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>JN May 17, 2000, Vol. 8, No. 89
Spielberg to Produce Anne Frank Film
Israel Faxx Staff Report
Anne Frank will be the focus of a three-hour television movie to be produced by Steven Spielberg for ABC. "Anne Frank: The Whole Story," based on Melissa Muller's biography of the Jewish Holocaust victim, will air during the 2000-01 TV season. Frank's diary, published after her death at age 16 in a Nazi concentration camp, detailed her life in hiding with her family. The film will detail her childhood, the betrayal that led to the family's discovery and Frank's final days at the Bergen-Belsen camp, ABC said.
Efforts Under Way to Stem Palestinian Violence
By Meredith Buel (VOA-Jerusalem)
The U.S. envoy to the Middle East says Israel and the Palestinians are working hard to calm the volatile environment in the West Bank and Gaza Strip -- one day after at least three people were killed and hundreds injured in violent clashes between protesters and security forces.
Envoy Dennis Ross met with Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat in Ramallah, after the bloodiest violence in years shook the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
In several areas of the West Bank Tuesday Palestinian protesters threw stones at Israeli soldiers who responded by firing rubber-coated bullets and tear gas. But the level of violence was far lower than on Monday, when thousands of people were involved in the fighting.
Ross says a calm environment is important for the peace process. "There is serious business that is being done and it is essential that it continue. Clearly, calming the environment is something important for everybody, for both sides, and both sides are working hard to calm the environment. But they are also working to see if they can overcome their differences."
Ross arrived in the region from Sweden, where he was involved in private talks between Palestinian and Israeli negotiators. So far, the two sides have achieved little public progress in their efforts to reach agreement on a final peace treaty by September of this year.
On Monday, Prime Minister Ehud Barak won Knesset approval to
transfer three West Bank villages near Jerusalem from partial to
full Palestinian control. Barak says the hand-over, which he
describes as a goodwill gesture, will be delayed because of the
violence.
One of the villages, Abu Dis, has been informally proposed as the
possible capital of a future Palestinian state. The Palestinians
have rejected the proposal in the past, saying they want East
Jerusalem as their future capital.
Israel recaptured East Jerusalem and the West Bank from Jordan, and captured Gaza from Egypt during the 1967 Middle East war.
Many Israelis Without Telephone Service
By IsraelWire
More than 100,000 Israelis remained without telephone service Tuesday as Bezeq Telephone Company repair personnel continued a strike.
On Tuesday morning, a phone center in Ramat Yitzhak went down, interrupting additional telephone service, and all Tel Aviv phone costumers who numbers begin with 574 and 671 were without service. Twenty thousand users in the Yahud area were without service as were some 20,000 persons in the Haifa area.
All cellular telephone providers reported serious interruptions in service related to the strike. Significant disruptions in service were also reported for international telephone service and cable television to Holon, Ashdod and Rosh HaAyin.
Battle Rations to be Imported from U.S.
By IsraelWire
The IDF is making further changes in battle rations. Soon part of the standard battle rations familiar to all IDF combat soldiers will be replaced by American-produced rations. The IDF is examining the possibility of including American-made battle rations as part of the military aid agreements between Israel and the U.S. The American battle rations are the kosher rations produced especially for Jewish soldiers.
The current battle rations are based on foods to be eaten cold, and include portions for four soldiers. The new rations consist of full meals in individual portions, and include more satisfying selections, such as roast beef with rice and meatballs with pasta. According to the IDF criterion, the battle rations must have a shelf life of three years. The Israeli battle rations are based entirely on canned foods, while the American rations are packaged in aluminum packs, which are lighter in weight and longer lasting. The IDF will begin to import American canned rations also.
The new rations are not intended for daily use, only for emergency situations. "We aspire never to use the emergency rations," stated Lt. Col. Miriam Amiel, in charge of food provisions for the Maintenance Corps. She said that most of the current use of battle rations is superfluous, and occurs because it is a convenience for the officers. The new meals will include hot and fresh foods provided by IDF bases.
These meals will also include the field rations already familiar to every combat soldier: tuna, canned corn, canned meat, peanuts, jelly, chocolate, and canned fruit.
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