-Caveat Lector- Item #5 discusses the Wallenberg-Pollard connection, which I thought may be of interest. Tenorlove ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- Arutz-7 Editor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 18:36:01 +0200 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Arutz-7 Editor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Arutz-7 News: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Arutz Sheva News Service > <http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com> > Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2000 / Tevet 22, 5761 > ------------------------------------------------ > Delivered Daily via Email, Sunday thru Friday > --- See below for subscription instructions --- > > ******************************************************* > SEE WHY JERUSALEM is N O T NEGOTIABLE > > The video, "ISRAEL: APPOINTMENT WITH DESTINY," has been acclaimed by > Knesset members, Russian Refuseniks, Rabbis and leading Jewish > newspapers. > Special offer - Only $10.00 including postage! 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Each candidate is allotted an equal amount of > time > for television (and radio) ads, which will appear on both major > channels at > specific times each evening for the next three weeks. Last night's > ads > featured Prime Minister Barak enumerating his mistakes and promising > to > correct them, while Ariel Sharon's ads emphasized his distinguished > military career - up to but not including the Peace for Galilee War. > > The Labor party had to deal with two awkward incidents in connection > with > the ads. First, it issued an apology to the family of the late Sgt. > Shimon > Shitubi. One of the ads, proudly showing off Barak's main > "accomplishment," showed Shitubi as one of the soldiers happily > leaving > Lebanon during the IDF withdrawal last May; Shitubi was killed by a > Palestinian policeman in Kfar Darom two months ago. Army Radio > commentator > Uri Orbach said that the error is much more than a technical > oversight: "It > shows that continued running away does not solve the deeper problem, > and > that the security dangers we are now facing are a direct continuation > of > these mistaken policies." > > Another Labor party error occurred when Shimon Peres, who was shown > endorsing Barak's candidacy, said that Ehud Barak had prepared the > plan for > the rescue of the Entebbe hostages in 1976. Peres made two calls of > apology this morning: One to former IDF Chief of Staff Dan Shomron, > who > served as overall commander (Col. Yoni Netanyahu was the assault > commander) > of the rescue operation; Peres said he was sorry for attributing the > Entebbe plan to Barak, instead of to Shomron himself. He then called > Dalia > Rabin-Pilosoph, daughter of Yitzchak Rabin, to apologize for not > having > mentioned her father's name in connection with the rescue. Rabin, as > Prime > Minister in July 1976, gave the approval for the Entebbe rescue > operation. > > 2. RESTRICTIONS DROPPED, ISRAELI NEGOTIATOR QUITS > Despite the continued Palestinian terrorism in Gaza - including the > murder > of Roni Tzalach on Sunday night - talks between Israeli and > Palestinian > representatives continue at a steady pace. Though army sources note > a drop > in Arab shootings, to only 3-5 for each of the last few days, > Palestinians > did shoot at several Israeli targets in Gaza last night. At the same > time, > at the Erez Checkpoint not far away, Israeli and Palestinian > negotiators > were agreeing on the further easing of security restrictions: The > PA's > Dahaniyeh airport will be re-opened after a one-day closing, as will > the > Rafiach and Karni crossings, Palestinian workers will be allowed to > cross > into pre-1967 Israel, and the main north-south Gaza highway, which > passes > by Kfar Darom, will be re-opened to Palestinian traffic. > > In response to the opening of the airport, MK Tzvi Hendel said this > morning, "Apparently, the murder of a Jew is worth a one-day closure > of the > airport." > > Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami is in Cairo, briefing Egypt's > President > Mubarak on the latest developments in the talks. Ben-Ami will meet > with > Arafat tonight. Israeli and Palestinian delegations will meet in > Jerusalem > today, for the third such meeting in two days; the Israelis will > apparently > show them maps of the areas from which the Barak government intends > to > withdraw. The Palestinian delegation includes such figures as > Muhammad > Dahlan, who has been responsible for a number of murderous attacks > against > Israelis over the past few weeks. > > A senior member of the Israeli delegation to the Palestinian talks, > Yisrael > Hason, has resigned his position. He explained that he cannot accept > > Barak's policies in the negotiations. Hason served in the past as > Deputy > Director of the General Security Service. > > 3. THE RACE TO SIGN > Will the above talks lead to an agreement of some sort? No one is > ruling > it out completely, but even Shimon Peres - who said earlier this week > that > with "hard work" it could be done - said today that the chances of > signing > an agreement before the Feb. 6 Prime Ministerial election are > slim. Culture and Sport Minister Matan Vilnai, another Israeli > player in > the talks, told Arutz-7's Moshe Priel today that in his opinion, no > "agreement" will be signed, "although there is still a chance that a > joint > declaration of principles could be formulated." > > Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami, leader of the Israeli delegation, > refuses > to give up, and feels that Clinton's departure from the scene this > Saturday > need not be seen as a deadline. The talks are currently running > without > American intervention, Ben-Ami observes, and they can therefore > continue > until the Israeli election. Prime Minister Ehud Barak, for his part, > also > apparently believes that there is little or no chance of reaching an > agreement before the upcoming election. > > MK Rehavam Ze'evi (National Union) explained to Arutz-7 today how he > came > to announce earlier this week that an agreement is likely to be > signed > tomorrow: "A high-ranking source told me that a document - I don't > even > know if Barak knew about it - had been prepared for signing on > Thursday, > the last working day before Clinton leaves office. I haven't spoken > to > this source since then, but he agreed to divulge three clauses in > this > document: 250,000 Palestinian refuges are to enter Israel within five > > years; Israel is to withdraw from eastern Jerusalem, and a bridge > that will > be under Palestinian sovereignty will connect Gaza and Ramallah�" In > answer > to a question, Ze'evi said that he is "not at all sure that there > will be > such a signing - Peres is pushing hard for it, while Barak is a bit > more > restrained - and I wasn't even sure if I should go public with this, > but I > finally decided that even if I come out looking like a > false-alarmist, it's > important to go public with it if only to cause the agreement *not* > to be > signed." > > Journalist Roni Shaked, who covers Judea and Samaria for Yediot > Acharonot, > told Arutz-7 today that he does not thing anything will come of the > current > talks, "but one thing is clear: Arafat has not budged even one > millimeter > in any of his positions. He continues to demand a total withdrawal > from > 100% of Yesha, including Jerusalem - and regarding the 'right of > return,' > they continue to demand neighborhoods in pre-1967 Israel such as > Katamon > [in Jerusalem] and Lod, exactly as before�" Shaked said that Arafat > would > like to have his achievements to date - i.e., the latest Israeli > concessions - set down in writing so that the new Bush Administration > could > use them as a basis for continuing the process, but "on the other > hand, he > [Arafat] doesn't want just 'principles,' but rather more concrete and > > implementable clauses." > > Remarks last week by Farouk al-Kadoumi, director of the PLO Political > > Department, appear to bolster this point. He told Voice of Palestine > Radio, > "We refuse any restraints or limitations that would give Israel the > opportunity to maneuver [around the issue of refugees]... There's no > > getting away from it: Public and world opinion in this matter > [realizes] > that the question of Palestine is fundamentally, and before anything > else, > about the return of the refugees to their homes. Secondly, the > carrying > out of resolution 181 that calls for the establishment of an > independent > Palestinian state according to the Partition Plan [of 1947, which > leaves > Israel divided into three sections, without Be'er Sheva, Beit > Shemesh, and > half of the Galilee]. Also, there [must be] an independent > Palestinian > state possessing a sovereignty that has no other conditions placed > upon it > by Israel or by American proposals... The American proposals now > want to > be called a declaration of principles. Well, that is refused. It > would > deal with things in a general way. That is why we refuse such a > declaration > of principles. We need specific details, clearly..." [With thanks to > Michael Widlanski and Israel Resource News Agency] > > An editorial in Ma'ariv newspaper today feels, as well, that the > talks are > leading nowhere: > "The continuing contacts between Israel and the Palestinians are > like the > last gasp before death... Both sides have already given up hope for > an > agreement. The chances for a dramatic, last-minute breakthrough are > diminishing... As of now, Prime Minister Barak � in consultation > with his > image doctors � believes that last-minute diplomatic progress will > only > damage him in the polls and on election day. Given this situation, > the > negotiations are being conducted out of sheer inertia." > > 4. THE VIOLENCE > Arab terrorists detonated a roadside bomb near Netzarim last night, > and > shot at IDF positions near Gadid. No one was hurt, and IDF soldiers > returned fire. This morning, Palestinians shot machine-gun fire at > an IDF > jeep on its way to Psagot; no one was hurt. > > Brig.-Gen. Ya'ir Naveh, IDF Gaza commander, said this morning that > the Gaza > Strip is "the largest weapons storehouse in the Middle East." Other > senior > officers in the Southern Command had strong complaints against the > speed > with which the security restrictions on Palestinians were lifted > today. They expressed the concern that the resumption of Arab > traffic only > 48 hours after the murder of Roni Tzalach - termed a "barbaric act" > by > government sources at the time - will lead to an escalation of > Palestinian > violence. > > An Israeli was injured today when rocks were thrown at his car in > northern > Jerusalem's A-Ram area. Shots were fired this afternoon at > greenhouses in > the Gush Katif community of Gadid. > > 5. THE WALLENBERG-POLLARD CONNECTION > Today, January 17, is the 55th anniversary of Raoul Wallenberg's > arrest by > Soviet forces in Hungary. The fate of Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat > who > is credited with saving the lives of at least 100,000 Jews, has never > been > clarified - although Russia recently admitted that it executed him in > > 1947. Swedish investigators studying Wallenberg's fate concluded > last > Friday that its government should have pressed harder for answers > decades > ago, and that "now the truth may never be known." Others say that > the > Jewish people should also have done more to help Wallenberg. > > Eli Joseph, a former school principal in Ma'aleh Adumim, says that > when > Wallenberg's half-brother - "probably the only person in the world > actively > seeking information on his fate" - came to Israel a few years ago, > "not one > Knesset Member or government official agreed to meet with him... I > pleaded > with them, saying that he saved 100,000 Jews - but in vain..." > Joseph has > had some experience with what he calls the "abandonment of those who > have > helped us." Several months ago, he completed a 150-day hunger strike > on > behalf of Jonathan Pollard; he consumed only juice and light soup > during > that time. "The press [not including Arutz-7 - ed. note] totally > ignored > me, and so did the officials," he said. "Pollard's actions saved > Israel > from nuclear attack from Iraq. I believe that this phenomenon, of > ignoring > those who have helped us, is a plague of the Diaspora mentality that > still > exists within us. We must, and we will, purge ourselves of it." > > Arutz-7's Ron Meir then asked him, "We have been mentioning the > Entebbe > rescue of late - don't you think that this shows that this spirit of > 'All > Jews are responsible for one another' is still alive?" > Joseph: "Certainly - this is exactly the spirit of which Israel is > made. But we have gotten away from it in too many cases of late... > We > must return to our true essence, and realize that a Jew must adopt > the > motto of Judah, the son of Jacob, who was willing to sit in prison > until > his brother Benjamin was released, saying (Gen. 44,34), 'How shall I > [return] to my father if the lad is not with me?'" > > A biography of Raoul Wallenberg can be seen at > "www.us-israel.org/jsource/biography/wallenberg.html" > Information on Jonathan Pollard can be seen at > "www.jonathanpollard.org/" > > 6. 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