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>JN Sept. 29, 1998, Vol. 6, No. 173
NOTE: There will not be a 9/30 Israel Faxx issue because of Yom Kippur
No IDF Soldiers in the Oasis Casino
By IsraelWire
IDF soldiers serving in the Jordan Valley area were informed they
are barred from entering the PLO Authority-run Oasis Casino, in the
Jericho area. Commanders of troops serving in the area of the
casino gave the order barring soldiers from entering the casino. In
addition, the IDF is currently investigating if it has the
authority to bar off-duty and career soldiers and officers as well.
Reservists and other soldiers serving in the area of the casino
were told that violators of the order would face disciplinary
charges.
Jordan Monitoring Dimona Nuclear Facility
By IsraelWire
After reports in the Israeli press claimed that Israel's nuclear reactor in the Negev desert was posing a threat of radioactivity in the region, Jordanian officials said daily tests "have not found any abnormal nuclear radioactivity" in Jordan.
"The measurements are in the normal range," Minister of Water and
Energy Hani Mulki told the Jordan Times. "We are following up the
issue with concerned parties to keep monitoring any possible
changes in areas near the reactor."
Israel's Dimona reactor, south of Hebron, is about 36 miles west of
Karak across the Jordan Valley. It was built over 40 years ago and
is capable of producing weapons-grade plutonium. Press reports have
said that Israel has built between 100 and 200 nuclear warheads at
Dimona.
Although Israel has never officially admitted having nuclear
weapons, it agreed in August to drop its opposition to the launch
of United Nations negotiations on banning production of nuclear
weapons materials, on condition that it would not be forced to
accept international inspections of its nuclear facilities.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres virtually acknowledged
that Israel possessed nuclear weapons during a visit to Jordan in
July. "We built a nuclear option, not to in order to have a
Hiroshima, but to have an Oslo," Peres told an audience of
academics and the media in Amman July 13.
Migratory Birds Meet Death in Ramat Gan
By IsraelWire
Migratory birds, flying over the skies of Israel at this time of
year, have met with a new mortal danger: they don't discern the
glass panels used on the outsides of new, tall, office buildings in
the greater Tel-Aviv area, crash into them head on, and die.
Dan Alon, head of the Israel Society for the Protection of Nature's
Bird Division, has said that this is a known danger for birds in
various parts of the world, but is new to Israel. He explained that
some birds are deceived by seeing their own reflection in the
mirror-like glass, and attempt to attack, striking the glass.
Others see the sky reflected and fly straight into the glass walls.
Certain countries, among them Switzerland, Germany, and the United
States, have taken to affixing pictures of predatory birds to the
glass as a deterrent.
Yigal Amir Withdraws from Outside Influences
By IsraelWire
Yigal Amir, convicted killer of Yitzchak Rabin, held in the highest
security cell in the country, has intensified his immersion in
studying, and has waived his rights to walks in the cell yard,
television and daily newspapers.
Sources close to Amir's family stated that Amir is close to his
first completion of learning all of the Talmud. His jailers were
surprised to discover that Amir awakes nightly at 1:30 a.m. and
studies until sunrise, when he begins morning prayers.
Amir recently began to forgo his once-a-day walk in the cell yard
on Sabbath and holidays, out of concern that the opening of the
electric cell doors would cause Sabbath desecration for the jailers
(although most of the jailers are Druze, not Jews).
Almost the only communication Amir has with the outside world is a
telephone call with his parents each evening. He does continue to
receive many letters.
Doctors: Mineral Water May Prevent Hypertension
By IsraelWire
According to physicians, drinking bottled mineral water in place of
tap water may prevent hypertension, high blood pressure. Doctors
seem to feel that the lower level of sodium in the bottled water
may significantly reduce the risk of hypertension, associated with
many factors, including an excess of sodium.
According to Dr. Barakat Pollack, of the Wingate Institute
Department of Physiology, and physicist Avraham Kobalsky, the lower
sodium water may play a more important role than many realize.
According to the two researchers, the daily demand for sodium in
the Western world and Israel has reached a level five times the
recommended daily sodium requirements.
The study points out that despite the need for sodium in our diet,
the excess is most definitely a contributory factor to
hypertension, problems affecting the kidneys and other underlying
illness.
The two point out that an inactive person drinking 6-8 cups of
water daily, will ingest about 20 times more sodium drinking tap
water in place of bottled mineral water.
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