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>JN June 12, 2001, Vol. 9, No. 97
Baby Dies After Palestinian Stoning Attack
By IsraelNationalNews.com
Five-month-old Yehuda Chaim Shoham, who was hit by an Arab-thrown rock last week, died of his wounds Monday in Jerusalem. His funeral left last night from the plaza outside the Prime Minister's Bureau in Jerusalem to the cemetery in Shilo. The parents, married for three years, have no other children.
Sharon Urges Angry Mourners to Give Ceasefire a Chance
By VOA News
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has urged hundreds of angry mourners in Jerusalem to choke back their tears and give a fragile ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians a chance to work.
Sharon made the statement Monday at a funeral for the five-month-old son of Jewish settlers who was struck in a rock throwing incident in the West Bank last week. The baby was one of two people who died Monday from head wounds received last week. A Palestinian man died in a Ramallah hospital after being shot in a clash with Israeli soldiers.
Elsewhere, the radical Palestinian group Islamic Jihad has vowed to avenge what it says was an assassination attempt on one of its members. One man is in critical condition and another has lesser injuries following a car bomb explosion today in a West Bank refugee camp. The Israeli army denied any knowledge of the incident.
Annan Heads to Mideast
By VOA News
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan is heading to the Middle East in an effort to end eight months of violence between Israel and the Palestinians.
U.N. deputy spokesman Manoel de Almeida e Silva said Monday that Annan will discuss the volatile Mideast situation with regional leaders during the week-long tour. He said Annan will hold talks in Cairo Tuesday with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher El-Sayed and Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa.
The U.N. chief will visit Syria Wednesday, Jordan on Thursday, Lebanon on Friday, Israel on the Sabbath and the Palestinian territories on Sunday.
Meanwhile, CIA Director George Tenet met late Monday in Jerusalem with Palestinian and Israeli security officials in an effort to shore up a fragile ceasefire. No breakthroughs were reported. Both sides say they essentially support the U.S. plan to end the violence, but have traded accusations of bad faith efforts aimed at derailing a permanent peace.
Lawmaker's Comments Enflame Israel's Knesset
By VOA News
Controversy has erupted in Israel over comments made by an Arab-Israeli member of parliament who has called for increased resistance against the Jewish state.
Azmi Bishara made his call during a memorial ceremony in Syria marking the first anniversary of the death of President Hafez al-Assad.
Bishara, the leader of the Knesset's Balad faction, appeared at the memorial service alongside Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Lebanon's militant anti-Israel Hizbullah.
In Israel, Bishara's comments outraged lawmakers who want police to detain him when he returns from Syria. But Israeli Justice Minister Meir Shitrit said Bishara should not be prosecuted for his remarks.
Permits Required for Palestinians Entering Jordan
By VOA News
Jordanian officials said Palestinians from the West Bank must obtain special permits to enter the kingdom across the King Hussein Bridge.
Jordan's Petra news agency quoted Interior Minister Awad Khleifat as saying most Palestinians who hold "green cards," temporary Jordanian passports, are not allowed into Jordan without prior permission.
Khlelfat said the measure was agreed on with the Palestinian Authority to prevent an exodus of Palestinian citizens from their land. He also said the move supported the Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation.
The interior minister said Palestinians who are sick, arriving from abroad, or who receive education in Jordan will be exempt from the regulatory measure.
The Palestinian ambassador to Jordan, Omar al-Khatib, said the entry limits are aimed at "foiling the settlement policies of Prime Minister Aerial Sharon."
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