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>JN Feb. 25, 1999, Vol. 7, No. 39
Israel to use Russian scientists
By Interfax
Israel will try to involve Russia's underfunded scientists in joint research projects so they will not be tempted to make money by helping Iran develop weapons of mass destruction. Israeli Trade and Industry Minister Natan Sharansky, a former Russian dissident, praised plans to improve controls on exporting weapons technology, saying that the tightening "should be continued and even raised, but that alone won't be enough." The alleged cooperation by Russian scientists and engineers with Iran "essentially has an economic cause," Sharansky said, according to the Interfax news agency.
Fighting Resumes in Southern Lebanon
By David Gollust (VOA-Jerusalem)
More fighting has been reported in southern Lebanon, one day after
Hizbullah terrorists killed three Israeli army officers and wounded
several other soldiers in a clash along Israel's self-declared
Lebanese security zone.
Israel sent warplanes into southern Lebanon to rocket suspected
Hizbullah positions for the second day in a row, after exchanges of
artillery and mortar fire between Israeli troops and terrorists in
the central part of the security zone. News reports from south
Lebanon quoting militia sources said four Hizbullah fighters were
killed in the clashes. But there was no independent confirmation.
The fighting was only a few miles from the Israeli border and not
far from the scene of a gun battle early Tuesday in which three
Israeli officers were killed and five soldiers wounded.
It was the biggest Israeli casualty toll for any single
engagement in Lebanon in a year and one-half and sparked renewed
political debate here over the wisdom of maintaining the security
zone.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said there will be no withdrawal
without Lebanese security guarantees for Israel's northern border.
But former Israeli army intelligence official -- Avraham Sella --
says Israel's presence in Lebanon is the reason why fighting in
the area continues. The Hebrew University faculty member said
Israel can defend itself without the buffer zone:
"Israel behaves as if it is weak state without much options and
without the capability of defending itself. For God's sake, this is
normal thing that a state defends its border, or its territory,
from its international border, not from the territory of its
neighbors."
But another leading academic, Ephriam Inbar of Bar-Ilan
University's Begin-Sadat Center, said Israel should not only
keep the security zone but also consider attacking Syrian positions
in Lebanon because of Syria's support for Hizbullah:
"The Hizbullah cannot operate without the approval of Syria.
After all, all their equipment is coming through Damascus Airport.
And I think it is highly uneducational to allow the Syrians a
cost-free campaign to bleed Israel."
Syria, Wednesday, dismissed an Israeli demand that it stop attacks by
Hizbullah. The official newspaper "Tishrin" said fighting the
Israeli occupation is a legitimate action. It said that if Israel
wants peace, it should withdraw unconditionally from both Lebanon
and the Golan Heights.
American Seeks Refuge in Israel in Murder Case
By IsraelWire
An American born Jew, Dror Goldberg, has according to law
enforcement officials in the United States, fled to Israel
following his allegedly stabbing one person to death and injuring
two others.
According to reports, the suspect in the stabbing death of a
Houston man in a barbershop also injured a male and a female, the
owners of the shop. Goldberg was arrested and interrogated in
connection with the murder, and was then released. Police in Texas
report it was then that he made the decision to flee to Israel,
where he has family, to escape prosecution for his alleged crime.
Last year, Shmuel Sheinbein, an American who whose father is an
Israeli, fled to Israel after he became a suspect in the
murder/dismemberment of a Maryland teenager. His case was heard
before the High Court since Israeli law prohibits the extradition
of an Israeli citizen to stand trial for a crime outside of
Israel.
Minister Sharansky Sees KGB Evidence
By IsraelWire
Minister of Industry and Trade, Natan Sharansky, was permitted to view the KGB evidence used against him 22 years ago as a Prisoner of Zion in the former USSR.
Known then as Anatoly Sharansky, he was imprisoned by Soviet
authorities in 1977 as a CIA spy. Sharansky was working actively to
pressure Soviet leaders to permit Jews to emigrate to Israel.
Spending 10 years in Soviet prisons, he was finally released as a
result of mounting international pressure on his behalf. He was
stripped of his Soviet citizenship and deported, finally making it
to Israel.
Sharansky, who was in Moscow for an official visit, was permitted
to see the charges against him. On a previous visit to Russia with
his wife Avital, the minister was permitted to visit the jail cell
where he spent his time serving the sentenced imposed upon him by
the communist regime.
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