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>JN Oct. 26, 1098, Vol. 6, No. 191
Pizza Shop Owner Shot Over Toothpicks
By IsraelWire
The owner of the "La Papa" Pizzeria in Bat Yam was stabbed by an angry client who could not accept the owners word, when he was told that there were no toothpicks in the store. The altercation erupted when the clients asked for toothpicks after completing their meal. The owner was taking a walk with his daughter towards the evening hours, a car stopped opposite them firing five shots. The owner was hit in his leg three times and is reported in moderate condition.
Netanyahu: Peace Painful but he Remains Optimistic
By Rick Nunez (VOA-Washington)
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu says he is cautiously optimistic, following the hard-fought peace accord signed Friday with Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat in Washington. Netanyahu is also hopeful the United States will release convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard.
Netanyahu calls his decision to withdraw Israeli troops from
additional sectors of the West Bank very painful. He says he agreed
to it in exchange for a Palestinian pledge to fight terrorism.
Speaking on NBC's "Meet the Press," Netanyahu said he wants to
strike a deal with Arafat that honors the wish of Palestinians to
run their own lives, while at the same time protecting Israelis.
But he categorically ruled out the possibility the Palestinian flag
will ever fly over Jerusalem.
"Jerusalem has been the capital of the Jewish people for the last
3,000 years. We will never, ever divide that city, or build a
Berlin Wall in the center of it."
Netanyahu noted that only under Israel have Christians, Jews and
Muslims all been free to worship in the city. The prime minister
also denied reports he raised the issue of freedom for Pollard at
the last minute of the nine-day peace talks. The delicate matter
nearly torpedoed the entire dialogue.
Netanyahu acknowledged Israel's use of Pollard was a terrible,
terrible mistake that will never happen again. He appealed to
President Clinton to release the jailed spy on humanitarian
grounds."He has paid a price. He has been in prison for 13 years.
He did not -- to my knowledge -- compromise U.S. security."
But the man who prosecuted Pollard sees the issue quite
differently. Speaking on ABC's "This Week" program, Joseph di
Genova said Pollard caused devastating damage to U.S. intelligence.
"The level of compromise which Mr. Pollard caused in technical and
human intelligence is one of the highest ever in the history of
U.S. espionage."
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright tried to downplay the impact
of the Pollard case on the negotiations. She told the CBS program
"Face the Nation," this is not the first time Israel has raised the
question.
"Former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin had appealed for clemency, and
Prime Minister Netanyahu has too. What President Clinton said was
that he would review the case and make absolutely no commitment
about its outcome."
Albright hailed the peace agreement, saying it rebuilt the strained
ties between Israel and the Palestinians. The two sides are to
begin final status talks on the future of Jerusalem and other
contentious issues next month.
Pollard Says Thanks to Israel He Rots in Jail
By IsraelWire
Jonathan Pollard, an American sentenced to life for having spied
for Israel, said Sunday he was rotting in prison because Prime
Minister Binyamin Netanyahu failed to secure his release at a peace
summit.
"You cannot sit with the Americans and pretend to be a guardian of
Israel's security while you sit back and let one of your own agents
rot in their hand," the 40-year-old former US naval intelligence
analyst said on Israel's Army Radio. He cited what he called "the
(Israeli) government's ongoing betrayal of one of its agents."
Interviewed by Reuters in Washington, Netanyahu urged President
Clinton to "find mercy" and release Pollard, saying his continued
imprisonment was the one disappointment of the nine-day summit
outside Washington. "I'd hoped the United States would find a way,
and I still do, that they would find mercy in their hearts after 13
years of solitary confinement to forgive and let this man go to
Israel."
Many Israelis consider Pollard a national hero, while US officials
have branded him a traitor. US prosecutors said he passed the
secrets for money.
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