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Monday, Oct. 2, 2000 / Tishrei 3, 5761
TODAY'S HEADLINES:
1. MORE ISRAELI VICTIMS
2. RIOTING SPREADS TO ISRAELI-ARABS
3. FLASH-POINTS
4. YESHA AND TRAFFIC
5. CRITICISM LEVELED AT IDF FOR FAILED RESCUE
6. DOMESTIC POLITICAL RESPONSES
7. THE PALESTINIAN INCITEMENT THAT PRECEDED THE WAVE
8. THE REAL STORY BEHIND THE TRAGIC FOOTAGE
9. ARABS REMOVE VICTIMS, TORCH AMBULANCES
1. MORE ISRAELI VICTIMS
An Israeli man was shot and mortally wounded this afternoon
outside Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem. Earlier, a 24-year-old
Ashdod man, a new immigrant to Israel, was shot and killed by
Palestinian terrorists this morning in the northern Shomron,
while waiting for his car to be serviced in a local Arab-run
garage. He was the third Israeli to be killed at the hands of
Palestinians since the beginning of the current wave of battles.
The number of Palestinians killed has reached some three dozen,
not including three Israeli-Arabs who were killed in the course
of violent demonstrations in Um el-Fahm and Nazareth. Prime
Minister Barak has blamed Yasser Arafat for the bloodbath of the
last few days, but stressed that he intends to continue the
diplomatic negotiations with the Palestinians. "It is too early
to eulogize the diplomatic process," he said.
Army sources are "fuming" at the political echelons for not
allowing them to respond more forcefully against the rioters.
Yesha Council leader Shlomo Filber said that even simple
administrative sanctions against the Arab residents are not being
implemented, such as limitations on Palestinian traffic and the
shutting off of electricity.
The rioting and violence were not confined to Yesha (Judea,
Samaria, and Gaza), and reached many Israeli areas such as Jaffa,
Jerusalem, Negev, Galilee, the Triangle (between Afula and
Hadera), and even Acre. Major rioting occurred in Jaffa and Um
el-Fahm.
The PA announced early today that it would agree to a ceasefire
under certain conditions; Israel greeted the statement by
declaring that Israel is not initiating the violence, and that
the Palestinians merely have to stop shooting in order for the
hostilities to cease.
Following today's Cabinet meeting, a statement was released
relating to both the Israeli-Arab-instigated violence and that
started by the PA. Regarding the former, the statement said,
"The Government believes that the vast majority of the Israeli
Arab population strives for integration and involvement in
Israeli society and peaceful coexistence, and that it is
unfortunate that extreme elements within this sector are
attempting to incite towards extremism. We call on this sector to
show restraint. A special cabinet meeting will be convened to
discuss approval of a long-term annual program to benefit the
Arab sector, including comprehensive discussion regarding the
problems and plight of the Arab and Bedouin sectors in Israel."
The statement then turned to the Palestinian Authority and called
upon it "and its leadership to take unequivocal measures to put
an end to the riots and violations of public order. We regret the
fact that Palestinians were injured as a result of the need to
respond to the conduct of the Palestinian Authority and its
policemen. The Government holds the Palestinian Authority
responsible for the escalation of violence and the riots... The
government will continue its efforts to reach a settlement with
our Palestinian neighbors."
2. RIOTING SPREADS TO ISRAELI-ARABS
After a relatively quiet morning, rioting was renewed early this
afternoon in several locations on both sides of the "Green Line."
For the first time in 30 years, rioting took place in the Old
City of Acre. Intensive stone-throwing resumed at Beit Rimon,
near Nazareth, where the road to Tel Adashim was therefore
closed. Rioting resumed during the funeral of the Arab
demonstrator in Um-El Fahm, preceded by the torching of groves
near the city by Arab arsonists. The nearby highway - the main
route leading from the Galilee, Afula, and the Kinneret-Golan
region to central Israel - was again closed.
The road near the coastal town of Zikhron Ya'akov was also sealed
because of a barrage of stones thrown by Israeli-Arabs in the
vicinity. Hundreds of Arabs rioted today at an industrial park
in Rosh Ha'ayin, adjacent to the Israel-Arab town of Kfar Kassem.
They blocked the road, and stoned and torched Jewish cars there.
A police commander was lightly injured by rocks when police
chased the rioters back into their village.
MK Yisrael Katz (Likud) today urged the government to impose
closures on all Arab villages responsible for igniting the riots.
"Ehud Barak continues to ignore evidence of the rising extremism
characteristic of the Islamic movement and the Israeli-Arab
leadership and its role in the riots," said Katz. National
Religious Party MK Sha'ul Yahalom today challenged Israel's Arab
citizens to decide "whether you are for us or our enemies."
Shinui leader MK Yosef (Tommy) Lapid also called on Israeli-Arabs
to put an end to their violence.
The police detained some 100 Arabs who participated in the
violent riots in Jerusalem and in Israeli-Arab villages. Police
Chief Yehuda Wilk asserted today that the police would not settle
for enforcing the law only on the rioters, but would bring the
inciters and organizers to justice as well.
3. FLASH-POINTS
Riots flared up in Netzarim today, and the army brought in battle
helicopters. Earlier, a would-be Arab infiltrator into an IDF
base near Netzarim was shot and wounded. Meanwhile, two
firebombs were tossed at troops at the IDF base in Kfar Darom in
Gaza, while an Arab mob tried to break into the industrial park
in Gush Katif this afternoon. IDF forces successfully repelled
them. Nearby, Arab snipers fired on an IDF patrol traveling
between Khan Yunis and N'vei Dekalim. No injuries have been
reported in the above attacks. In the Jerusalem region, the Givat
Ze'ev-Atarot road remained closed this morning.
In Hevron, shots were fired on Israeli army targets, following
the hurling of firebombs and rocks. Arabs also fired shots on
two civilian buses outside Shilo, and there is intermittent
shooting on the Binyamin town of Psagot, which borders on the PA
town of El-Bireh. Residents of Psagot have been asked to remain
in their homes. Disturbances were registered at Rachel's Tomb in
Bethlehem and Gaza. Heavy rock-throwing is occurring this
afternoon on the Ma'aleh Adumim-Jerusalem road; one driver lost
control of his vehicle as a result, and he and his six passengers
were injured.
Last night, shots were fired by a passing car towards the front
gate of Shavei Shomron, a Jewish town west of Shechem; no one was
hurt. Hundreds of Arabs attempted to take over the Sa-Nur army
base north of Shechem last night, but were repelled by the
soldiers; a tank was brought in for the defense efforts. Also in
the Shomron, a battle took place on the Har Brachah entrance road
- over a kilometer away from the community itself - when a mob of
Arabs attempted to storm the area. Among the four Arabs killed
there was the son of the Palestinian Authority ruler of Shechem.
The government's coordinator in Judea, Samaria and Gaza, Yaakov
Mendy-Orr, today warned the Palestinians that the army has "lost
its patience" with them. He said that if the riots continue for
even a few more hours, the situation will seriously escalate -
"because the IDF will no longer be able to exercise the same
restraint." According to Orr, many Palestinians owe their lives
to the restraint shown by the army to date.
Gush Etzion was relatively quiet all morning, but the picture
began changing in the early afternoon. Riots began at Rachel's
Tomb in Bethlehem, and cars on the Tekoa-Jerusalem road were shot
at; the road was soon closed. Other roads in Gush Etzion are
open, but further south, some roads are closed. The entire
Jerusalem-Hevron road (running through Gush Etzion) may be closed
tonight, depending on the developments.
4. YESHA AND TRAFFIC
Traffic resumed this morning for most of the Jewish communities
in Judea, Samaria and Gaza, but will apparently stop again by
nightfall. IDF sources said that in light of the renewal of
violence, it was likely that many Yesha towns would again be cut
off this evening and tonight. In several locations, only
army-chaperoned convoys of cars were being permitted to drive to
and from the towns. Last night, people traveling to and from
Netzarim did so with the help of army helicopters.
Kedumim Mayor Daniella Weiss protested the fact that from many
Yesha towns, residents were allowed to travel only in convoys.
"Here in Kedumim, we did not listen to this order," she said.
"We did not wait for the accompanying army jeep, but rather
opened the barriers ourselves and traveled freely. We came here
to build a 'free nation in our land,' no more ghettos. Convoys
are merely an invitation to snipers."
The Yesha Council today strongly condemned the army's decision to
limit the movement of Jewish traffic throughout Yesha. Calling
it a "hasty move," the Council pointed out that the army
permitted Palestinian motorists to drive freely on roads
throughout Yesha. In related news, Arutz-7's Haggai Huberman
reports that the land corridor between Gaza and Judea/Samaria,
known as the "Free Passage," continued to operate today.
Palestinian laborers from Arafat-controlled PLO territory were
also permitted to cross the Green Line from the autonomy.
Yesha Council leaders will meet with O.C. Central Command
Maj.-Gen. Yitzchak Eitan at 7 PM tonight. Council officials
have also asked to meet with Prime Minister Ehud Barak; the
leaders called on Barak not to capitulate further to Arafat,
noting that "any concession to the Palestinians will encourage
Arafat to turn the violence of the this weekend into a normative
strategy."
In the course of the Rosh Hashanah holiday, Yesha communities set
up command centers, and are preparing for the continuation of the
riots. Since Friday night, security has been beefed up in the
settlements, and the IDF has been in regular contact with
community heads and their security officers.
IDF tanks are stationed at bases overlooking towns expected to
host the most intense violence, such as the approach roads to
Shechem, the Ayosh junction (south of Beit El), and the roads to
Netzarim. Correspondent Huberman notes that the IDF did not make
serious use of its tanks and attack helicopters. An army
spokesman confirmed this in an interview with Voice of Israel
radio this afternoon, when he said that the helicopters were
summoned to deter the violence, and not to actually fire on the
rioters.
5. CRITICISM LEVELED AT IDF FOR FAILED RESCUE
The funerals of the two Israeli Border Guard policemen who were
killed since Friday were held today: Inspector Yossi Tabaja, 27,
who was murdered by his Palestinian colleague on a joint patrol
on Friday, was buried in Ramle this afternoon; the funeral
departed from the Ethiopian immigrant association building in
Ramle. Madhat Yusuf, 19, of the Druze village Beit Jann in the
Galilee, was also buried this afternoon.
The IDF attempted to rescue Yusuf, who was trapped at Joseph's
Tomb, with a helicopter, but was unsuccessful. After four hours,
the soldier died. Harsh criticism has been raised regarding the
failure to use greater force in Shechem to rescue him. Shas
Knesset faction leader MK Ya'ir Peretz has called for the
establishment of a commission of inquiry to investigate the
tragedy, and blamed the "policy of restraint."
Col. (res.) Moshe Givati told Arutz-7 today: "In most cases over
the past few days, the IDF acted appropriately, but its behavior
in Joseph's Tomb was very shameful. How could it be that
soldiers are asked to give their all, but when they are wounded,
we allow ourselves to depend on the good will of the Palestinian
leaders?! This simply cannot be!... I assume that the decision
not to use tanks was made either by the Chief of Staff, the OC
Central Command, or maybe even the Prime Minister himself.
Whoever it was must go to the grave in Beit Jann and ask
forgiveness from him and promise that it will never happen again.
If it would have been the son of a minister, do you think they
wouldn't have sent in an entire battalion of tanks? Even if
would have cost more lives, we have a sacred principle of not
abandoning wounded in the field!"
Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh said that in such
situations, the number of additional casualties liable to be
caused by the use of greater force must be taken into account.
Former Central Commander Gen. Uzi Ben-Yitzchak did not accept
this claim, and said that only one tank was needed to rescue the
wounded soldier, but that the order was not give "for political
reasons."
A group of IDF reserve soldiers contacted IDF Chief of Staff
Lt.-Gen. Sha'ul Mofaz today and asked him not to call them up
for reserve duty "unless he could promise us that if we were to
be injured, we will not be abandoned by the army." Yesterday, 12
Israeli soldiers were wounded, and one remains in moderate
condition.
Prime Minister Barak met with the commanders of the Central
Region this afternoon.
At today's weekly government meeting - which dealt exclusively
with the ongoing battles - Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh
related to yesterday's Palestinian siege on Joseph's Tomb in
Shechem. "The time has come to rethink our position on retaining
control" over the holy site, he said. Prime Minister Ehud Barak
responded by asserting that Israel would not evacuate any
location because of Palestinian violence.
6. DOMESTIC POLITICAL RESPONSES
Responses have been steadily flowing in from vacationing
opposition Knesset members. MK Yehoshua Matza (Likud) has called
on Ehud Barak to begin serious discussions with the Likud with
the goal of establishing a National Unity Government. Matza said
that even though from a purely political perspective, his party
would prefer new elections, "a sense of national responsibility
guides us."
Shas leader MK Eli Yeshai says that the riots are prompting him
to re-evaluate his understanding of Yasser Arafat's commitment to
a true peace between Israel and the Palestinians. By order of
Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef, all Shas schools
dedicated a special hour of their studies today to the safety of
IDF soldiers.
Peace Now leader Gabi Lasky said today that her organization
still believes in the Oslo process, and that she is still certain
that the only way to achieve peace is to reach an agreement with
the Palestinians. "I condemn the events of the past days, as well
as the lack of sensitivity of Ariel Sharon, but the only way to
reach peace, is to continue with Oslo," she said. "I have not
heard any alternative from those who don't support Oslo... Any
agreement of course will have to include proper measures for the
preservation of Israel's security."
Likud MK Danny Naveh decried accusations emanating from the left
wing of the political spectrum blaming Ariel Sharon's visit to
the Temple Mount for the violence. "This is an 'exile' mentality
of always blaming ourselves whenever our enemies want to prevent
a Jew from exercising some right or another," he said.
7. THE PALESTINIAN INCITEMENT THAT PRECEDED THE WAVE
Itamar Marcus of Palestinian Media Watch said that the wave of
violence "should not have surprised anyone who has been following
the Palestinian media." He said that similar scenes of violence
are constantly screened on Palestinian television "in between
movies and shows. They show a few seconds of intifada violence,
together with narrated incitement. This is how the PA wishes to
inculcate its residents."
More samples of Palestinian hatred and incitement that cannot be
divorced from the Rosh HaShanah violence:
"This Mosque [El Aksa] will not be liberated until Jihad
will be declared by a trusted authority... I call all the
Muslims to work for this purpose." - from a Friday sermon on the
Temple Mount, Friday, Sept. 29, 2000.
"There is no alternative but to destroy Israel" blares
the title page of a new 6th-grade textbook in the Palestinian
Authority, while the back cover features, "The Jewish claim to
Palestine is the greatest lie known to humanity." Volume 2 of
the same set states, "Perhaps Allah brought the Jews to our land
in order to annihilate them, as during their war against Rome."
"The dead shall not rise until the Palestinians shall
kill the Jews� All agreements with Israel are provisional�" (a
Friday sermon screened on PLO television, July 28 and August 11,
2000). Another Temple Mount sermon, from Sep. 8 of this year,
stated, "Palestine � the holy Moslem land - is indivisible,
whether in Haifa, Nablus, Jerusalem or Nazareth. It would be
treacherous to concede any part of Palestine."
"Oslo is a foot in the door, rather than a permanent
peace accord, until the revolution attains its 1965 goal [from
the Jordan River to the Mediterranean]," claimed PLO Cabinet
Member Shahin (quoted in Al-Ayam, May 30, 2000).
8. THE REAL STORY BEHIND THE TRAGIC FOOTAGE
Television stations around the world have shown footage of a
young Palestinian boy cowering behind his father only moments
before being killed by "Israeli" bullets. Contrary to the
insinuations, however, the Israeli troops could not see the two,
and in fact could not see who was responsible for the shooting
coming at them from behind a barrier. While it is known that the
boy and his father found themselves amidst crossfire, it has
still not been ascertained whether Israeli or Palestinian bullets
killed the boy. Acting Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami and IDF
generals decried the "cynical use made by the Palestinians of
women and children by placing them in the front lines." CNN
reported today that the boy's mother "lured him away from the
ranks of young stone-throwers by telling him to accompany his
father [on an errand]," and that "the slain boy's relatives
freely acknowledged that he often joined other children from the
camp in throwing rocks at Israeli soldiers."
9. ARABS REMOVE VICTIMS, TORCH AMBULANCES
The Jerusalem manager of Israel's Red Cross, Magen David Adom,
reports that Arabs attacked not only ambulances that entered the
Old City to treat Jews, but even those that came to treat Arabs.
Yonatan Yagodovsky says that four medics were hurt when Arabs
hurled stones into one ambulance near Lion's Gate, as the medics
were giving aid near the Temple Mount on Friday. Yagodovsky says
Arabs realized that the medics were treating other Arabs, because
the mob took the victims out of the ambulances before attacking
with stones. Then the Arabs burned the ambulance completely.
In all, two mobile intensive care units and five ambulances were
stoned. See photos at
"http://www.a7.org/hebrew/newspaper/News/Fnews.htm"
PROGRAMMING NOTE: Tonight at 10 PM Israel time (3 PM Eastern
time), hear the full interview with the rabbi of U.S. Senator Joe
Lieberman, in light of the Senator's recent statements on moral
and Jewish issues. (The interview was re-scheduled from last
night.) See below for frequencies
Hebrew News Editor: Haggai Segal
English News Editor: Hillel Fendel and Ron Meir
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