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Arutz Sheva News Service
Friday, October 17, 1997 / Tishrei 16, 5758
TODAY'S HEADLINE:
COMPROMISE SOLUTION TO CONVERSION ISSUE SOUGHT
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu says that the efforts to achieve a
compromise on the Conversion Law have still not ended. He said that he
will continue in the coming weeks to work for such a compromise.
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Subject: Arutz-7 News Brief: Sunday, October 19, 1997
TODAY'S HEADLINES:
1. LIVNAT: 2000 YEARS IS LONG ENOUGH
2. HIZBULLAH AND HAMAS SEEK ONLY ISRAEL'S DESTRUCTION
3. IMAM RESPONDS TO CHIEF RABBI: "NO"
4. COMPROMISE EFFORTS REQUIRE MORE TIME
1. LIVNAT: 2000 YEARS IS LONG ENOUGH
Minister of Communications Limor Livnat is against a "time-out" in
construction activity in Judea and Samaria. "We had a long enough
time-out of 2000 years in building the Land of Israel, and I don't
think we need another one," she said during a visit to Beit El today.
American mediator Dennis Ross will meet separately with Prime Minister
Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority Chairman Arafat today, in an
attempt to come to an exact definition of what is covered by the term
'time-out.' Minister Livnat also said that within a few months, new
media channels will be operating in Israel, including a cable news
channel.
2. HIZBULLAH AND HAMAS SEEK ONLY ISRAEL'S DESTRUCTION
Hizbullah head Hassan Nasrallah has made it clear that a unilateral
Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon and from the Golan Heights
will not lead to quiet on Israel's northern border. In an interview
with Der Spiegel, Nasrallah says, "Even if Israel withdraws from
Lebanon and the Golan, we will not lay down our arms. We will
continue to fight until all of Palestine is liberated." Nasrallah
said that the calls within the Israeli public to withdraw from Lebanon
clearly indicate that the Israelis are "fatigued" by their presence
there. During a visit in Iran today, the Hizbullah leader promised
that the organization would not cease its fight against Israel until
"Israel is liquidated." Hamas leader Khaled Mish'al and the
recently-released Sheikh Ahmed Yassin made similar remarks over the
weekend.
3. IMAM RESPONDS TO CHIEF RABBI: "NO"
The imam at the El Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount rejects Rishon
Letzion Rabbi Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron's call to Moslem leaders to condemn
terrorism and violence against Israeli citizens. In his most recent
Friday speech, Sheikh Hiyan Al-adrisi said that the rabbis and the
religious Jews are those who are behind the demand to raze Al Aqsa and
to build the Holy Temple in its place. He calls upon the Chief Rabbi
to condemn demolition of Arab structures.
4. COMPROMISE EFFORTS REQUIRE MORE TIME
Minister Yaakov Ne'eman requested the religious parties this morning
to again put off their legislative initiatives regarding the
Conversion Law and the religious councils. He simultaneously
requested the Reform representatives to postpone their appeals to the
the courts for another month, in order to allow his committee to
continue to find an acceptable compromise. Knesset Law Committee
Chairman MK Shaul Yahalom (NRP), in the forefront of the efforts to
pass the said laws, said that his party had agreed to Ne'eman's
request.
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Subject: Arutz-7 News Brief: Monday, October 20, 1997
TODAY'S HEADLINES:
1. GOV'T AGREES IN PRINCIPLE TO LESS CONSTRUCTION
2. NEGOTIATIONS CARRY ON
3. YASSIN CONTINUES TO CALL FOR ALL-OUT JIHAD
1. GOV'T AGREES IN PRINCIPLE TO LESS CONSTRUCTION
The Netanyahu government has agreed in principle to a slow-down in
construction in the Jewish communities of Judea, Samaria, and Gaza
(Yesha).
Foreign Minister David Levy implied this morning in a Voice of Israel
interview that only "the necessary minimum" of Jewish building in
Yesha may be allowed. He said, on the other hand, that Israel will
never agree to an absolute veto imposed by anyone on building in the
Land of Israel. Arutz-7 has learned that Prime Minister Netanyahu has
also said recently that there will be a "construction freeze in areas
outside of the national consensus."
The Prime Minister's Office asked that the town and regional councils
in
Yesha submit precise reports on the number of construction starts in
their respective jurisdictions. The Yesha leaders refused to comply
with this request, for fear that the list would be used as a basis for
decrees against construction. MK Shaul Yahalom (NRP) told Arutz-7
that if the present government builds even less than the previous
government, then it has no "right to exist." He said that his party
would not be part of a government that would call a freeze on Yesha
construction.
Arutz-7 correspondent Hizki Zisman adds that Prime Minister Netanyahu
promised at a budget meeting last night with MKs Tzvi Hendel and
Chanan Porat that he has no intention of imposing any 'time-out' at
all on Yesha construction.
2. NEGOTIATIONS CARRY ON
The Israeli and Palestinian negotiating teams convened again today at
the LaRomme Hotel for another round of talks with U.S. mediator Dennis
Ross. Prime Minister Netanyahu met this morning with Mr. Ross, who met
later with Foreign Minister Levy and Abu Maazen. It is now official:
PA Chairman Yasser Arafat will be allowed to make use of the new
Dahaniyeh airport, despite the fact that it was built in violation of
the Oslo Accords.
3. YASSIN CONTINUES TO CALL FOR ALL-OUT JIHAD
The recently released leader of the Hamas terrorist organization
Sheikh Ahmed Yassin has words of praise for the recent suicide
bombings in Jerusalem. In a interview published in today's
Jerusalem-based Al Quds newspaper, Yassin said that were it not for
the latest suicide bombings, U.S. Secretary of State Albright would
not have come to the Middle East and the negotiations would have
remained at a standstill. Yassin declared yesterday in the Palestinian
parliament in Gaza that the "Jihad against Israel will continue until
the complete liberation of Palestine." In an interview published on
Saturday in the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet, Sheikh Ahmed
Yassin condemned the killing of women and children as a violation of
Islamic law and at the same time he justified suicide bombings against
Israeli citizens. The Hamas terrorist leader condemned Palestinian
Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat for signing an agreement with Israel,
and said that Israel must disappear from the map.
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Subject: Arutz-7 News: Tuesday, October 21, 1997
Arutz Sheva News Service
Tuesday, October 21, 1997 / Tishrei 20, 5758
TODAY'S HEADLINES:
1. "DEVELOPMENTS" IN TALKS
2. MT. OF OLIVES GRAVES DESECRATION
1. "DEVELOPMENTS" IN TALKS
Foreign Minister David Levy said that there have been "developments"
in the talks with the Palestinian Authority presently underway in
Jerusalem. The talks are focused on the opening of the Dahaniyeh
airport in Gaza. The Palestinians demand that Israel allow them to
use the airport without Israeli supervision. Shai Bazak, Prime
Ministerial press aide, told Arutz-7 today that Israel would stand
firm on its right to carry out security checks on incoming and
outgoing passengers in the airport, as well as in the seaport
scheduled to open there.
Bazak also criticized Yesha leaders who protested possible plans to
call a time-out on construction in Judea and Samaria. He said that
the Yesha residents should trust the Prime Minister and give him
credit that he will be able to stand firm on Israeli interests. Bazak
requested that the residents not attempt to extract promises and
declarations from Mr. Netanyahu that will "undermine the actions."
2. MT. OF OLIVES GRAVES DESECRATION
Tens of Mt. of Olives gravestones were desecrated by Arabs last night.
The vandals painted over the gravestones, but volunteers of the
Chessed VeEmet organization have already cleaned off most of the
paint.
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Subject: Arutz-7 News: Sunday, October 26, 1997
TODAY'S HEADLINES:
1. PALESTINIANS DON'T NIX ISRAELI PROPOSAL
2. VIOLENCE IN YESHA
3. TEMPLE MOUNT TO BE DISCUSSED "SOON" BY GOV'T
4. MORE TIME NEEDED FOR COMPROMISE
5. KLEINER DEMANDS NEW YESHA COMMUNITIES IN RESPONSE TO ARAB
CONSTRUCTION
1. PALESTINIANS DON'T NIX ISRAELI PROPOSAL
The Palestinian Authority is prepared to come towards Israel regarding
Dahaniyeh airport security cooperation measures, albeit only for an
interim period. Arutz-7 correspondent Haggai Huberman reports that
this new Palestinian position represents progress "of sorts" in the
negotiations. It is a response to an Israeli compromise proposal,
according to which the Palestinians would conduct the security checks
themselves, observed by Israeli security officers behind a one-way
mirror, such that the passengers would not see the Israelis. Israel
would be permitted, at its sole discretion, to carry out spot checks
and to make arrests. Similar arrangements are in effect at the
Rafiach and Allenby crossings. Until now, Israel had remained firm
that no compromise could be possible concerning security supervision
of persons and goods entering Gaza.
2. VIOLENCE IN YESHA
A number of violent incidents were perpetrated against Israeli targets
over the weekend. ** Dozens of Palestinians threw stones at a group
of IDF soldiers near Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem yesterday. The
soldiers were forced to respond with tear gas and rubber bullets.
**Three firebomb bottles were hurled at an Israeli car on Friday night
near Barkan on the Trans-Shomron highway. An IDF search afterwards
discovered tracks leading to a nearby Arab village. **In Hevron, two
firebombs were thrown at IDF soldiers on foot patrol, at the junction
between Tel Rumeida and the ancient Jewish cemetery. The bottles
exploded in flames, but no one was hurt. IDF sappers who arrived on
the scene ascertained that the bottles were thrown from within
Palestinian-controlled territory. The IDF was therefore unable to
investigate further. This is the third incident of this type in
Hevron over the past week.
3. TEMPLE MOUNT TO BE DISCUSSED "SOON" BY GOV'T
Ministers Moshe Katzav and Yuli Edelstein complained vociferously at
today's government meeting that the ministers have not been updated
about the illegal Waqf construction on the Temple Mount. Edelstein
warned of "apathy" regarding the building, and said that it could
cause "sharp reactions from Jewish extremists." Prime Minister
Netanyahu promised that the government would discuss the issue in the
near future. The Waqf has warned that if the Israeli police execute
their authority on the Temple Mount against the Waqf, Arab violence
would ensue.
Transportation Minister Rabbi Yitzchak Levy (NRP) told Arutz-7 today
that he is in favor of Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount - the first
government minister to say so openly. He said that it is illogical
that the only holy site in which not everyone is permitted to pray is
that which is the holiest site in Judaism, the site of the Holy
Temple. Rabbi Levy said we must talk openly with the Waqf about the
actualization our right to pray there. Meanwhile, seven members of
the Chai Vekayam movement were violently arrested today, when they
attempted to pray at the Temple Mount.
Also at today's government meeting, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu
said that the Palestinian Authority's efforts against the terrorism
infrastructure had waned significantly. He said that the Cabinet
decision not to transfer additional territories to the Palestinians as
long as it is not guaranteed that they will not be used for terror
activities is still extant. Another issue that was discussed at the
meeting was the incitement by the left against the Prime Minister.
Science Minister Michael Eitan presented a compilation of inciteful
remarks, including incitement to violence and even murder, against the
Prime Minister. He said that there has been an escalation in this
regard of late.
4. MORE TIME NEEDED FOR COMPROMISE
The government did not discuss today the proposed Religious Council
law, which would prevent Reform members from participation on the
councils. Minister Yaakov Ne'eman, head of a committee working to find
a compromise for this and other issues dividing the
Reform/Conservative and Orthodox camps, has asked for a further
extension of two or three months in which to seek a solution. During
this period, no court appeals would be made by the Reform camp, nor
would Orthodox legislation be introduced. The government is waiting
for a response from the Reform representatives to the time-out
proposal. The Yisrael B'Aliyah party said that it would vote for the
Orthodox-sponsored Conversion Law if it turns out that the
Reform/Conservatives are against the compromise.
Later this afternoon, Justice Minister Tzachi Hanegbi was more
explicit. He said that if the Reform and Conservative camps do not
agree to the compromise proposals tonight, the religious legislation
would be introduced in the Knesset tomorrow.
5. KLEINER DEMANDS NEW YESHA COMMUNITIES IN RESPONSE TO ARAB
CONSTRUCTION MK Michael Kleiner (Gesher-Likud), leader of the Land of
Israel front in the Knesset, says that he not only does not accept a
cessation of Jewish construction activity in Judea and Samaria, he
demands that at least one new Jewish community be built there.
Kleiner told Arutz-7 that this would be the appropriate response to
the large-scale Arab construction presently underway in Yesha,
including new Arab "settlements." He says that the left is unable to
topple the government on its own, and only the Land of Israel front
can do so, if the government halts construction in Yesha. The Land of
Israel MKs and the Yesha Council will meet tonight.
The Yesha Council sent out letters to all of the Likud Central
Committee members, asking them to "draw a red line" for their leaders
regarding the possibility of a time-out in Yesha construction. The
letter noted that if further territories are handed over to
Palestinian control, "tens of Jewish communities will become isolated
islands in a Palestinian ocean." The Yesha Council letter also said,
"We are aware of the pressures being exerted upon the Prime Minister,
but a leader must know how to withstand these pressures and stand by
his principles."
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THE MID-EAST DISPATCH
DAILY HEADLINES NEWS REPORT
** 1 Sheikh Yassin: Israel Must Disappear
** 2 China to End Iran Cruise Missile Sales
** 1. SHEIKH YASSIN: ISRAEL MUST DISAPPEAR
The recently released founder of the Islamic militant group Hamas
opposes a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians and
believes Israel must "disappear" from the map, the Swedish daily
Svenska Dagbladet reported. "Israel, as the Jewish state, must
disappear from the map," Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was quoted as saying in
an interview published on Saturday.
Speaking in his home town of Gaza, Sheikh Yassin condemned the killing
of women, children and elderly people as a violation of Islamic law
even during a time of war, the newspaper said. But he justified
suicide bombings.
The wheelchair-bound cleric was released from an Israeli jail on
October 1 as part of a prisoner swap with Jordan following the Mossad
spy agency's bungled attempt to assassinate Khaled Meshal, a Hamas
leader living in Amman. Sheikh Yassin also condemned Palestinian
President Yasser Arafat for signing a peace deal with Israel. "If
someone had stolen a million dollars from you, would you be satisfied
if the thief returned one hundred dollars? That is Arafat's solution,
but we are demanding that absolutely everything be returned," he told
the Swedish newspaper. {REUTERS 10/19 H}
** 2. CHINA TO END IRAN CRUISE MISSILE SALES
China, in advance of President Jiang Zemin's state visit, has told the
Clinton administration it will halt cruise missile sales to Iran, U.S.
officials said Saturday.
The officials told Reuters that Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen
promised Secretary of State Madeleine Albright when they met in New
York in September that Beijing would stop selling conventional cruise
missiles to Tehran.
Robert Einhorn, deputy assistant secretary of state for
nonproliferation, and Gary Samore, his National Security Council
counterpart, flew to China this weekend seeking affirmation of the
pledge in a written commitment, the officials said.
The two also hope to have fruitful discussions on halting China's
nuclear cooperation with Iran. {REUTERS 10/18 H}
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THE MID-EAST DISPATCH
DAILY HEADLINES NEWS REPORT
** 1 Ross Pressures Both Sides
** 1. ROSS PRESSURES BOTH SIDES
Dennis Ross, U.S. President Bill Clinton's hardened Middle East envoy,
is leaning on Israel and the Palestinians to pick up the pace in talks
on fulfilling their past peace commitments.
Ross said after an opening bout of shuttle talks between Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat that
he would give a push to their negotiators working in nine joint
committees to carry out a 1995 peace deal.
"One of the things that I am going to do, even in this short period of
time, is to intensify the effort on the interim committees and that's
an important thing to do," he told reporters after Sunday night talks
with Arafat in Ramallah.
Political sources said Ross was organizing a meeting between
Palestinian negotiating chief Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Foreign
Minister David Levy tentatively slated for Monday afternoon. He was
also was due to meet Netanyahu again on Monday morning.
A Palestinian negotiator complained on Sunday that 10 days of
committee talks had achieved "absolutely nothing", an assessment
dismissed by Israel's foreign ministry as "pessimistic" and
"inaccurate."
Ross, staying aloof from such Israeli-Palestinian sniping, said the
two sides were aware they had difficulties in front of them but had a
"very strong determination" to overcome them.
"I would like to see the committees working in a more intensive way
and one of the things I've heard tonight is that this will be the
case," he said. {REUTERS 10/20 H}
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THE MID-EAST DISPATCH
DAILY HEADLINES NEWS REPORT
** 1 Security Cooperation Renewed
** 1. SECURITY COOPERATION RENEWED
Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai and Yasser Arafat have agreed to
renew security cooperation within the framework of a working joint
committee. The two met for over two hours at the Erez crossing in
Gaza, accompanied by senior aides.
US envoy Dennis Ross, who encouraged the two men to meet was also
present at the talks. Ross described the talks as good and added that
the negotiations will continue. He said the talks focused on security
issues.
Mordechai expressed the hope that security cooperation and the
Palestinian fight against terror will mark a new beginning.
Arafat said the talks will continue and added that he hopes they will
be able to achieve results. {KOL ISRAEL 10/22 H}
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THE MID-EAST DISPATCH
DAILY HEADLINES NEWS REPORT
** 1 USA Visit in Doubt
** 2 Waqf Temple Mount Building to be Stopped
** 1. USA VISIT IN DOUBT
The Prime Minister's planned visit to the US next month is in doubt.
Washington sources say the reason is difficulty in arranging a meeting
between President Clinton and Netanyahu.
Netanyahu had planned to attend the annual Jewish Federation gathering
which, this year will be held in Indianapolis. He may cancel his visit
altogether, however, if the meeting with President Clinton cannot be
arranged.
The Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem say contacts are continuing
in an effort to arrange a Clinton/Netanyahu meeting, but there is
difficulty because of the travel schedule of Secretary of State
Albright, who plans to be in Asia at the time.
There is also difficulty over Foreign Minister David Levy's visit to
the US, scheduled for next week. No exact date has been yet determined
for Levy's visit to Washington, where he is due to meet Abu Mazen and
Secretary Albright. {KOL ISRAEL 10/24 H}
** 2. WAQF TEMPLE MOUNT BUILDING TO BE STOPPED
Minister of Public Security Avigdor Kahalani is planning to order the
use of force against illegal Temple Mount building by the Moslem Waqf.
In an interview to the Jerusalem weekly Kol Ha'ir, Kahalani said that
the police would tear down the intended Waqf building at the Moghrabi
Gate entrance to the Temple Mount. Kahalani does not plan, however,
to stop the Waqf from laying a floor over the Solomon's Stables area
there, although this activity has been termed both illegal and
destructive by Antiques Authority Director Amir Drori.
In a letter to Attorney-General Rubenstein, Drori recommended that it
be forbidden to bring in construction materials and workers to the
Temple Mount grounds. The Chai Vekayam movement has petitioned the
Supreme Court to order the enforcement of Antique Authority director's
recommendations. {ARUTZ 7 10/24 H|C}
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THE MID-EAST DISPATCH
DAILY HEADLINES NEWS REPORT
** 1. PA IMPRISONS MOSLEM CONVERT TO CHRISTIANITY
A Moslem convert to Christianity from a village near Shechem was
arrested by the Palestinian police, and a Moslem preacher was brought
to his prison cell in an attempt to convince him to return to Islam.
The convert refused to do so, and was then charged and convicted of
"insulting a religious leader."
He is being held in prison together with convicts sentenced to life
imprisonment. It was reported several days ago that a massive exodus
of Christians from the autonomous areas is underway due to the
large-scale religious persecution. {ARUTZ 7 26/10 H|C}
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