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>JN April 12, 1999, Vol. 7, No. 69
Couple Breaks Kissing Record and are Hospitalized
By IsraelWire
Dror Orpaz, 21, from Tiberias, and Carmit Tzubara, 19, of Petah Tikvah, kissed one another for 30 hours and 45 minutes, setting a new world record. During the time period of the kiss, the two refrained from eating, drinking and using the restroom. The two received a trip around the world and $2,500 each. They added that in the near future, they will refrain from kissing one another. Following the event, the two were taken to a local hospital for a checkup complaining of pain in the facial muscles and lips.
CIA Lawyer Threatens anti-Semitism Lawsuit
By IsraelWire
Adam Ciralsky, 27, a lawyer employed by the Central Intelligence
Agency, is planning to file a lawsuit in federal court by month's
end, charging the CIA with anti-Semitism.
Ciralsky's lawyer, Neil Sher, said his client was placed on leave
Oct. 20, 1997, and insists the reason for the leave was his
client's and his family's ties to Israel. Sher said his client and
family visit Israel and support causes tied to Israel and the
Jewish people, such as the United Jewish Appeal.
According to Yediot Achronot, while undergoing a routine polygraph
exam, Ciralsky did not disclose his ties to Israel and was being
called on the carpet for attempting to withhold the information.
Sher said the CIA's position regarding Jews is discriminatory
because it stems from the arrest and conviction of former Naval
analyst Jonathan Pollard.
Responding to the planned lawsuit, the CIA has appointed a 5-member
panel to investigate the allegations made in this case as well as
allegations of a general discriminatory policy against Jews with
ties to Israel.
CIA officials declined to comment on the case explaining that there
were issues of privacy, which could not be discussed without
permission from Ciralsky.
CIA Director George Tenet said the allegations are "repugnant" and insisted there was no room for any discrimination in the government agency. The director added that the charges leveled against the agency were the subject of an internal investigation and they were found to be baseless.
According to Yediot, Ciralsky was hired in 1996. In 1997, he was
scheduled to rotate to the National Security Council but was placed
on leave because of what Sher called, "counter-intelligence
concerns." He said the polygraph exam in question was intentionally
"hostile" and his client did nothing wrong. The lawsuit also
stipulates that the government agency subjected Ciralsky to illegal
electronic surveillance.
Sher has based the case and planned lawsuit on a CIA document in
which it speaks of "rich Jewish persons and friends from college,"
pertaining to his client. The document points to ties and support
to the Likud party of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, and adds
that "He may not be telling more because it makes him and his
family appear as fanatic supporters of the hard-lined Likud party
and he does not want to be portrayed as such."
Sher continues to explain the internal CIA document calls for
making Ciralsky "admit" to his strong ties to the Jewish State,
adding that the ties of Jews to their homeland is understandable.
Sher sent a letter to Attorney General Janet Reno last month,
calling for an investigation into the case. In that letter, he also
questioned the decision to include CIA employees into the persons
permitted access to his clients file, including classified
information and other sensitive files that should have remained
off-limits to persons not involved in the case.
France Moves for Demjanjuk Extradition
By IsraelWire
According to Haaretz, the government of France is considering
filing an extradition request for John Demjanjuk, who stood trial
in Israel for war crimes in 1993, but acquitted due to a lack of
evidence.
The Cleveland-area resident is suspected of being the infamous "Ivan the Terrible," the Treblinka guard responsible for many deaths during the war. Haaretz reported that the day following Demjanjuk's release, French lawyer Arno Klarsfeld filed a legal action against him on behalf of children whose parents were killed in the Holocaust.
Klarsfeld, the son of prominent Nazi hunter Serge Klarsfeld,
maintains that in the trial held in Israel, it was proven beyond
the shadow of a doubt that Demjanjuk was indeed a Nazi guard in the
Sobibor Camp from March 27, 1943, to Sept. 30, 1943.
Records in France indicated that local Jews were placed aboard
trains and sent to Sobibor while Demjanjuk was serving there.
Haaretz adds that French officials have uncovered documentation
indicating that Demjanjuk also served in the Maidanek Death Camp.
This information has also been included in the legal action and
persons in France are hopeful that they will succeed in reviving
the case and bring the war criminal to justice for his atrocities.
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