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>JN Aug. 18, 1999, Vol. 7, No. 152
Long Island Congregation Beth Chai Targeted
By IsraelWire
Suffolk County police in New York reported that at about 3 a.m. Sunday, vandals poured a flammable substance into the Temple Beth Chai Synagogue of Hauppage, which resulted in a fire. Rabbi Laurence Bazer said he and his congregants were "outraged and saddened" by the attack but added that there was an outpouring of support from synagogues and churches throughout the county. Bazer stated that religious leaders of many faiths came to his aid and expressed their willingness, in light of the attack, to assist in any way.
Peace Talks Under Way at King David Hotel
By Meredith Buel (VOA-Jerusalem)
Peace talks are under way between Israeli and Palestinian
negotiators in an effort to come up with an agreement on
implementation of the Wye River peace accords.
Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat and his Israeli counterpart,
Gilad Sher, shook hands and then got down to business in an ornate
meeting room at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem as part of the
continuing negotiations on implementation of the Wye River peace
accords.
Neither negotiator made any public comment before the meeting which
was closed to reporters. So far, Palestinians and Israelis have
failed to agree on a timetable for completing the steps required by
the U-S-brokered Wye agreement.
The Palestinians are demanding the agreement be implemented
immediately, and the Israelis are proposing to delay the final
phase until the two sides begin negotiations on a permanent peace
pact. The two sides are trying to reach an agreement before
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright visits the region in early
September.
Barak Planning for a Pre-Final Status Agreement
By Arutz-7 News Service
What is Ehud Barak really planning? This oft-asked question receives yet another answer from Yediot Acharonot in Tuesday's edition. Journalists Shimon Shiffer and Nachum Barne'a claim that Barak plans to sign a pre-final status agreement with Yasir Arafat that includes the uprooting of remote West Bank settlements, the isolation of others, and the release of almost all terrorists imprisoned prior to the signing of the Oslo agreement in 1993.
Shiffer told Arutz-7 that Barak has targeted a summit meeting for
next February, at which Israel will agree to recognize a
Palestinian state. "In exchange for these concessions, Barak will
push for a joint declaration of principles for final status talks
between the two sides, as well as for Palestinian acceptance of a
revised Wye withdrawal map tied to these final status talks."
Regarding the location of future planned withdrawals, "Barak feels
that Netanyahu erred in agreeing to forfeit parts of the Judean
Desert, and that such a move was more a response to pressure from
the settlers' leaders than a correct strategic move. Barak has
therefore instructed officials in the Defense Ministry to draw up
new maps, and most of the third withdrawal will take place in the
mountain ridge (central Samaria). In Barak's plan, Jerusalem and
its vicinity are to remain under complete Israeli control."
Shiffer then explained what's in it for Arafat: "Barak estimates
that Arafat is aware of his own age and health situation, and will
therefore be prepared to come to an agreement in order to become
the first president of his longed-for state of Palestine." However,
Arafat's right-hand man and possible successor, Mahmoud Abbas -
also known as Abu Mazen - said, "No Palestinian leader will not
dare agree to borders that do not give us all the territories
captured by Israel in 1967." At the same time, however, Abbas
ruled out a clash with the Barak government, which he called a
"government of peace."
Shiffer concluded, "I personally don't think that a 100-year-old
conflict can be resolved in six months. When I trace the tactics of
Yasir Arafat since the start of Oslo, it is clear that he is using
the approach that was once Israel's trademark: attaining
sovereignty over land little by little, dunam after dunam."
"I Am Unable to Feed My Children"
By IsraelWire
Ella Linda, 52, who suffers from severe chronic asthma, is unable
to provide bread for her two children. The single parent told
Yediot Acharonot that she no longer has the means to buy basics to
ensure her children have food everyday.
Linda, who lives on disability payments from the National Insurance
Institute, has not received any monies for six weeks due to the
ongoing strike, which is in its third week.
"My last change I gave them to buy bus tickets to travel to their
dormitory over the weekend. When they asked for money to return
home, I told them to remain, realizing there they would at least
receive meals. For myself, I can make do with one meal a day but my
children are another story. One has a birthday this weekend and I
do not know what to do," she added.
Linda, who arrived in Israel from the CIS nine years ago, was
abandoned by her husband and she lives with her two sons in Upper
Nazareth.
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