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>JN July 13, 2001, Vol. 9, No 118
Jerusalem Passport Office Closed for a Wedding
By IsraelNationalNews.com
Many who endured sweltering heat were less than pleased arriving at the Jerusalem Ministry of the Interior branch to find the doors locked.
The employees decided to close early so as to attend the wedding of a co-worker. The angered citizens would not leave the area and tempers got out of hand.
Later, a senior branch official promised angered citizens that when they next return to take care of their business, they would be permitted to move to the head of the line.
Israelis Shell Nablus after Settlers Wounded
By Meredith Buel (VOA Jerusalem)
Israeli tanks killed a Palestinian police officer and wounded several other Palestinians Thursday during shelling of two security posts in the West Bank city of Nablus.
The bloodshed began when two Jewish settlers and their child were hurt in a drive-by shooting attack near the settlement of Har Bracha, close to Nablus. Police say the father was shot in the head and seriously wounded. A short while later an Israeli motorist was critically wounded in an ambush near the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba, close to the Palestinian town of Hebron.
Israeli forces entered a Palestinian-ruled area and seized a hill overlooking the road where the settlers were attacked. Troops occupied several houses in a Palestinian village and demolished several other buildings. By nightfall, the Israeli soldiers left the hill and the houses.
The Palestinian Authority denounced the shelling as a dangerous escalation and violation of agreements.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, on a visit to Italy, said Palestinians were not doing enough to stop the violence. The Israeli army said it was committed to a ceasefire agreement but would not allow the continuation of attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers.
Arafat: "Kill as Many 'Settlers' as You Can"
By Ben Caspit (Courtesy of Ma'ariv)
(Translated by Dr. Aaron Lerner)
Yasir Arafat instructed his men to "kill a settler every day" and asked them to "shoot at settlers everywhere."
According to a report put on the tables of the decision makers in Jerusalem, Arafat recently instructed his people to increase the attacks on the settlers.
"Woe to you if you let them reach their homes safely or travel safely on the roads," said Arafat. Along with this, Arafat instructed them not to open fire from Area A that is under his exclusive control and not to initiate attacks within the territory of Israel [IMRA: within the Green Line].
"I want you to kill as many settlers as possible." He said.
According to the same information, that is considered of the highest reliability, Arafat instructed Mohammed Dahlan not to dare to detain members of the rejection movements or attackers.
Senior security sources report that Dahlan recently asked to detain Abdallah Shami, who is on Israel's wanted list, but his men were caught in a fight with the local population in the area where Shami lives.
When Arafat learned of Dahlan's attempt, the chairman rebuked him and instructed him and the others heads of security organizations not to arrest anyone. Arafat said at a meeting he held with the heads of Fatah and members of the security apparatus:
"Do not pay attention to what I say to the media, the television or public appearances. Pay attention only to the written instructions that you receive from me."
Peres: Arafat Should Begin Talking Peace
By Art Chimes (VOA-Jerusalem)
Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres has said that Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat could win back public opinion in Israel if he would begin talking peace. The comments by Peres came in an interview published Thursday.
"When it comes to Israel," Peres said of Arafat, "he can win with words rather than with bombs." The foreign minister told the Jerusalem Post that winning the trust of the Israeli people is within reach for Arafat. Citing the ups and downs of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's popularity, Peres said Israeli public opinion can be changed impressively in a short time.
Long before he became a partner in the peace process, the Palestinian chief was regarded by Israel's government and most of its people as a terrorist. That changed, particularly during the early 1990s, with Arafat's famous handshake with then-Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on the White House lawn. But since the intifada, the Palestinian uprising that began last year, Arafat's standing has plunged in Israel. Many people here think he has the ability to stop the violence, but has chosen not to do so.
Fueling the distrust is a press report this week that contends Arafat has ordered the killing of one Jewish settler each day. Peres told the Post he was unaware of any such directive, and considered the report "bizarre."
Peres, a member of the Labor Party, is the most leftist member of the right-leaning Sharon government. He said there should not be any effort to de-legitimize Arafat. He said the dispute between Israel and the Palestinians was not a "duel between two leaders," but a confrontation between two peoples. He says Arafat represented the hopes and disappointments of the Palestinian people.
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