOSIVES CACHE DISCOVERED
Jerusalem police have arrested two Palestinians from Hebron after
finding 50 kilograms of explosive material, fuses, and detonator cord
in their car near Ma'ale Adumim. A police spokesman said police have
not ruled out a terrorist attempt although the two Palestinians claim
they were going to sell the material back to the Jewish contractors
from which they were stolen.
They led police to an additional store of 30 kilograms in a village
near Hebron, an amount which a high-ranking police officer dais could
have "sent the Dizengoff Center sky high." {MA'ARIV 10/13 H}
** 9. EGYPTIAN FM: ISRAEL IS LIKE IRAQ IN KUWAIT
Regarding President Weizman's surprise trip to Alexandria to meet with
Mubarak: Contrary to the Israeli media reports that the trip would
deal with the incarceration of Azzam Azzam (which it in fact did), the
Arab press says that Weizman's goal is to attempt to save the peace
process.
The papers claim that Mubarak invited Weizman and would like him to
take a more active role in the diplomatic process. In the background,
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa calls for the taking of active
measures against Israel.
Moussa likens Israel's behavior in Jerusalem to that of Iraq when it
invaded Kuwait. It may be supposed that statements of this sort are
made in order to prepare the way for an Arab League attempt to raise
the issue in the United Nations. {YEHOSHUA MEIRI 10/13 H}
** 10. MORDECHAI SEES NEED FOR IDF IN LEBANON
Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai said it is unclear how Hizbullah
managed to launch their attack so close to the Israeli border on
Wednesday. In his view, the infiltration shows the need for the IDF to
remain in the security zone in order to prevent terrorists from
reaching the border. {KOL ISRAEL 10/11 H}
** 11. HUSSEIN EXPELS MOSSAD FROM JORDAN
Jordan's King Hussein has demanded that Israel fire all Mossad members
involved in the Mashal affair. In addition, the King has expelled all
Mossad agents operating in Jordan.
Jordan is a vital base of operations for Israel in obtaining
intelligence information on Syria and Lebanon. {MA'ARIV 10/11 H}
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