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>JN April 19, 2000, Vol. 8, No. 72
Israeli Shelling Kills Syrian Laborer
By Scott Bobb (VOA-Qana, South Lebanon)
In Lebanon, a Syrian construction worker has been killed and three people severely wounded by shelling near the southern Lebanese buffer zone occupied by Israel. The attack comes as Israeli jets fired on suspected terrorist bases in the region and local residents marked the anniversary of an Israeli raid four years, ago which killed more than 100 civilians near a United Nations monitoring post.
The laborer was killed at dawn Tuesday, when what appears to have been a tank shell exploded inside the bedroom in which he and three relatives were sleeping. The shell crashed through the outer wall of the simple, cement house and exploded, shattering the walls inside and scattering clothing and the residents' meager belongings everywhere.
A distraught neighbor, Yaman ad-Dor, picked up a pair of blood-soaked work pants and described in broken English how the shell struck while everyone was asleep.
"Morning time. Six o'clock. Today. One died. And one got dirty (bloody) all his body. All. One got his leg cut off. And this man (who) die, no speak. No speak. He have four daughters. Four babies.
The attack came from one of several nearby hills in the buffer zone occupied by Israel for the past 22 years. The house sits on the side of a hill about 100 meters from an observation post of the United Nations.
UN monitors are expected to take on a greater role in the region after Israel withdraws by July. Although the Lebanese military is due to take over responsibility for security, many Lebanese are worried that there will be more violence as various rival groups and their militias try to extend their influence.
Israel is withdrawing from south Lebanon because of casualties suffered in attacks by Hizbullah gunmen. However, it has warned of heavy retaliation for any attacks on Israeli territory.
Israel Sells its Chometz
By IsraelWire
Finance Minister Avraham Shohat has sold the nation's assets for a symbolic amount to Chief Rabbis Eliyahu Baksi Doron and Yisrael Meir Lau.
The chief rabbis in turn sold them to Abu Gosh resident Hussein Gaber for $150 million to rid the country of any chometz "unleavened bread or products" for the Passover holiday which begins tonight.
Gaber, a banquet manager at a Jerusalem hotel will return the goods following the weeklong holiday. "At least for a week, I will know what it feels like to be the wealthiest man in the country."
Saudi Transvestites will be Flogged
Israel Faxx Staff Report
Nine young Saudi men have each been sentenced to 2,600 lashes and between five and nine years in prison for deviant sexual behavior, a police officer told a wire service. A court in Qunfuda ordered the men are to be flogged 52 times in 50 sessions. Police started tailing the nine men after reports that they were acting strangely, the officer said.
Nation's Restrooms Fail the Test
By IsraelWire
According to Minister of Environmental Affairs Dalia Itzik, who completed an inspection of restrooms in gas stations around the country, the situation is deplorable. The minister stated that although the disgraceful condition of most of the restrooms and the surrounding areas may fall upon the shoulders of the Ministry of Health, she has decided to begin the war to clean up the nation. Itzik stated that Minister of Tourism Amnon Lipkin-Shahak shares her concerns, and also took part in what was a most unpleasant day.
According to Itzik, the ministries will work with one another, and a team of no less than 60 inspectors will work over the next two years to bring the nation's restrooms up to par, conforming to health and sanitary standards. Itzik pointed out the task will not be an overnight operation, but a constant program that will ensure compliance around the country. Those failing to comply with health regulations she explained would face stiff fines.
Call to Boycott Amazon.com
By IsraelWire
Following the revelation that the Internet bookstore Amazon.com is openly distributing the book "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion," the Israeli-based Internet newspaper www.tip.co.il is mounting an international boycott of Amazon.com.
The Protocols, developed by czarist authorities at the beginning of the 20th century, is a known forgery disseminating anti-Semitic propaganda. The Russian authorities used it as a pretext for mounting anti-Jewish pogroms and has served the cause of Jew-haters over the last 100 years.
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