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>JN Sept. 24, 1998, Vol. 6, No. 170
Israel's Air Force on the Net
By IsraelWire
Israel's Air Force announces the opening of a new World Wide Web
site at http://www.iaf.org.il/. According to the site designers,
the Israel Air Force page is the most advanced site created in
Israel, and offers a wealth of material in Hebrew from its
extensive database. One may also view the different planes used by
the Israel Air Force, location of bases, and much more.
Albright, Netanyahu Meet in New York
By Gil Butler (VOA-New York)
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is making what her aides
describe as a determined effort this week to lock in any areas of
agreement between the Palestinians and Israelis in hopes of making
progress toward an overall accord. Albright met in a New York hotel
with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and both reported
some progress.
Later, State Department spokesman James Rubin said the United
States is trying to nail down the areas where progress has been
made while both Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasir Arafat
are in the United States for the U.N. General Assembly session.
"Our goal in the coming week is to try to make progress where we
can and lock in that progress so that a structure can be created
to put the peace process back on track."
The Middle East peace process has been stalled for the past year
and a half and the United States has been trying to get agreements
in four categories: security -- a major concern of Israel;
redeployment of Israeli forces from more territory -- the major
concern of the Palestinians -- internal issues such as safe
passage, an airport and industrial development, and avoidance of
unilateral actions which could undermine the peace process.
Rubin refused to go into details about which of those categories
offers the best chance for agreements this week. Netanyahu said any
areas turned over the Palestinians must not be used as a base for
what Israel considers terrorist activities.
Albright expects to meet again with Netanyahu, but not before she
holds talks with Arafat, possibly Saturday.
Tragedy in Arad
By IsraelWire
An Arad woman, the mother of twins, asked a neighbor to drive her
somewhere. During the trip, she asked her neighbor to stop the
car to permit her to go to the bathroom. She got out of the car,
drew a weapon, and committed suicide. Police believe she was
suffering from postpartum depression.
The incident took place Monday night, close to midnight. The
neighbor driving the victim told police she got out of the car,
presumably to relieve herself when suddenly, he heard a single
gunshot. He ran to see what had happened and he saw the 32-year-old
mother of two lying dead with a single bullet wound to her head.
Neighbors report the woman was depressed since the birth of the
twins several months ago.
Generali Backtracks on Agreement
By IsraelWire
Italian insurance company Generali says it will not abide by an
agreement reached last month under which the company was to pay
$100 million for insurance policies taken out by customers who died
in the Holocaust. The agreement was a compromise between Generali
and a group of New York-based lawyers representing Holocaust
survivors and relatives of policy-holders.
In a letter attached to the agreement, the company pledged to join
a memorandum of understanding compiled by United States insurance
commissioners, which is to create an international committee to
examine the volume of European insurance companies' debts to
Holocaust victims.
In recent weeks, talks aimed at aligning the agreement with the
memorandum have broken down because of the commissioners'
unequivocal stance that the $100 million agreed upon was a minimum
sum, which they expected to grow following a comprehensive
examination by the international committee.
Generali took the position that the $100 million sum was final, and
that it would not pay any further compensation in the future.
Majority Israeli [Jews] Support Transfer Policy
By IsraelWire
Sixty-five percent of Israeli Jews would support transferring Arabs from Judea, Samaria and Gaza to Arab states if there were no international political price, according to a poll published Sunday in Ma'ariv. They were surveyed as part of a Gallup poll of 550 Israeli adults.
While 34 percent said Arabs in the region were interested in
achieving a comprehensive peace with Israel, 54 percent said Arabs
would never surrender their will to destroy the Jewish State. By
contrast, 79 percent said they supported continuing peace talks
with the PLO Authority.
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