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AUGUST 2005 NEWS:
Cancellation of Turkey Travel Warning. (Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser). The National Security Council Counter-Terrorism HQ issued the following statement: "In light of the lifting of the concrete terrorism threats on the Turkish southern coast between Alanya and Kemer, the Counter-Terrorism HQ is canceling its recommendation to avoid visiting or being present in the area. The recommendation to avoid being present near Turkey's borders with Iran and Iraq is still in force, as is the advisory to be alert and maintain the recommended rules of behavior throughout Turkey."
PRIME MINISTER SHARON SENDS CONDOLENCES, OFFERS AID
. (Communicated by David Prince, Director of National Radio, Consulate General of Israel in New York). Prime Minister of Israel, Ariel Sharon, sent a letter to President George W. Bush on September 1st, 2005, expressing his “sincerest condolences” on behalf of the Israeli government and people of Israel, on the tragedy that has befallen the United States in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Prime Minister Sharon also offered help in the aid effort by volunteering medical teams and offering “field hospitals, medical kits and equipment for temporary housing, re-enforcement for hospitals, and any other assistance that may be required.” Prime Minister Sharon stated that the people of Israel stand firmly by the side of the United States in a show of solidarity and friendship during these difficult times.
U.S. CHANGES POLICY IN PLEDGE ON 1949 LINES. WASHINGTON, DC- The Bush administration appears to have revised U.S. policy on the Arab-Israeli conflict. A report by the Washington Institute said the administration's adoption of the 1949 armistice lines as the recommended borders of Israel could mark a major change in U.S. policy. The report said President George Bush appears to have abandoned U.S. support of United Nations Security Council resolution 242, which called for secure borders for Israel. "Bush specifically committed the United States to a certain final-status position: the 1949 armistice lines are the starting point, from which any change must be mutually agreed," the report, authored by executive director Robert Satloff, said. "This is a huge advance for the Palestinians." Entitled "Deciphering the Bush-Abbas Press Conference," the report analyzed Bush's statements in wake of his meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in April 2005 and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas during the following month. Satloff said Bush delivered a message to Abbas that could harm the U.S. commitment to Palestinian democracy and a two-state solution.
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Regev Clarifies FM Shalom's Remarks. (Internet format)
By Dr. Aaron Lerner.
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mark Regev explained to IMRA this afternoon
that when Foreign Minister Shalom says that the disengagement can be a model
for the future that what he means is that the Palestinians have the
opportunity to fulfill their Roadmap obligations (disarm the terrorists,
etc.) in Gaza and that this would set the model. By the same token, Regev
explained, when FM Shalom told EU High Representative Solanathat "Israel is
committed to the Roadmap and we must seize the present opportunity to return
to negotiations for peace" that he didn't mean that there should be a jump
to negotiations without first requiring Palestinian compliance but instead
that Shalom hopes the Palestinians seize the opportunity to fulfill their
Roadmap obligations so that it will be possible to renew peace negotiations.
With regard to the existence of any treaty or other formal Egyptian
obligation that would prevent Egypt from unilaterally opening and operating
a passageway from Sinai to Gaza without Israel's consent, Regev said that he
was not aware of any formal obligation but that Egypt was involved in
negotiations with Israel regarding the Rafah passage. While it was the case
that until a month ago it was expected that Israel would not leave the
Philadelphi Corridor until the efficacy of the Egyptian force was
established [Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told a special joint session
of the Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee and the Foreign
Affairs and Defense Committee on 5 July that Israel would review how
effectively the Egyptians and Palestinians halt the smuggling of weapons
from Egypt to the Gaza Strip through the end of this year before deciding on
withdrawing from the Philadelphi Corridor] it is now expected that Israel
will withdraw within a considerably shorter time frame. Regev explained that
the guiding philosophy behind the various Israeli moves is that the Gaza
Strip is a "test" and that if it should "fail" that this would be reflected
in Israeli policy with regards to future moves in the West Bank.
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Vice Prime Minister Shimon
Peres Statement after meeting with EU High Representative for the Common
Foreign and Security Policy and Secretary-General of the Council of the EU,
Javier Solana. (Internet
format)
By Jill Marie Reinach, Foreign Media Advisor to Vice
Prime Minister Shimon Peres.
"Mr. Solana's visit is timely as it is taking place in between two chapters.
In Chapter one, the disengagement from Gaza is almost over. We have to think
about the next chapter, which means the continuation of the peace process.
"On Gaza we still have work to be completed - namely the passages of goods
and people, from the South to Egypt, from the East to the West Bank and
Jordan, from the North, to Israel. "I think that Mr. Solana and not only
ourselves would like to reach an understanding with all parties about the
nature and the future of the passages. There are still contradictions and
problems. [We would like to] try to complete an agreement of all of the
parties before the last soldier leaves Gaza in one month. "Thus, time is
short. The withdrawal has been a success from an Israeli point of view, also
from the Palestinian point of view. We would like to complete it as nicely
as possible, that is pragmatically. "The next chapter is political and
economic. Europe, the Donor Countries have provided [millions of dollars]
each year to the Palestinians to help start elections, to help them start to
build a state. The G8 is thinking in larger terms. The economy has an impact
on political developments. The political situation helps determine how well
the economic opportunity will be used. "These issues we discussed will be
the center of gravity in the weeks to come. "We have to look at the year
ahead with political and economic eyes. There is also the other factor of
elections which have and added impact on the situation. "In 2006, there will
be Palestinian elections, in which we do not know who will win. Regarding
the Palestinian elections, we cannot accept that among the parties that
compete there will be participants with bombs and rifles. Weapons are a
matter for an army. Peaceful citizens should fight for ideas. "There is a
rich agenda for the weeks and months to come." (MRA: Though VPM Peres
apparently referred to Hamas, it should be noted that the party with
the largest illegal armed militia is the ruling Fatah party).
Settlers possessions being looted in
Gaza. By Dr. Aaron Lerner. Ami
Shaked, former security coordinator for Gaza's Gush Katif Jewish
communities, complained in a live interview broadcast on Israel Radio this
morning that there is no effective security today in the evacuated
communities to prevent homes from being looted before their contents are
removed from the area. Shaked explained that the area is flooded with
moving trucks and packing teams and other groups and that teams of thieves
have mixed into this massive unchecked flow. The program host took the
position that the evacuated residents who declined to remove all their
belongings before the evacuation date have themselves to blame if their
possessions are stolen. It should be noted that according to the plan
presented prior to the operation, evacuated homes were to be guarded and/or
sealed against theft.
Hamas training recruits for new women's military wing at secret site in Gaza. Tel Aviv. Israeli intelligence revealed that Hamas has established a military wing for women insurgents. Hamas said dozens of women have been recruited for insurgency attacks. The recruitment was conducted in the Gaza Strip and would soon move to the West Bank...In Internet format
PM Sharon's Office: Nothing preventing Egypt from independently opening passageway with Gaza after IDF pullout.
By Dr. Aaron Lerner. IMRA asked Raanan Gissin, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Foreign Media Advisor, this morning if there is any understanding between Israel and Egypt that would prevent Egypt from opening a passageway between Egypt and Gaza without Israel's consent or approval once Israel pulls out from the Philadelphi Corridor. Gissin replied that while Egypt has committed not to transfer weapons to the Palestinians that once Israel leaves the Philadelphi Corridor they can do there as they see fit - in terms of operating passageways - subject to that restriction.Advertisement
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MOFA: Israeli Withdrawal will not Change Legal Status of
Evacuated Lands.
GAZA- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) affirmed on Monday that
the Israeli proposed withdrawal from Gaza Strip (GS) and West
Bank (WB) will not change the legal status of the evacuated
lands...In
Internet format
Poll of Likud members: Netanyahu
46.9% vs Sharon 30.5%: Landau 45% vs. Sharon 37%.
By Dr. Aaron Lerner. Representative sample of 501 Likud members surveyed
22-23 August, 2005[days of evacuation]. Sample error: +/- 4.37
percentage points. Who would you vote for to head the Likud: 3-way
race: Sharon 30.6% Netanyahu 26.3% Landau 24.2% None 8.7%. [IMRA:
would go a second round]: 2-way: Sharon 30.5% Netanyahu 46.9%
Neither 13.6% Sharon 37% Landau 45% Neither 11.6%. How would you term
the behavior of the ministers who voted against disengagement yet remain
in the government? 66% Hypocrites. 20.6% Responsible - want to keep
government intact 12% Don't know.
FM Shalom meets with EU High Representative Solana. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom met today in Jerusalem with European Union High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and Secretary-General of the Council of the EU Javier Solana...In Internet format
Netherlands: No distinction between political and terrorist Hezbollah branches. Investigations have shown that Hezbollah's terrorist wing, the Hezbollah External Security Organisation, has been directly and indirectly involved in terrorist acts. It can also be concluded that Hezbollah's political and terrorist wings are controlled by one co-ordinating council. This means that there is indeed a link between these parts of the organisation. The Netherlands has changed its policy and no longer makes a distinction between the political and terrorist Hezbollah branches. The Netherlands informed the relevant EU bodies of its findings.
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Eitan Haberman, Legal Advisor to Likud Party: Sanctions possible for acting against party ideology. By Dr. Aaron Lerner. "If the prime minister acts per his authority and the Likud does not like it then they won't vote for him again. But there are no sanctions, because sanctions would be against the law of the State. The Central committee cannot dictate to the prime minister what to do and carry out sanctions against him because this would put the party above the law of the State that gives the prime minister the authority to act. "Eitan Haberman, Legal Advisor to Likud Party to IMRA (Hebrew) 26 December 2001. "The party cannot stop an elected official from acting according to what he sees as the best interests of the State, but it can bar them from running again as a candidate of the party if the official acted against the fundamental ideology of the party. "Eitan Haberman, Legal Advisor to Likud Party to IMRA (Hebrew) 25 August 2005 in response to Likud Minister Katz's proposal to "solve" the problem that PM Sharon ignored the will of the Likud in carrying out the retreat from the Gaza Strip by setting a rule in the Likud baring candidates who defy certain policies in the future. In Internet format
NIF Fellowship promotes the Agendas of ICAHD and ISM NGO. A number of examples have highlighted the inconsistency between the New Israel Fund's mission statement emphasizing social objectives, and some of its funding activities for NGOs and individuals with highly politicized and conflictual agendas. In April 2005, NIF responded to a detailed NGO Monitor analysis on its funding for Shamai Leibowitz (an advocate of sanctions against Israel) by publicly disassociating the organization from the activities of this grantee...In Internet format.
The
Vatican has rejected Israel's criticism that Pope Benedict XVI
failed to condemn Palestinian militant attacks against Israel in
his recent remarks.
The Israeli foreign ministry said the pontiff's speech would be
interpreted as "granting legitimacy to... terrorist attacks
against Jews".
A Vatican statement said it could
not condemn every Palestinian strike because Israel's own
response had sometimes violated international law. Israel had
complained that the Pope on Sunday left the country off a list
of those recently hit by terror attacks. The Pope deplored the
attacks in Egypt, Turkey, Iraq and Britain. Stern statement:
The latest statement from the Vatican said: "It's not always
possible to immediately follow every attack against Israel with
a public statement of condemnation." It said this was mainly
because "the attacks against Israel sometimes were followed by
immediate Israel reactions not always compatible with the rules
of international law". "It would thus be impossible to condemn
the first (Palestinian attacks) and let the second (Israeli
retaliation) pass in silence". The statement added that "the
Holy See cannot take lessons or instructions from any other
authority on the tone and content of its statements". Earlier
this week, it criticised the Pope for failing to mention a 12
July suicide bombing in Netanya that killed five Israelis. The
Israeli foreign ministry said the pontiff's speech would be
interpreted as "granting legitimacy to... terrorist attacks
against Jews".
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Israel's Defense Ministry: "Iran could
destroy the Jewish state with two atomic bombs." Deputy Defense Minister Zeev Boim: "Iranian missiles tipped with a nuclear
warhead could destroy Israel." By Mordecai
Ben Zvi, World Jewish News Agency Staff Writer.
TEL AVIV- Israel's Defense Ministry is seriously concerned about the
recent development of the new Iranian nuclear missiles which are capable
of hitting the heart of Israel. The World Jewish News Agency has learned that
IDF has concluded that Iran could destroy the Jewish state with two
atomic bombs. Some top Israeli officials said the ministry and the Israel
Defense Forces have reached this alarming determination and
unprecedented affirmative conclusion following a series of simulations
of a possible Iranian nuclear attack for damage assessment...
Russian expert: Israeli
withdrawal could provoke regional war.
Expert criticizes organization of Jewish
settlement withdrawal.
MOSCOW, August 19 (RIA Novosti), [Russian News and Information Agency] - The
withdrawal of Jewish settlements from the Gaza strip will only cause a new
round of confrontation, Moscow-based Middle East Institute President Yevgeny
Satanovsky told a press conference Friday. "The situation may only aggravate,
up to [the point of] a civil war, which Palestine can start from distribution
of property left by Israelis and the fight for money allocated by
international organizations for land restructuring," Satanovsky said...
Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon has moved to end a dispute with the Vatican.
Pope Benedict XVI
has accepted an offer to visit Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
has moved to end a dispute with the Vatican by writing a letter to
the Pope. Israel's envoy
to the Vatican said he hoped the letter - which described the Pope
as "a true friend of Israel" - would lead to better relations. The
row erupted when Israel complained that Pope Benedict XVI had left
Israel off a list of countries recently hit by terrorist attacks.
The Vatican then accused Israel of trying to "distort" the Pope's
words.
Ambassador Oded Ben Hur said he had handed over the
letter this week in an "amiable and intimate...
Israeli
policeman stabbed in Hebron.
A
Palestinian man has stabbed and wounded an Israeli policeman near
the tomb of Abraham in the West Bank town of Hebron.
The tomb is a site holy to both
Muslims and Jews. Israeli police arrested the Palestinian man, who
stabbed the policeman while being searched at a checkpoint. In
southern Israel, a mortar fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza
exploded near a village, causing no casualties or damage, the
Israeli army said.
Hebron flashpoint: Hebron is a serious
flashpoint for Israeli-Palestinian violence. Approximately 1,200
soldiers guard some 500 Jewish settlers living in an enclave in
the heart of Hebron, among a population of about 150,000
Palestinians. The attack comes a day after Israeli soldiers killed
five Palestinians in a raid on the West Bank city of Tulkarm. The
Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, described the killings as a
provocation. Israel says the men were militants. On Wednesday a
Palestinian stabbed two Jewish religious seminary students in East
Jerusalem, killing one of them...
Israelis
hunt for lost Gaza pets.
Israeli animal
activists are scouring empty settlements in the Gaza Strip to find
abandoned household pets. Dogs, cats, chickens, goats, geese,
parakeets, ducks, turtles and an iguana were among the pets
abandoned by settlers under the disengagement plan. Up to 200
animals are thought to remain inside Gaza but activists are
battling to save them before bulldozers move in. Israel's
agriculture ministry has offered to re-unite pets wearing an
identification tag with their owners...
Israeli woman who set
herself afire to protest Gaza withdrawal dies in hospital.
BEERSHEVA, Israel- An Israeli woman
died Friday from burns inflicted when she set herself on fire last week to
protest the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, hospital officials said.
She was the only Israeli who died during the evacuation of the 21 Gaza
settlements, which was marked by emotional but largely non-violent resistance.
Yelena Bosinova, 54, a resident of the Kedumim settlement in the West Bank,
was staging a protest Aug. 17 at a roadblock near the southern Israeli town of
Netivot when police suddenly noticed that she was on fire. They doused the
flames and rushed her to Saroka Medical Centre in Beersheva. Hospital
spokeswoman Irit Bibi said she died Friday. Bosinova's protest came on the
first day of the forced evacuation of the settlements. The eviction of the
Gaza settlers was completed on Monday, followed by the evacuation of four
northern West Bank settlements near Bosinova's home in Kedumim on Tuesday.
Bosinova, who lived in Kedumim for the last five years, was an activist in
causes related to Jewish settlement in the West Bank and Gaza...Read
the article in I
Israel
confirms big jump in population of West Bank.
JERUSALEM- An Israeli
government official said Friday the population in its West Bank
settlements has grown by almost 13,000 in the last year,
reinforcing Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's goal of strengthening
large settlement blocs while withdrawing from the Gaza Strip. The
latest figures drew new criticism from Palestinian officials, who
accused Israel of undermining prospects for peace....
Poll:
36%:46% Advance elections, 56%:39% religious-secular rift to widen;
Likud members: Sharon 36% Netanyahu 43% Landau 12%.
By Dr. Aaron Lerner. Telephone poll carried out by "Brain Base" ["Maagar
Mochot"] of a representative sample of 598 adult Israelis (including Israeli
Arabs) and 441 Likud members under the direction of Prof.Y.Katz 18-23 August
for Channel 2's Mishal Cham program. Statistical error: +/- 4.5 percentage
points. In the wake for the evacuation, are you for or against advancing the
elections? Total: For 36% Against 46% Other 18%. Will the rift between
religious and secular in Israeli society deepen as a result of the
evacuation? Total: Yes 56% No 39% Other 5%. Do you support to head the
government: Ariel Sharon, Binyamin Netanyahu or Uzi Landau? Total: Sharon
34% Netanyahu 20% Landau 3% Other answers 43%. Likud members: Sharon 36%
Netanyahu 43% Landau 12% Other answers 9%. [Dialogue - for Haaretz
Representative sample of 501 Likud members surveyed 22-23 August, 2005(as
compared to Brain Base that surveyed from 18-23 August) Sharon 30.6%
Netanyahu 26.3% Landau 24.2% None 8.7%].
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Poll:
54%:42% Evacuate [at least some] settlements; 41%:57% Advance elections;
62%:36% Failure in treatment of settlers.
By Dr. Aaron Lerner. Dahaf -501 Adult Israelis (including Israeli Arabs)
24 August 2005. Should communities in Judea and Samaria be evacuated? Yes 54%
No 42%. [IMRA: It should be noted that the wording was not "the settlements" -
just "settlements" so this includes those who want to evacuate a single
settlements and those who wish to completely withdraw to the Green Line.]
Should the elections be advanced? Yes 41% No 57%. Who of the following would
you like to be the next prime minister? Sharon 24% Peres 16% Netanyahu 16%
Landau 8%. If Sharon retires who would you prefer to lead the State -
Netanyahu or Peres? Peres 43% Netanyahu 35% Neither 22%. Was the use of
children by the settlers justified? Yes 20% No 77%. Who came out best in the
disengagement? DM Mofaz 8% Police Com. Karadi 13% Sharon 22% COS Halutz 25%.
Do you believe the claims that the settlers that there has been a failure in
how they are being treated? Yes 62% No 36%. Survey of Likud members (date not
indicated): 2-way race: Netanyahu 42% Sharon 35% Undecided 23%. If Likud
splits would vote for: National Union 4% Sharon's party 31% Netanyahu's party
35%. If there is a "big break up" how would you vote: National Union 4%
Sharon-Pers-Lipid party 16% Likud-Netanyahu 50%. Would you support additional
disengagements in a settlement can't be reached with the Palestinians?
Support-a lot 15% Support 16.5%. Oppose. 18.4% Oppose greatly 40.1%. Don't
know 9.4%. Refuse reply 0.7%...Read the article in
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Poll: 19% Feel negative towards settlers, 57% struggle against disengagement was correct. Midgam poll of Likud members - carried out on 25 August for Major Rishon (sample size unknown) Choice for head of Likud: If Sharon vs Netanyahu: Sharon 28.4% Netanyahu 42.6%. If 4-way - Landau 19.9% Feiglin 8.9% [results for Sharon & Netanyahu not shown]. Telephone poll carried out by "Brain Base" ["Maagar Mochot"] of a representative sample of 507 adult Israelis (including Israeli Arabs) under the direction of Prof.Y.Katz for Makor Rishon the week of 26 August 2005. Statistical error +/- 4.5 percentage points. How do you feel about the settlers? Negative 19% So-So 23% Positive 41% Other 13%. Has you attitude towards settlers changed as a result of the disengagement? No 57% Changed-good 9% Changed-bad 7% Other 27%. The struggle of the disengagement opponents was: Correct-got honor 39%. Correct-too weak 18%. Incorrect-but got honor 22% . Incorrect-too weak 21%...Read the article in Internet format
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