Subject: Arutz-7 News Brief: Thursday, January 22, 1998
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Thursday, January 22, 1998 / Tevet 24, 5758
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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
1. COALITION SOURCES: NETANYAHU WITHSTOOD PRESSURE
2. CLINTON URGED TO SEEK TRANSFER OF KILLERS OF AMERICANS
3. MINISTER OF TRADE SHARANSKY TO VISIT POLLARD
4. ISRAELI FIGHTER PLANES HIT HIZBULLAH TERRORISTS
5. REACTIONS TO PROPOSED ARAFAT VISIT AT HOLOCAUST MUSEUM
6. NEW DEVICE FOR COMPANY MANAGERS
1. COALITION SOURCES: NETANYAHU WITHSTOOD PRESSURE
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu returned to Israel today from his
official visit to the United States. Following his final meeting last
night with Secretary of State Albright, Netanyahu said that a certain
amount of progress was achieved through his visit, but that many details
remain to be ironed out. Senior members in the Netanyahu government said
today that the Prime Minister successfully withstood the pressures placed
on him by the Clinton Administration. In this light, U.S. State Department
Spokesman James Rubin stated that Yasser Arafat will have to be realistic
regarding any further Israeli withdrawal from Judea and Samaria. Rubin
added that Arafat must combat the terrorist organizations working within
territory controlled by the P.A.. Mr. Arafat arrived in Washington today
to meet with President Clinton and other U.S. officials.
Upon his arrival back in Israel, Prime Minister Netanyahu was greeted at
the airport by several of his cabinet ministers including Moshe Katzav, Eli
Suissa and Yehoshua Matza. Netanyahu drove directly to the house of former
Education Minister Zevulun Hammer who passed away two days ago and whose
family is observing "shiva", a traditional week of mourning.
2. CLINTON URGED TO SEEK TRANSFER OF KILLERS OF AMERICANS
At a Washington press conference sponsored by the Zionist Organization of
America on Wednesday, Congressmen joined parents of Americans killed by
Palestinian Arab terrorists to demand the extradition of the murderers to
the United States. U.S. Representatives Steve Rothman and Jon Fox, both
members of the House International Relations Committee, criticized the
Clinton Administration for its silence on the issue of Arab killers of U.S.
citizens. The parents of Sara Duker (killed in a 1996 Jerusalem bus
bombing), Matthew Eisenfeld (who was engaged to Sara Duker and died in the
same bombing), David Boim (victim of a 1996 drive-by shooting), and the
mother-in-law of Yaron Unger (also victim of drive-by shooting) all
appealed to President Clinton for action.
ZOA President Morton Klein spoke of a letter authored by Congressmen Jim
Saxton and Matt Salmon, and signed by 4 Senators and 22 additional
Congressmen. The letter was delivered to Secretary of State Madeleine
Albright and urges her to raise the issue of American victims of
Palestinian terror when she meets Arafat today.
3. MINISTER OF TRADE SHARANSKY TO VISIT POLLARD
Minister of Trade Natan Sharansky will visit Jonathan Pollard in prison
next month in North Carolina. Sharansky will be the third Israeli minister
to visit Pollard over the last few months. Three other cabinet ministers
have also announced their intentions to visit Pollard in the near future.
Pollard's wife, Esther, has been working tirelessly to bring her husband's
case to the forefront of the Jewish agenda both in Israel and the Diaspora.
Jonathan Pollard is the only person in the history of the United States to
receive a life sentence for spying for an American ally. The median
sentence for such an offense is two to four years.
4. ISRAELI FIGHTER PLANES HIT HIZBULLAH TERRORISTS
Israeli Air Force Planes attacked Hizbullah terrorist bases in the area of
Sujud this afternoon. All of the planes returned safely, and the pilots
reported accurate hits against their targets.
5. REACTIONS TO PROPOSED ARAFAT VISIT AT HOLOCAUST MUSEUM
Reactions to Yasser Arafat's visit to the Holocaust museum in Washington
D.C. have been varied. Arafat's VIP tour of the museum was proposed and
promoted by U.S. State Department officials including Dennis Ross. MK
Rehavam Ze'evi (Moledet) told an Arutz Sheva correspondent, "If Arafat's
visit is a public relations gimmick to improve his image, we're not
interested, and if he intends to learn tactics from his 'older brother,'
the original Adolf, it's also unnecessary... If Arafat wants to see
pictures of Jewish women and children slaughtered and burned, he doesn't
need to cross the Atlantic for that, he can look at pictures of Ofra and
Tal Moses who were burned to death on Arafat's orders while they were on
their way to Alfey Menashe."
In contrast, Abe Foxman, Director of the Anti-Defamation League, sided to
allow the visit saying that the museum directors cannot prevent such a
visit to a federally funded institution.
Morton Klein, head of the ZOA, expressed anger at the holocaust museum's
invitation to Arafat. Mr. Klein asked, "On what basis can the murderer of
Jews who denies the Holocaust receive an invitation to a museum of the
holocaust?"
6. NEW DEVICE FOR COMPANY MANAGERS
An Israeli firm has developed a computer device by which company managers
can detect when their computer staff is wasting time on Internet games and
sites. Several American companies including Flight Safety purchased the
system. The program is called "Session Wall 3" and was
developed by Abirnet of Yokneam. Abirnet Manager Ziv Dascalu says the
Israeli system also detects "hackers" attempting to break into the company
computer system.
Hebrew News Editor: Ariel Kahane
English News Editor: Tzvi Barish
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