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>JN Jan. 20, 2000, Vol. 8, No. 12
Rabbi Sholom Klass
>By IsraelWire
Rabbi Sholom Klass, a Torah scholar noted for his knowledge of the 60 tracts of the Talmud and the longtime founder and publisher of The Jewish Press, died Monday. He was 86. The Jewish Press bills itself as the largest independent anglo-Jewish weekly newspaper in the world. Klass conducted a regular question and answer column on Jewish law in the Jewish Press for more than 40 years.
Arafat-Clinton will Meet Today in Washington
By Deborah Tate (VOA-White House)
President Clinton holds talks with Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat at the White House Thursday to discuss prospects for the Palestinians and Israelis completing a framework peace agreement by a mid-February deadline. With the postponement of Israeli-Syrian talks, which had been scheduled to resume this week outside Washington, Clinton can now focus on the Israeli-Palestinian track of the peace process.
Clinton will hear Arafat's concerns about the peace process during an Oval Office meeting Thursday afternoon. The Palestinians are angered over Israel's decision to delay a hand over of another 6.1 percent of the West Bank to Palestinian rule - a move that was to have taken place today. The delay was prompted by a dispute over which land to be transferred.
Arafat - talking to reporters during a brief stop in Cairo on his way to Washington - said a meeting he had with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak Monday failed to resolve the issue.
Israeli officials, meanwhile, say Barak used the meeting to raise the possibility of delaying a Feb. 13 deadline to conclude a framework peace accord with the Palestinians, citing significant differences over such difficult issues as the future of Jerusalem, Palestinian refugees, borders and Jewish settlements on occupied lands.
Arafat says he will urge Clinton to press the Israelis to meet the mid-February deadline, which is spelled out in an accord the parties reached at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt in September. The accord also calls on the two sides to reach a final peace treaty by September.
State Department spokesman Jamie Rubin says Clinton and Arafat will review the situation. "We believe it is very important to talk to Chairman Arafat about his concerns and assessment of the Israeli-Palestinian track, and the importance of making progress on that track if we are to meet the mid-February framework agreement. I think in a sense it will be a stock-taking session to see how far we have come and how far we have to go if we are going to meet those goals."
On Friday, lower level Palestinian officials will meet with U.S. officials for talks expected to focus on economic and investment issues.
Rabbi Mordehai Eliyahu: "Let Syria Return Damascus"
By IsraelWire
Former Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Mordehai Eliyahu said at a Chabad gathering in Tel Aviv, "Syria should return Damascus to Israel, since they took it in the time of King David."
Eliyahu added that we should be in mourning over the government's desire to withdraw from territories in the Golan. He said this is a dark time for the Jews, and that we need to look for the light.
Rabbi Yehuda Leib Groner, who served as the Lubavitcher Rebbe's secretary, stated that it is necessary to fight against a government that wants to give away territory.
U.S. to Israel: "Don't Ask for Tomahawk Missiles"
By IsraelWire
Senior sources in the U.S. Department of Defense asked Israel to refrain from requesting Tomahawk cruise missiles as part of the military aid package in the peace agreement with Syria.
In the message to Jerusalem, it was made clear that the U.S. government would find it difficult to get congressional ratification for an Israeli request for the Tomahawks, since the Tomahawk missiles are not a direct necessity for the IDF in the eventuality of a redeployment of troops, if a peace agreement with Syria is reached.
Hermon Ski Resort Hopes for Cooperative Management with Syrians
By IsraelWire
The leaders of Moshav Neve Ativ in the Golan, and the director general of the Mount Hermon ski resort, Menahem Baruch, hope to turn the resort into a joint Israeli-Syrian venture. A letter expressing their desire to open the ski resort on both the Israeli and Syrian sides as an international tourist attraction was sent on Sunday to Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
The ski resort management hopes not to have to give up the site to Syrian hands should Israel agree to withdraw from the Golan Heights as part of peace agreement with Syria. In the letter they stated that they continue their firm opposition to a withdrawal from the Golan, but are interested in peaceful relations and cooperation with the Syrians.
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