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>JN Aug. 24, 1998, Vol. 6, No. 150
Can One Maintain Kosher Standards in the IDF?
By IsraelWire
Chaim Ozeri, of Bnei Brak, maintains that despite claims to the
contrary, almost one-half of the army kitchens are not maintained
on a proper kosher standard, in accordance with army and Torah law.
In his case, the reserve soldier says 45 percent of the kitchens
do not have rabbinical supervision as required, and therefore, the
standard of the kashrut in those facilities is questionable. As a
result of the less than acceptable standard of kosher food, Ozeri
is refusing to report for reserve duty, explaining he is not able
to eat.
Israelis Back U.S. Strikes
By IsraelWire
Israelis are rallying around President Bill Clinton, echoing
comments by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who welcomed American
missile strikes against Afghanistan and Sudan.
"I want to tell the American people that they should be proud they
have such a great president. He is a real man, a hero who is
fighting terrorism," said Jerusalem police officer Arcadi Margolis.
Netanyahu welcomed the US attacks and said despite a possible
backlash, such actions had to be carried out. "You can always
expect that there will be an exchange of blows or counter-blows and
it is something you must take into account but it can in no way
prevent action. Otherwise the terrorists will always win."
Israeli reaction contrasted sharply with that of Arabs who
condemned the attacks as an affront to Muslims around the world.
"Everybody was angry to hear the news. Actually I cried because I
felt that the entire Moslem nation had died," Khaled Hassan, 40, a
shop owner in the Gaza Strip, told Reuters.
A Friday Gallup poll showed that for Israelis Clinton was their
prime choice for prime minister, if only he were a candidate. The
poll in the Ma'ariv daily newspaper found 39 percent of Israelis
would vote for Clinton, 29 percent for Netanyahu and 18 percent for
opposition Labor party leader Ehud Barak. The survey included 560
adults and had a margin of error of 4.5 percent.
Circumcision Follow-up
By Arutz-7 News Service
In a follow-up of last week's report about anesthesia during ritual
circumcisions, Arutz-7 spoke with Dr. Shabtai Sabato, a ritual
mohel (circumciser) and a medical doctor at Sha'arei Tzedek Medical
Center.
He said that not only is the injection of an anesthetic into an
eight-day old baby painful and Halakhically forbidden, it is
out-of-date: "There are some who now use an anesthetic cream, but
its effectiveness is limited. It dulls the pain, but cannot prevent
the pain of a cut beneath the skin surface."
Sabato said that some leading rabbis forbid the use of this cream,
although not for babies older than eight days. "When a circumcision
is performed on an adult, the injection of anesthesia is totally
acceptable by Halakhic standards," he said.
Efforts to Identify Holocaust Victims from Poland
By IsraelWire
Experts from Poland and Israel will work to identify remains of
Holocaust victims. Labor Knesset member Shevach Weiss, a former
Speaker and a Holocaust survivor, said the undertaking is a most
impressive one but he remains uncertain how much progress in the
area can be made at this time.
According to Dr. Yehuda Hess, the chief pathologist of the Abu
Kabir Forensic Institute, the undertaking will provide some
families the opportunity to have their loved ones interred in
Israel, however he was quick to point out the number of persons the
project will be able to identify is limited.
Hess explained that only those families who know the burial
location of a loved one may be assisted in this effort. Even with
this effort, the work of the investigators will be most difficult,
since most of the Jewish cemeteries in Poland have been destroyed
or many tombstones eradicated over the years.
According to Hess, the entire procedure will be supervised by Orthodox rabbis, to ensure the transfer of bones is done in accordance with Jewish law.
Israel's Secret Institute
By IsraelWire
While concern is voiced in the West about the possibility that Iraq
and Iran are developing biological and chemical weapons, little is
said about Israel's capability.
Foreign Report, according to Jane's sources, has been told by its Israeli sources that Israel continues to develop an arsenal of both types of weapons. The work is under way at the Nes-Tziona (Zionist miracle) institute and it is going to be enlarged.
Foreign Report added that over the years of its operations, four
employees have been killed and 25 have been injured in this secret
institute. The report adds that in one of the instances, a general
evacuation of the entire civilian population in the area was almost
ordered, but it was avoided.
Senior members of the prime minister's staff refused to comment on
the report or on information pertaining to such a "secret
institute," which according to Foreign Report and Jane's is used
for the production of non-conventional weaponry.
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