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>JN June 23, 1999, Vol. 7, No. 113
Boy Stabs Mother for "Insulting Him in Front of Friends"
Arutz-7 News Service
The Beersheva Magistrate's Court released a boy, 13, who stabbed his mother "because she insulted him in front of his friends". The youth was charged with aggravated assault. The stabbing began as a quarrel between mother and son concerning the boy's choice of friends. When the friends left the apartment, the boy took a kitchen knife and stabbed his mother in the leg. Despite her wound, the mother came to court Sunday and sat with her son. The court ordered the youth to remain under house arrest at his aunt's home.
Barak Invites Likud to Join Government
By Ross Dunn (VOA-Jerusalem)
Israel Prime Minister-elect Ehud Barak is offering the Likud -- the
party he defeated in last month's national elections -- a chance to
serve in his new government. But the proposed partnership is
causing tensions among Barak's supporters.
Barak has been holding lengthy talks with Likud Chairman Ariel
Sharon in a bid to reconcile their positions on the peace process.
It is the second time since the May 17 election, that Barak has
offered Likud an opportunity to take a place in his soon-to-be
formed government.
Barak believes the efforts to bring in the Likud are consistent
with his promise to forge a coalition that represents all Israelis.
He says he wants to build a broad coalition government that will
back him when he has to negotiate difficult land-for-peace deals
with the Palestinians and Syria.
But Labor party politician Yossi Beilin, a likely candidate for a
ministerial post in Barak's Labor-led coalition government, says he
fears that Likud could be the government's undoing. Beilin says
Likud will not fit into the new government if it continues to
insist that Barak must agree to prevent the formation of a
Palestinian state and refuse to withdraw from the Golan Heights,
the strategic plateau seized from Syria during the 1967 war.
Barak has until July 9 to form a government and he is also
negotiating with the Jewish ultra-Orthodox religious party, "Shas,"
which is viewed by many observers as having a more pragmatic
approach to the peace process than Likud.
Buildings Uncovered in Gamla
By Arutz-7 News Service
Archaeological digs in the Golan Heights city of Gamla - destroyed by
the Romans two millennia ago - have uncovered two impressive
buildings from the Roman Era.
The director of the digs, Dan Tzion, said the last of three seasons
of digs has just been completed. "One of the buildings uncovered
was apparently a villa of a wealthy Jew from about 1,900 years
ago. It has a beautifully sculpted exterior. Inside, we have almost
completely excavated three of the rooms, one of which still has its
stone pillars intact. In one of the rooms, we found small items
attesting to the war, such as arrows.
"Because of the large boulders we found close to the surface, we
had hoped that the larger building would be another synagogue. It
turns out that the structure was in fact a public building - 16 by
16 meters in size - but apparently not a synagogue. What kind of
building it was we do not quite know, since we have never
discovered another building of a similar design."
Eida Hareidit Rabbinical Court Approves Internet
By IsraelWire
The Eida Hareidit (ultra-Orthodox) Rabbinical Court has decided to remove their traditional, strong opposition to the Internet. The decision was reached after a stormy debate.
Two sides appealed to the judges of the Rabbinical Court: on one
side were representatives of Meimad Advertising, a Ramat Gan
company that specializes in marketing computer software to the
Hareidi population. They sought approval to release a censored
edition of the Internet into Hareidi homes. On the opposing
side were representatives of the Hareidi "modesty squad" and Tor
Computers of Bnei Brak, who feel that allowing the Internet into
Hareidi homes would be a catastrophe.
The rabbinical judges, knowing that they were dealing with a
potentially explosive topic, made an unprecedented move and called
to the hearing every judge, the chairman of the Eida Hareidit,
Rabbi Gershon Shtermer, rabbinical court president Rabbi Yisrael
Yaakov Fisher and other rabbis. The discussion took an hour, in
which each side presented their arguments in loud tones.
The rabbis realized the historical moment of their decision, and
gave their opinion that the opposition to the Internet no longer is
in effect. They did not go so far as to say that Internet use is
permissible, but did say that it is not forbidden, leaving the
responsibility up to the individual.
Those favoring Internet use claim that tens of thousands of Hareidi
businessmen must use Internet services. They also stated that the
Hareidi community must go along with the times, and adapt to
Internet use in order to keep up in the business world.
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