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>JN Feb. 23, 2000, Vol. 8, No. 34
Foreign News Agencies: Israel Navy Fires at Lebanese Coast
By IsraelWire
According to a Lebanese report, an Israel navy gunboat fired at the coast of Lebanon east of the port city of Tyre for about one-hour on Tuesday, preventing fisherman from launching their vessels. According to the report, Israel is limiting the area which Lebanese fishermen are permitted to use in an attempt to prevent terrorist infiltrations from that country.
Israel Gets Access to U.S. Nuclear Knowledge
By Jenny Badner (VOA-Jerusalem)
U.S. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson says the United States is removing some security restrictions on Israeli scientists visiting potentially sensitive research institutions. Richardson made the announcement during a trip to Israel. An agreement between the United States and Israel ends some of the security restrictions faced by Israeli scientists visiting laboratories run by the Department of Energy.
An American government official says that in the past, limitations were imposed on Israeli scientists and engineers because Israel has not signed the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. The Israeli government has never confirmed it has nuclear weapons, but western news reports say the country has a sophisticated nuclear program. Israel is on a list of countries, including India, Pakistan, Iraq, Iran, and North Korea, which have not signed the test ban treaty.
Under the new agreement Israel will remain on the list of sensitive countries but its scientists will face fewer security-related restrictions when visiting U.S. government installations.
Richardson presented the new agreement to reporters in Jerusalem. He said the pact is not aimed at furthering cooperation in nuclear areas. "The objective is to increase scientific cooperation between the United States and Israel in the energy technology area, not in the nuclear area. The objective is to send a signal that Israeli scientists will have more access into our national laboratories to do scientific research than they have had in the past."
Richardson , who is on a 10-day tour of the Middle East, says American and Israeli scientists will cooperate in areas where they have a mutual interest, such as solar energy, fuel efficiency in cars and buses, and seismic monitoring for earthquakes. He says easing restrictions faced by scientists differentiates Israel from other restricted nations. "It is a signal that Israel, as a friendly country, is not treated in a similar fashion as others on our list of sensitive countries."
Pirated Copies of Microsoft 2000 on Sale in Israel
By IsraelWire
Acting on information furnished by Microsoft, Israel law
enforcement officials raided a location in the Tel Aviv Central
Bus Station, confiscating pirated CDs containing the new Microsoft
operating system, Windows 2000.
Police report having confiscated over 5,000 copies of the program, as well as thousands of discs containing pirated versions of other popular computer games and work programs such as PhotoDraw and AutoCAD. The value of the confiscated pirated software is estimated at NIS 1 million (about $250,000).
Israel has come under fire many times in the past, having the dubious title of being a leader in pirated software. The International Intellectual Property Alliance, which represents the interest of software manufacturers, is seeking to upgrade Israel's rating to the most severe, indicating it is a leader in the manufacture of pirated software and a violator of copyright laws. Such a rating may result in trade sanctions.
Siblings in Fear of Father Wandered Streets at Night
By IsraelWire
Two siblings, 8 and 11, spent many nights wandering the streets because they were the victims of physical violence from their father, according to and indictment brought on Sunday to the Tel Aviv District Court.
Last week the children arrived at a local police station and asked the policemen for food, after their father refused to feed them. An investigation ensued, and charges were brought against the father.
The father, 31, from central Israel, who immigrated to Israel a year ago from the former Soviet Union, is charged with beating his 8-year-old daughter after she asked him to stop drinking alcohol. The father also jabbed his fingernails into his son for no reason. The children were afraid to be home alone with their father, so wandered the streets until late at night, when their mother returned from work.
According to the prosecution, the father failed to provide the children basic life necessities, including food and shelter. He is being charged with abuse and neglect.
Ofra Chaza Remains on Life-Support
>By IsraelWire
Israel Radio reported Tuesday morning that singing star Ofra Chaza remains in critical condition on life-support systems in Sheba Hospital at Tel HaShomer Hospital. According to the limited information released by family members and the hospital, Chaza suffered profound systemic complications resulting from the flu and as a result, remains on a respirator, dialysis and other life sustaining apparatus.
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