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>JN Oct. 21, 1998, Vol. 6, No. 188
Iraqi Dictator Reported to Have Cancer
By IsraelWire
According to an Israeli TV news report, Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is being treated for cancer by European physicians. The Iraqi leader is reportedly undergoing chemotherapy for an undisclosed type of cancer.
Hamas Claims Responsibility for Beersheva Attack
By Al Pessin (VOA-Jerusalem)
Israeli officials say the Palestinian who threw two grenades at a crowd in a bus station Monday is also responsible for two other recent attacks, and the militant Palestinian group Hamas says the man is one of its operatives.
The Israeli army says the man, Salem Sarsour, has confessed to
killing a rabbi in the West Bank town of Hebron last month, and to
throwing a hand grenade at Israeli soldiers in the town two weeks
later, injuring 14 Israelis and eight Palestinians.
He was arrested in the southern Israeli city of Beersheva Monday
after witnesses said he had thrown two grenades which exploded,
injuring 66 people. In a statement faxed to the Reuter news agency
Tuesday, Hamas claimed to have ordered the attack.
The Palestinian Authority confirmed Sarsour's identity. Israel
says he was a Hamas supporter but not an active member, until he
took it upon himself to attack the rabbi. After that incident,
Sarsour presented himself to the Hamas leadership, was admitted to
the group and was trained for the two hand grenade attacks.
The Palestinian Authority says Sarsour killed the rabbi because it
became known he had been working as an informant for an Israeli
intelligence agency and he needed to clear his name to avoid
retaliation by Hamas.
Sarsour is a 29-year-old unemployed construction worker, father of
five and a devout Muslim. He has been in trouble with the Israeli
authorities several times before on relatively minor charges.
Victims of Beersheva Blast Who are Still Hospitalized
By IsraelWire
The following are still hospitalized in Beersheva's Soroka Hospital. They were all injured in the hand grenade terrorist attack Monday morning at Beersheva's Central Bus Station.
Aaron, Irene, 22; Alemkiss, Michal, 16, Beersheva; Shamar, Karen,
26, Beersheva; Ben-Tal, Shelli, 19, Masu'ot Yitzchak; Borodati,
Alex, 22, Beersheva; Buchal, Sarah, 24, Kiryat Gat; Cohen, Dana,
19, Jerusalem; Dodan, Oren, 20, Kiryat Gat; Dorin, Alexander, 27;
Glustran, Tamar, 19, Beersheva; Ilau, Gagio, 22, Kiryat Gat;
Kessler, Alexander, 26, Beersheva; Leiberman, Gandi, 21, Chadera;
Michluff, Elitzur, 21, Chatzav; Getzis, Bornetzlava, 38, Beersheva;
Ninkorv, Narna, 17; Pincar, Orna, 20, Beersheva; Rabinovitz, Lev,
43, Beersheva; Simanov, Maxim, 19, Beersheva, ICU moderate
condition; Suissa, Roy, 15, Beersheva, pediatric surgery, moderate
condition; Sabak, Sharon, 20, Dimona; Tzirlin, Irena, 29,
Beersheva; Volkov, Olga, 51, Beersheva; Yaakobi, Yosef Chaim, 39,
Jerusalem; Yassu, Yishayahu, 32, Beersheva; Adani, Aaron, 22,
Beersheva; Rodin, Alexander, 47, Beersheva, very serious condition;
Chaimov, Stanlislov, 19, Beersheva Gindburg, Salif, 17, moderate.
King Hussein to Help With Wye Reconciliation
By Kyle King (VOA-Wye Mills, Md.)
President Clinton enlisted the help of Jordan's King Hussein at the Middle East summit outside Washington, where the six day old talks have entered what officials call a phase of hard bargaining. Officials are hoping King Hussein will be able to use his influence and special charisma to bring Israel and the Palestinians closer together.
State Department spokesman Jamie Rubin says some progress has been
made at the talks so far, but significant differences remain.
"Clearly we are into a phase of very hard bargaining. That a lot of
the underbrush has been cleared away and its part of the end game
that's getting more and more serious."
Sharon Has Dinner with Arafat, Refuses Handshake
By IsraelWire
Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon found himself dining across from PLO
Authority Chief Yasir Arafat Monday evening, but made good on his
vow never to shake Arafat's hand.
Sharon and other members of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's "kitchen cabinet" joined Arafat and President Clinton for a two-hour dinner aimed at dispelling the deep distrust that still divides Israelis and the PA officials after decades of violent conflict.
Sharon, who as defense minister led Israel's invasion of Lebanon in
1982 and drove Arafat and the PLO out of Lebanon, was appointed
foreign minister and Netanyahu's chief negotiator earlier this
month. He still refers to Arafat as a terrorist. Israeli delegation
sources said after the incident, the US hosts seated Sharon across
from Arafat at the table.
Before his appointment as foreign minister, Sharon vowed he would
not shake Arafat's hand -- something even the late Labor Party
Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin had found difficult after the first
peace accord was signed in 1993. "Even if I shall be appointed
foreign minister and run the negotiations, I'll not shake the hand
of Yasir Arafat," Sharon said before he clinched the foreign
minister job. Sharon has for years branded Arafat a "terrorist" and
"war criminal."
