THE ISRAEL REPORT September/October

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• SAFE PASSAGES FOR PALESTINIANS - SECURITY FOR ISRAEL- BACKGROUND
  Under "safe passages", Palestinians, including those barred from entering Israel, are able to pass between Gaza and the West Bank on designated routes inside Israel.
  
  
• Bin Laden has several Nuclear Suitcases
  Master terrorist Ossame Bin Laden has acquired portable nuclear devices, a U.S.-based expert on non-conventional terror believes.
  
  
• Jordan's Lower House Speaker Abdul Hadi Majali Praises Hamas
  "Lower House Speaker Abdul Hadi Majali told the Jordan Times that he met with three Hamas members in Gaza, where he stressed that Jordan still holds the movement in high regard."
  
  
• Towards a National Consensus - Official Fatah Editorial
  There is consensus among Palestinians throughout the world on the fact that the creation of an internationally recognized Palestinian state is long over-due.
  
  
• Unsafe Passage
  The new passage will be safe for Palestinians but highly dangerous for Israelis.
  
  
• ISRAEL'S WATER BASICS
  While the arguments go back and forth whether or not Israel's security is threatened by unilateral territorial withdrawal from the administered territories and the Golan Heights, one issue has been studiously glossed over by advocates for territorial concessions: water.
  
  
• The Peres Pill   (Humour)
  
  
• WHOSE LAND - "Facts" Versus "Myths" in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
  
  
• Micheal Eisner (Disney chairman and CEO) Sides with Arabs on Jerusalem
  If Micheal Eisner, a Jew, gives in to Arab blackmail. He's a fool. If he's going to show an exibit of Jerusalem. He should explain the facts. Jerusalem was never in history an Arab capital.
  
  
• Final-Status Talks Launched
  With a hearty handshake followed by ceremonial speeches, Foreign Minister David Levy and Palestinian negotiator Mahmoud Abbas formally launched talks last night at the Erez junction for a final peace settlement between Israel and the Palestinians.
  
  
• Dagestan Jews fleeing hostilities in Jerusalem
  Fleeing widening hostilities between Russian troops and Chechen invaders, which in some places have reached communities where Jews live, some 80 Jews from Dagestan arrived here yesterday on a special Jewish Agency flight.
  
  
• ANOTHER TACK: Crazier than Ben-Gurion
  Back in the days of the great 1948 debate on whether independence should be declared, my dad branded my mom "crazier than Ben-Gurion," not only because she justified B-G's resolute risk, but because she dared express confidence that we could not be defeated.
  
  
• AN OPEN LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER EHUD BARAK
  In the light of the recent singing of Wye2 in Sharm el Sheik I feel it necessary to write this letter to you and all the people of Israel.
  
  
• Roni Shaked: Military Intelligence Warns About CIA Training of PA
  According to a senior member of the Israeli defense establishment, the American-Palestinian connection hurts Israel - and in a big way.
  
  
• Battling Cancer and Fighting for Freedom - The Latest Jonathan Pollard Update
  It began with a slight discomfort, that gave way to pain, that began to get worse and worse. Then came the check-ups, x-rays, and biopsies. The result: in February, this year, Esther Pollard received the news that she had been stricken with cancer.
  
  
• It Matters What Kind of Islam Prevails
  Islam is said to have 6 million adherents in the United States and to be the fastest-growing religion in this country; in 1960, there were an estimated 100,000 Muslims living here. In important ways, this is a unique community, unlike any that came before, and it faces choices that are likely to have a major impact both on the United States and on Muslims around the world.

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