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>JN June 28, 1999, Vol. 7, No. 116
2 Children Dead, 47 Injured in Bus Accident
By IsraelWire
A private bus that was transporting residents of Ashdod and Yavne back to their homes Saturday night from Eilat flipped over on the Aravah Road killing two children and injuring 47, three of whom reported to be in serious condition. The accident occurred close to midnight. Police report that the driver of the bus seems to have been driving at an excessive speed, causing her to lose control of the bus.
Netanyahu Reveals Clinton Double Cross on Pollard's Release
By IsraelWire
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu plans in the book he is writing
to provide that will embarrass President Clinton, and he will refer
to him as an "International Swindler."
On Yom Kippur Eve 1998, Clinton and Netanyahu met in the White
House, and during the course of which Netanyahu agreed to attend
the conference at Wye Plantation with Yasir Arafat on condition
that Clinton would act to immediately release the spy Jonathan
Pollard.
Clinton, according to Netanyahu and his closest advisors, agreed to
the condition. Netanyahu explained to him that this gesture would
help him to get the support from his constituents for the painful
part of the agreement he expected to sign - continuation of the
withdrawal from the territories.
"Bibi went to Wye knowing that Clinton would immediately release
Pollard with the signing of the agreement with the Palestinians,"
Netanyahu's advisors said.
During the Wye summit the matter of Pollard was discussed several
times between Clinton and Netanyahu. There were only a few in on
the secret: ministers Sharon, Mordechai and Sharansky.
At the end of the conference, at 5 a.m., after arrangements had
already been made for the signing ceremony, Clinton put his hand on
Netanyahu's shoulder and asked him to step aside with him so he
could tell him a few things. One of those present in the room saw
Clinton and Netanyahu as they spoke from a distance. "Netanyahu
turned pale, and Clinton hugged him," the observer said.
When Netanyahu returned to the center of the room, he told his
advisors and ministers that Clinton had told him he could not honor
his promise to release Pollard. "We were shocked," said one. "We
thought that Bibi should go back to Clinton and tell him: "If that
is the case then there is no agreement with the Palestinians. You
lied to me."
"Our problem was that we did not want to find ourselves again in
the terrible situation that both in Israel and the world Netanyahu
would be presented as a liar, and would not talk at all about the
real liar.
"Sharon, who was summoned to the room, was of the opinion that the
agreement must not be signed. Sharansky also said that the signing
ceremony must be postponed. At the end, after Clinton promised to
continue acting for the release of Pollard, the Israeli side
folded. The signing ceremony was held with some delay, and
Pollard remained n prison."
Netanyahu plans to reveal his full account in his book, in which
Clinton will be presented as a scoundrel who did not intend, from
the outset, to honor his part in the process that led to the Wye
conference. (Yediot Ahronot, June 18 1999, IMRA - Independent Media
Review & Analysis).
Weizman Calls for Golan Withdrawal
By IsraelWire
In an interview with British journalist Patrick Seale, President Ezer Weizman stated it was in Israel's interest to return the Golan Heights to Syria. Weizman said a withdrawal from the Golan, which was liberated in the June 1967 Six Day War, would be beneficial for the Israeli economy and increase the country's capacity for immigrant absorption.
The interview, which was published in the Arabic daily Al Hayat of
London, Weizman said Israel could not withdraw from Lebanon without
an agreement with Syria. The president added he would not have any
objection to 5,000-10,000 Syrian troops remaining in Lebanon
following an agreement with Israel.
Residents of Northern Israel Want Attacks Stopped
By Susan Sappir (VOA-Jerusalem)
Residents of Israel's northern border have returned to their homes after shelling from Lebanon ceased. They are demanding the Israeli government do more to stop the attacks that killed two Israelis last week.
Police broke up a demonstration of angry residents of the northern
Israeli border town, Kiryat Shmona, who demanded the government put
an end the shelling from Lebanon.
In the bloodiest fighting between the two countries since 1996,
nine Lebanese and two Israelis were killed, when Hizbullah
terrorists launched rockets into israel. Israel retaliated by
bombing Lebanese targets, all the way to Beirut.
Incoming prime minister Ehud Barak was elected in May on a pledge
to pull Israeli forces out of south Lebanon -- ending 21 years of
occupation intended to protect Israel's northern border.
An influential Israeli newspaper Sunday denied reports Barak had
not been informed of the planned Israeli air strikes. Haaretz said
Barak could have objected to the assault. It says his tacit
consent to the strikes signaled they were in line with his strategy
for a unilateral Israeli withdrawal.
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