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>JN Aug. 12, 1998, Vol. 6, No. 143
Soroka Physician Suspected in Patient Rape
By IsraelWire
A surgeon on staff at the Soroka Hospital in Beersheva was arrested
as a suspect in the rape of a patient in his care. The physician
told police that he did perform an "internal" exam of the patient
without her prior consent but denies the rape charges. The hospital
issued a statement explaining that after looking into the events
that took place, it appears the patient did not understand the
medical procedure carried out on her.
Arafat to Assist in Finding Nairobi, Tanzania Bombers
By IsraelWire
Speaking from South Africa, PLO Authority Chief Yasir Arafat said he would take steps to assist in locating the terrorists responsible for the twin explosions at US embassies in the capitals of Kenya and Tanzania last week.
"We condemn that completely," he said in reply to a question about the bombs. "We condemn all acts of terrorism. We are trying to coordinate with all our friends to arrive at the sources who are behind all these terrorist activities."
The United States has announced a reward of $2 million for information leading to the capture and conviction of the bombers. A previously unknown Islamic group calling itself the Islamic Army for the Liberation of Holy Places has claimed responsibility.
Polish Cardinal Seeks End to Auschwitz Cross Row
By IsraelWire
Reuters reports Poland's leading Roman Catholic clergyman, Cardinal
Josef Glemp, Tuesday, asked believers to stop erecting crosses
outside the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz. It was the first
explicit plea from the primate for an end to the actions of radical
Catholic groups, which have angered local and international Jewish
groups. "I appeal to all interested sides to stop placing the
crosses," he said in a letter to Polish bishops.
Fringe Catholic groups backed by hard-line priests have set up
dozens of crosses in a fenced-in field backing onto the former Nazi
concentration camp, ostensibly to commemorate the murder by German
troops of 152 Poles in World War 2.
Jewish groups object to any religious symbols being placed near the
camp, where 1.5 million people were murdered in World War 2, some
90 percent of them Jews, and say they have a semi-formal agreement
with the Catholic Church on the issue. Local media say Polish
nationalists have set up the crosses to promote themselves by
arousing anti-Semitism and embarrassing both the Polish government
and the Church.
Auschwitz has long been the focus of a struggle between Jews who
see it as the world's largest Jewish burial ground, and Catholics
who want to raise their memorials at the site.
Glemp's statement clarified his ambiguous pronouncement last week
that declared sympathy for the defense of the largest cross at the
site, under which Polish-born Pope John Paul II prayed in 1979, and
said nothing about other smaller crosses.
The Cardinal also backtracked on controversial remarks that Israeli
and Jewish calls for the removal of the crosses were provocative.
"As it turned out, the statement made by the Israeli side did not
have the meaning previously ascribed to it," said the Cardinal, who
was accused in the past of a lack of sympathy for the Jewish cause.
But Glemp made no call for the removal of crosses already in the
field behind the red brick walls of the death camp and defended by
rightist Catholics camping on the site.
Fatah Website Calls for Israel's Destruction
By IsraelWire
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his senior advisor David
Bar-Illan pointed out that while Israel negotiates with the PLO
Authority to change their Covenant, an Internet website of PA
Chairman Yasir Arafat's Fatah movement continues to call for
Israel's destruction.
The website does not distinguish between Israel and Judea, Samaria
and Gaza, liberated in the June 1967 Six Day War. Their
constitution calls the Zionist movement "racial, colonial and
aggressive in ideology, goals, organization and method."
The site continues by labeling Israel as "a Zionist invasion with a colonial expansive base," and "a natural ally to colonialism and international imperialism." Calling for a "complete liberation of Palestine and eradication of Zionist economic, political, military and cultural existence," the constitution asserts that "armed public revolution is the inevitable method for liberating Palestine."
The constitution does not mention the Oslo Accords, supported by
Fatah, but says it opposes any "political solution offered as an
alternative to demolishing the Zionist occupation in Palestine."
Bar-Illan said, "This is as clear an indication as any that the
Palestine Liberation Organization has not abandoned its intention
to destroy the State of Israel."
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