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>JN March 28, 2000, Vol. 8, No. 58
Lili Sharon Laid to Rest
Israel Faxx Staff Report
Lili Sharon, wife of Likud leader Ariel Sharon, was buried on Sunday outside their home in the Negev. She was diagnosed with lung cancer last year, and died on Saturday at the age of 63. Sharon eulogized her by saying, "Even through the difficult days of struggles and loneliness, we were always together and you zealously supported me. I always respected and appreciated you for who you are... If I could describe you in one sentence it would be 'superb taste and a rare sense of beauty.'"
Clinton Meets Today with Mubarak
By David Gollust (VOA-The White House)
President Clinton returns to Middle East diplomacy Tuesday in a White House meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. They'll discuss, among other things, how to revive the Syrian- Israeli track of the Middle East peace process, following Clinton's disappointing meeting Sunday in Geneva with Syrian President Hafez Al-Assad.
The relationship with Egypt under Mubarak is one of the most extensive the United States has with any county. Clinton will spend much of the day with the Egyptian leader -- starting with talks in the White House Oval Office, a luncheon in Clinton's family dining room and an unusual joint discussion by the two presidents with members of the Egyptian-American and broader Arab-American communities.
Mubarak's working visit to the White House follows a highly-anticipated meeting between Clinton and Assad Sunday in Geneva that failed to produce any break-through in the stalled Israeli-Syrian track of the peace process.
The president had two sessions of talks with the Syrian leader and two telephone conversations during the day with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. A spokesman said there was no narrowing of differences, and it is impossible to predict when the U.S.-sponsored peace talks -- which broke down more than two months ago -- could resume.
White House officials say Clinton will brief Mubarak on the Geneva talks, and solicit his views on how to move forward. The Egyptian president told reporters Monday he was disappointed about the Geneva meeting, but hopeful that envoy Dennis Ross, who is now in the region, can make some progress.
Mubarak says he thinks Assad would be prepared -- as part of a deal restoring Syrian control over the Golan Heights -- to offer the same kind of normal relations with Israel that Egypt has: "Open borders, diplomatic relations, security measures and all these things -- exchanging ambassadors. When I tackled this problem with President Assad, he didn't say no."
The main problems in the negotiations include the precise delineation of a Syrian-Israeli border, security guarantees, and timetables for both an Israeli withdrawal from the Golan and the normalization steps.
Ross, Barak Discuss Syrian Peace
By Meredith Buel (VOA-Jerusalem)
Middle East envoy Dennis Ross says the United States will continue efforts to restart peace talks between Israel and Syria even though a meeting between President Clinton and Syrian President Hafez al-Assad failed to revive negotiations. Ross made the remarks after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
Ross met with Barak to brief him on Sunday's meeting between President Clinton and Syrian President Hafez al-Assad in Geneva. Ross said the United States will continue efforts to bring Israel and Syria back to the bargaining table, despite differences that have stalled peace talks between the two nations.
Barak says Syria is "apparently not ready for the types of decisions necessary to reach a peace agreement" although he says Israel has not "closed the door" on more talks with the Damascus government.
Syria is demanding that Israel return all of the Golan Heights as part of any peace treaty. Israel captured the strategic plateau during the 1967 Middle East war and wants to focus negotiations on security and water rights before agreeing to new borders.
American Israelite Snookered
Israel Faxx Staff Report
Last week, the American Israelite and 79 other American Jewish newspapers ran, what appeared to be a fairly innocuous ad for a television film entitled "The Rabbi."
The advertisement called the film "The unforgettable story of an Israeli rabbi and his struggles in modern society." But the one-hour film is about a "messianic Jew" who convinces his orthodox family that he did not abandon Judaism when he took Yeshua -- the term messianic Jews use for Jesus -- into his heart.
The movie shows the kippah-wearing "messianic Jewish son, Yochanan, enjoying a Pesach seder with his family. He tells his family: "I couldn't blindly accept the rabbis' interpretation. The moment Yeshua came into my heart, I stopped hating."
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