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>JN Oct. 22, 1998, Vol. 6, No. 189
War Games
>Israel Faxx Staff Report
A new computer game about Israel's air force has invaded the
Lebanese market. Lebanese authorities seized 10,000 copies of a
CD-ROM titled Israeli Air Force, released on the 50th anniversary
of its founding. Five businessmen who allegedly bought the
merchandise from Malaysia have been detained for questioning.
The CD has information about the capabilities of the air force
and a documentary of its operations against Arab countries since
the creation of the Jewish state in 1948. It also has a game
depicting fictitious bombing targets in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq.
It's Been Seven Days of Talks at Wye River
By Kyle King (VOA-Wye Mills, Md.)
After nearly a week of talking at the Mideast summit near
Washington, U.S officials are hoping a set of written proposals
will now move the stalled process forward. Despite days of late
night diplomacy by President Clinton, U.S. officials say there are
still significant gaps between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
In an effort to bridge those gaps, State Department spokesman
Jamie Rubin says a written text is being submitted to the parties
so they can reflect and comment on what has been done so far.
"We think we have reached a moment where the next procedural step
is to lay down a text to both parties to try to codify agreements.
That is our judgment of what the best way to advance the cause of
peace and security is."
Overcoming the obstacles will not be easy. Some Israeli officials
are reported to have begun preparing to leave the summit, and a
spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told reporters
there could be no agreement without more concessions from the
Palestinians.
The spokesman accused the Palestinians of not fulfilling past
security commitments and said there could be no deal until the
PLO Covenant was altered to remove anti-Israeli references.
Speaking to reporters, Palestinian delegation spokesman Ahmed
Tibi accused Israeli officials of political blackmail by
threatening to walk out of the talks. "The threat of a walkout is
being explained by us as political blackmail. I hope they will not
leave because we are here in order to achieve an agreement
according to the invitation of President Clinton."
With the talks now dragging into their seventh day, Secretary
of State Madeline Albright is continuing to meet with the parties.
Clinton is standing by in case he is needed for another round of
personal diplomacy.
Clinton has now spent about 50 hours at the summit, in
the hopes of getting the two sides to come up with a land for
peace deal. If approved, the package would bring an Israeli
withdrawal from an addition 13 percent of the West Bank in
exchange for new Palestinian security guarantees.
Israeli Police Watching for Denver Cult
Israel Faxx Staff Report
Israeli police are on the lookout for about 50 members of a
Denver-based cult it is believed may be trying to make their way to
Jerusalem to gather in readiness for the end of the millennium.
The Concerned Christians cult is led by Monte Kim Miller who has
reportedly told his followers that he will die in Jerusalem in
December 1999 and be resurrected three days later.
There have been conflicting reports circulating among the press
covering the story that at least one of the cult members, Gary
Schmidt, has been located in Jerusalem in recent weeks.
During Succot the Christian Embassy learned that one of the
pilgrims attending the Feast celebration was concerned that her
daughter and four grandchildren were among the missing. Sherry
Clark said she found out about their disappearance once in
Jerusalem through a telephone call from Denver television reporter.
There is no sign of Miller himself, however, and the director of
the American-based Religious Movement Resource Centre which
monitors cult groups told the Jerusalem Post he believed the leader
was in Mexico. "But I have no doubt that he may try to get into
Jerusalem," Hal Mansfield said. "He talks about dying on the steps
of Jerusalem in December 1999."
Schroeder Said to See Industry on Holocaust Issues
By IsraelWire
German Chancellor-elect Gerhard Schroeder will meet bank and
industry leaders Thursday to discuss proposals for a joint fund to
compensate Nazi-era slave laborers, sources close to the meeting
said.
Schroeder told a news conference in Bonn that his new coalition
government with the Greens would try to help German companies.
The Greens have long lobbied to create a joint fund with industry
to compensate an estimated two to three million former slave labor
survivors, whose claims were never met due to a legal loophole in
post-war international treaties.
Most of them, about 1.5 million, live in Russia and the former
Eastern bloc. About one million live in the West. Outgoing
Chancellor Helmut Kohl, facing recent calls from industry to help
them set up a joint fund for former Nazi slave laborers, refused,
saying Germany had paid enough already. Germany has paid about 100
billion marks in compensation to Nazi victims since 1945.
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