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Subject: Arutz-7 News Brief: Friday, March 19, 1999
Arutz Sheva News Service
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Friday, March 19, 1999 / Nisan 2, 5759
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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
1. NETANYAHU SOFTENS ON GOLAN, WAFFLES ON JERUSALEM
2. WATER CUTBACKS SHOCK FARMERS
3. EITAN TO RUN ON LIKUD LIST
4. HIZBULLAH LEADER WANTS ALL OF ISRAEL
5. ISRAELI-ARABS BEING PERSUADED TO VOTE
6. FARRAKHAN ILL
1. NETANYAHU SOFTENS ON GOLAN, WAFFLES ON JERUSALEM
Prime Minister Netanyahu is no longer promising not to give away the Golan.
In a letter to the Golan Residents Committee, he wrote only that he sees
the Golan as a "strategic and security asset to the State of Israel."
Another 'softening' of the Prime Minister's Land of Israel positions is
evident from the protocol of a meeting he had earlier this week with
American-Jewish leaders. Despite the fact that he later said he was merely
joking, the protocol shows that he in fact stated that the Jerusalem Arab
suburb of Abu Dis could serve as the capital of a Palestinian state.
On the other hand, Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Arens revoked
yesterday the special travel privileges of Palestinian seniors Ziyad
Abu-Ziyad, Feisal Husseini, and Hanan Ashrawi. Abu-Ziyad will no longer be
allowed free entry into Israel, while the others will not be allowed free
passage within Judea, Samaria, and Gaza. This was the government's
response to the Palestinians' hosting of ten foreign consuls in the Orient
House yesterday. Before the meeting - in which the British, Canadian,
Australian, French, German and other consuls participated - Husseini said
that its goal was to disprove Netanyahu's claims that he has reduced the
scope of Palestinian diplomatic activity at the Orient House. At the
meeting, Husseini warned the American administration not to implement the
Congressional bill to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem two
months from now.
Prime Minister Netanyahu met last night with European Union representative
Miguel Mauritinus to discuss the recent European Union letter questioning
Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem. Netanyahu stressed the severity with
which Israel views the letter, while Mauritinus emphasized that Israel and
the PA are the parties that must come to an agreement on the status of
Jerusalem. The European added that he has never visited the Orient House,
and does not intend to do so. He met afterwards with Yasser Arafat.
2. WATER CUTBACKS SHOCK FARMERS
Farmers in Israel have responded with "shock" to the decision by the Israel
Water Commission to propose a 40% cutback in their water provisions. Labor
MK Shalom Simchon, Chairman of the Agricultural Center, expects that this
cut will result in a significant reduction in agricultural exports, and
will severely damage Israel's position in the international arena. Simchon
demands that the farmers be generously compensated. He also suggested that
every citizen cut back his personal water consumption by 20% in order to
minimize damage to farmers.
3. EITAN TO RUN ON LIKUD LIST
Tzomet party leader Rafael Eitan has secured the consent of Prime Minister
Netanyahu to be placed in the fifth spot on the Likud Knesset list for the
upcoming election. Eitan did not secure a second spot for his loyalist MK
Chaim Dayan, but he was promised that he would be appointed to a
ministerial position should the Likud form the next government - unless it
is a national-unity government. Three Tzomet members will also be
appointed to governmental positions, according to the agreement, while the
Likud has gained Tzomet's valuable broadcast time and campaign funds.
Prime Minister Netanyahu will make a quick trip to Russia, Ukraine, and
Georgia next week, where he will visit Babi Yar and the Great Synagogue in
Moscow. The Prime Minister's Office has invited five representatives of
the Russian press in Israel, in what is perceived as a pre-election
Russian-immigrant-sector campaign move.
4. HIZBULLAH LEADER WANTS ALL OF ISRAEL
Israel Air Force jets bombed Hizbullah targets in the Jabel Sujud area,
north of the security zone in southern Lebanon this morning. Hizbullah
leader Hassan Nasrallah said last night that his purpose is to "push the
Jews out of all of Palestine, from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan
River." He said that he is acting to unite the entire Arab world to this end.
5. ISRAELI-ARABS BEING PERSUADED TO VOTE
Jewish activists of the left are working together with Arabs to raise the
voting rate in the Arab sector. The Jerusalem weekly Kol Ha'ir reports
today that the group's declared goal is to utilize the Arab vote to depose
Netanyahu. They have raised $100,000 in the U.S. for a media campaign to
persuade Israeli-Arabs to "use their influence and vote."
6. FARRAKHAN ILL
The New York Post reported today that Nation of Islam leader Louis
Farrakhan is suffering from terminal cancer, and has only a short time to
live. In a speech last month, the anti-Semitic leader said that he had
lost 20 pounds and most of his muscle mass in less than two weeks as a
result of the radiation treatment. According to a confidante, Farrakhan
was stricken with prostate cancer in January, and the disease has now
spread to the rest of his body. Arutz-7's correspondent reported that
another noted anti-Zionist, Stokely Carmichael, died of prostate cancer
last year; he received financial help for his medical care from Farrakhan.
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From: Arutz-7 Editor <neteditor@a7.org>
Subject: Arutz-7 News: Sunday, March 21, 1999
Arutz Sheva News Service
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Sunday, March 21, 1999 / Nisan 4, 5759
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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
1. PALESTINIAN DECLARATION MAY LEAD TO ANNEXATION
2. MORE UNIFICATION WANTED
3. GOLAN POLITICS
4. PALESTINIAN SECURITY NOT VERY SECURE
1. PALESTINIAN DECLARATION MAY LEAD TO ANNEXATION
Prime Minister Netanyahu's announcement that he will consider annexing
parts of Judea, Samaria and Gaza if Yasser Arafat unilaterally
declares a Palestinian State is apparently more than just that.
Today's Yediot Acharonot newspaper reports that Netanyahu means it
this time, but that seniors in the both the Justice and Foreign
ministries are against the plan. Justice Ministry officials feel that
the declaration of a Palestinian state on May 4 has some legal basis,
since the Oslo accords elapse on that date. The officials suggested
that Netanyahu should instead warn Arafat that such a declaration
would prevent him from demanding any further land from Israel, such
that his "state" would be limited to the small, scattered territories
currently in his possession.
Arutz-7 correspondent Haggai Huberman reported today that reports of
Netanyahu's annexation plans are not new, but that "after returning
from Wye River, he said that he 'reserves the right' to annex, while
now he is saying that he is 'considering' doing so. It's obvious that
he has to be ambivalent, because he and his advisors must cautiously
check out the possible ramifications of such a move." Huberman
explained that currently, roughly 70% of Judea, Samaria and Yesha
still remains under full Israeli control. Of the remainder, one-third
is Area A (full Palestinian control), and the rest is Area B
(Palestinian administrative control, Israeli security control).
"There is a widespread impression that annexing the 70% will carry a
demographic price," said Huberman. "This is incorrect, since
approximately 99% of Yesha Arabs are already under Palestinian
control. Only 60,000 Palestinians - equivalent to 1/10 of the entire
Israeli Arab population - live in the area that could end up being
annexed."
2. MORE UNIFICATION WANTED
Calls for the further unification of the right-wing nationalist camp
continue to be heard. Retiring National Religious Party MK Avner
Chai-Shaki, speaking on Arutz-7 today, said that he is very pained by
the split-up within the NRP, and would be happy if the new
Tekumah-Moledet-Herut party would join up with the National Religious
Party. "Without blaming anyone, I have told people on both sides that
not enough effort was invested into preventing this split... The NRP
is the only one of the original Zionist movements, such as Labor and
Herut-Likud, that did not have to change its name a few times, and did
not have to nullify some of its main features, such as the First of
May workers' holiday and the like - because our platform is based on
Torah from Sinai, which never changes. We have to remember that we
have a triangle: 'The Land of Israel for the People of Israel
according to the Torah of Israel.' You can't stand a triangle on only
one of its points, and we may have made a mistake by not raising the
social flag as high as we raised the Land of Israel flag."
Arutz-7's Yehoshua Mor-Yosef then asked, "But there came a point when
decisions regarding Eretz Yisrael had to be made - Wye, yes or no?
Withdrawal or not? Remove settlements or not?" Shaki answered,
"True, but let's think for a moment... It was the NRP who told
Netanyahu that if Arafat declares a state, then he [Netanyahu] should
annex the rest of Yesha. This is the best way to go, in my opinion,
and it is too bad that it appears that we are two opposing camps
saying this. I call on both sides to unite, or at least to stop
attacking each other. We both have the same goals..." Shaki will be
honored tonight at a dinner at Bar Ilan University for his 20 years of
service in the Knesset and in the government.
Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, co-Chief Rabbi of Beit El, also called upon the
NRP and the Tekumah-Herut-Moledet party's Chanan Porat to "get back
together." When asked by both Porat and the NRP's Rabbi Yitzchak Levy
for a letter of support for their respective parties, he wrote, "How
can we talk all day long about unity, while even among ourselves we
remain split?" Rabbi Aviner refused to take a stand on which party to
support, saying that meanwhile he is saddened by the situation, "but
if unity is not attained, at some point I will have to decide which of
the parties to support."
3. GOLAN POLITICS
Benny Begin, the Prime Ministerial candidate of the
Herut-Tekumah-Moledet list, visited the Golan this morning. Avi
Ze'ira told Arutz-7 today that the Golan Communities Committee, which
he heads, officially supports the Third Way party, but will offer
support to any party that stands firmly against a withdrawal from the
Golan. He enumerated the NRP, Herut-Tekumah-Moledet, and Avigdor
Lieberman's new Yisrael Beiteinu as parties that fall under that
category. "Public support for the Golan is as strong as ever," Ze'ira
said, "but the statements about the Golan by political leaders are not
very reassuring. For instance, Yitzchak Mordechai of the centrist
party has come out in favor of a territorial compromise on the Golan,
and Ehud Barak talks about 'the depth of the withdrawal being equal to
the depth of the peace.' Netanyahu is a bit more reassuring, in that
he recently called the Golan a "strategic and historic asset' - but he
did not guarantee that he would not have to cede this important asset.
We are therefore renewing our public campaign - posters and stickers
all over the country that say 'The Nation With the Golan' [many of
which still remain throughout the country from four and five years
ago], public gatherings, and the like."
4. PALESTINIAN SECURITY NOT VERY SECURE
Last week's death of Sa'ed Alawi, a 20-year-old Arab from a village
near Ramallah, was the seventh case in eight months of fatal gunshots
fired at civilians by Palestinian security officials. A Palestinian
para-military policeman opened fire at a group of youths who had
broken the windows of his uncle's house, and by mistake hit Alawi, who
happened to be passing by.
LAW, a civil rights organization which generally emphasizes alleged
Israeli civil-rights abuse, noted that the event "highlights the
growing problem of abuse by members of the [Palestinian] security
forces," and added that "there appears to be no reason for such
widespread carriage of arms, particularly in a poorly trained security
force."
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Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 16:31:25 +0200
To: arutz-7@a7.org
From: Arutz-7 Editor <neteditor@a7.org>
Subject: Arutz-7 News: Monday, March 22, 1999
Arutz Sheva News Service
<http://www.a7.org>
Monday, March 22, 1999 / Nisan 5, 5759
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TODAY'S HEADLINE:
1. ARAFAT: "WE'RE READY TO FIGHT"
The Israel Government Press Office reports that threats of violence
against Israel continue to be expressed by top Palestinian Authority
figures. "We carried out the longest intifada in history," said
Arafat this past Thursday, speaking to 3,000 Fatah members at a
Ramallah ceremony marking 31 years since Israeli forces clashed with
Jordanian soldiers defending the PLO terrorist base in Karameh,
Jordan. Arafat continued, "[The Israelis] should know that we can
start it again if they try to prevent us from exercising our rights...
The state will be established with Jerusalem as its capital whether
they like it or not. If they don't like it, they can drink from the
waters of the Dead Sea... We, the Fatah and the PLO, are ready to
fight a new battle of Karameh every single day if anyone tries to stop
us from exercising our rights, particularly that of proclaiming an
independent state."
Only a few days earlier, PA "Minister" for Jerusalem Affairs Feisal
Husseini said, "The battle for Jerusalem is near. It requires
determination and it carries a heavy responsibility, for it is the key
to war and peace." He was speaking at a conference of the Fatah Youth
Organization in Al-Bireh, north of Jerusalem. The Israel Government
Press Office contrasts these and other statements to the Wye River
memorandum, according to which the PA is required to "take all
measures necessary in order to prevent acts of terrorism, crime and
hostilities directed against the Israeli side... and to prevent
incitement."
MEMRI [Middle East Media and Research Institute] reports that the
Commissioner of the PA's Political Guidance Directorate, Othman Abu
Gharbiyya, told "mothers of martyrs" in Gaza last week, "Peace is a
higher humane value and a noble goal, but freedom and honor precede
peace. There cannot be peace without independence, without freedom,
and without honor. There can also be no peace without Jerusalem
becoming the capital of our state..." Rasha Fatuh, Head of the
Directorate's Youth Department stated: "We promise our heroes and all
the faithful warriors that we will continue to march with a loyal word
and a brave gunshot until the liberation of Palestine, all of
Palestine. For the sake of the Palestinian homeland we wave the flags
of victory and chant in a loud voice: 'the soul and the blood we will
give to thee, oh martyr, the soul and the blood we will give for thee,
oh Palestine.'" Both quotes are from the March 20 edition of the PA
newspaper Al-Hayat Al-Jadeeda.
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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 17:49:16 +0200
To: arutz-7@a7.org
From: Arutz-7 Editor <neteditor@a7.org>
Subject: Arutz-7 News: Tuesday, March 23, 1999
Arutz Sheva News Service
<http://www.a7.org>
Tuesday, March 23, 1999 / Nisan 6, 5759
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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
1. CENTRIST PARTY GIVES UP ON RIGHT-WING VOTE
2. P.A. TAKING OVER IN EASTERN JERUSALEM
1. CENTRIST PARTY GIVES UP ON RIGHT-WING VOTE
Heads of the new "centrist" party have rejected a call by Labor party
leader Ehud Barak to join his "One Israel" list. Barak, speaking at
the founding convention of the One Israel list last night, called upon
the new party to "stop the games" and join forces in order to replace
Netanyahu. Yitzchak Mordechai, head of the "centrist" party, said
again today that only he can prevail over Netanyahu in the election.
Mordechai's #7-slot party colleague, Nechama Ronen, formerly of
Tzomet, appeared to have given up on the right-wing vote when she told
Arutz-7 this afternoon, "We are turning to that portion of the
populace that wants to replace the current government. For we all
know there is a long-standing split in the country, such that about
half of the population continues to support Netanyahu. We are talking
to the other half. We are telling these people that only Mordechai
can win over Netanyahu... Part of the problem [as shown by our low
support in the polls] is that people mistakenly think that if they
don't vote for Mordechai in the first round, they'll vote for him in
the second round..." [Note: If no candidate wins at least 50% of the
vote in the election on May 17, only the top two candidates will face
each other in a run-off on May 31.]
2. P.A. TAKING OVER IN EASTERN JERUSALEM
One of the key aspects of the Likud party platform is the claim that
Labor party leader Ehud Barak, if elected, will divide Jerusalem.
Journalist Nadav Shragai today reiterated a view he expressed on
Arutz-7 last week, namely, that Prime Minister Netanyahu has himself
been less than effective in ensuring Israeli control over Jerusalem.
In a an op-ed appearing in today's Ha'aretz, Shragai bemoans Israel's
"vanishing sovereignty" in the capital: "The silent partners of the
Shin Bet [General Security Service] in East Jerusalem, the Palestinian
Authority's security services, are helping to impose order on the
eastern part of the city as a matter of routine," writes Shragai.
Shragai describes how the Palestinian Authority has virtually taken
over health services in eastern Jerusalem. The PA is now in control
of the Mukassad Hospital, after Israel reportedly transferred to the
PA two million shekels to cover operating costs. In the area of
transportation, the PA has begun to reorganize passenger-carrying
vans, collecting license fees and demanding that the vans be painted a
uniform identifiable orange color. The PA has its own nascent
judicial system, as well, Shragai writes: "Judges are routinely
dispatched from the Orient House in order to broker civil and criminal
cases. The most amazing innovation is the takeover of the Sharia
[Islamic religious] court... by the Authority. Over the past few
months, the entrance has been guarded by plainclothes PA policemen.
In at least one case, [a judge] recommended that one of the parties in
a land dispute approach Jibril Rajoub's 'preventive security service'
in order to obtain a necessary document." Shragai writes that Prime
Minister Netanyahu knows all the details, but does nothing.
A source closely identified with Jerusalem affairs today confirmed
Shragai's claims in a conversation with Arutz-7 correspondent Ron
Meir. The source explained that the Mukassad Hospital has been run by
a private charity for some time. About a year ago, "certain people
associated with Yasser Arafat were put in control of the facility,
with his blessings. The hospital appealed to the Israeli Health
Ministry for a license, which it granted. From Israel's perspective,
it is preferable that Arabs are treated at a facility run by them.
This was the chief consideration in granting the license. Once the
hospital became an official Israeli health care facility, the national
health funds sent their patients to the hospital, and then had to
reimburse it for insured services it provided them." The source also
verified Shragai's claim that the Sharia court has essentially been
taken over by the Palestinian Authority.
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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 17:26:05 +0200
To: arutz-7@a7.org
From: Arutz-7 Editor <neteditor@a7.org>
Subject: Arutz-7 News: Wednesday, March 24, 1999
Arutz Sheva News Service
<http://www.a7.org>
Wednesday, March 24, 1999 / Nisan 7, 5759
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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
1. RIGHT-WING AND IMMIGRANTS SIGN DEAL
2. CHABAD UNSURE ABOUT PM
1. RIGHT-WING AND IMMIGRANTS SIGN DEAL
The new nationalist front - comprised of Moledet, Tekumah, and Herut -
signed a "surplus vote" agreement with the Yisrael B'Aliyah immigrants
party this afternoon. As a Knesset seat is equal to a specific number
of votes, the agreement provides for the transfer of one party's
"surplus votes" (after its Knesset seats have been tallied) to the
other, should such a transfer make the second party eligible for an
additional Knesset seat. A spokesman for the as-yet unnamed
nationalist federation declared that the agreement shows that the
party is not only Eretz Yisrael-oriented, but also has a social
agenda. A spokesman for Yisrael B'Aliyah said that the positions of
the two parties on the issue of the Land of Israel are close. He
noted the votes of Minister Yuli Edelstein against the withdrawal from
Hevron and against the Wye agreement, and the activities of Minister
Natan Sharansky on behalf of the Yesha communities' development.
Arutz-7 correspondent Asi Talmon reports that Tekumah-Moledet-Herut
first turned to NRP leader Rabbi Yitzchak Levy to secure a surplus
vote agreement, but Levy said that other parties had also asked the
NRP to participate in such a deal, and that he could not give an
immediate answer.
MK Tzvi Hendel, who along with MK Chanan Porat recently left the NRP
for Tekumah, said today that he fears that the NRP hesitations may
indicate a significant left-ward ideological shift within the party.
"Our agreement with Yisrael B'Aliyah is very natural, though," Hendel
explained. "Thank G-d, we have signed a deal with a party that loves
the Jewish people and the Land of Israel." Asked by News Editor
Yehoshua Mor-Yosef whether the move represents an attempt to capture
some of the immigrant vote, Hendel answered, "I know that there are
those who want to paint us as a one-issue party, but we will yet prove
ourselves through our efforts on behalf of immigration, the economy,
recently discharged soldiers, and national religious education... I
only wish that other parties would compete with us on these issues.
That would be a positive development."
2. CHABAD UNSURE ABOUT PM
The Chabad Hassidic community, which had a major role in Binyamin
Netanyahu's election three years ago, is divided over whether or not
to support him again for Prime Minister in the coming election. One
camp recommends backing Netanyahu since he is the "realistic"
candidate of the political right. Others argue that no discernible
gaps exist between Netanyahu's actions and policies and the formal
positions of Labor party leader Ehud Barak. Labor MK Shlomo Ben-Ami
was warmly received by the community of Kfar Chabad yesterday, and
participated in the town's Passover matzah-baking.
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