| 01/01 15:30 |
| MK Gal-On questioned over alleged financial
irregularities |
| Police have been questioning MK Zehava
Gal-On (Meretz) after a complaint was filed against her by Ofer Bronstein,
her predecessor as Director General of the International Center for
Peace. The complaint maintained that once Gal-On took over, financial
irregularities began to appear. Gal-On had previously filed a similar
complaint against Bronstein. |
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| 01/01 15:15 |
| Sappers "pop" Arafat balloons feared
to be booby-trapped |
| Balloons in the colors of the Palestinian
flag with photographs of PA Chairman Yasser Arafat floated into Israeli
territory from over the Lebanese border this afternoon. Residents
of Kibbutz Amir feared the balloons were booby-trapped and alerted
the police bomb squad. |
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| 01/01 14:20 |
| IDF soldiers come under Palestinian fire |
| IDF troops north of Nablus came under
Palestinian fire this afternoon. No one was injured in the incident. |
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| 01/01 13:30 |
| Five Palestinians arrested overnight in Kalandia |
| Police and security forces arrested overnight
five Palestinians, suspected of involvement in terrorist activities,
in the Kalandia refugee camp north of Jerusalem. |
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| 01/01 12:38 |
| PA begins repairing airport runway |
| The PA has begun repairing the runways
of the Dahaniya airport in the southern Gaza Strip, which were damaged
by Israel at the beginning of the month. An agreement allowing the
repairs was reached with Israeli security officials last week. The
PA is expecting Israel to allow the reopening of the airport. |
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| 01/01 11:45 |
| Zinni to return to Middle East this week |
| Middle East special envoy General Anthony
Zinni is due to return to the region on Thursday for a second attempt
at brokering peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. Palestinian
officials confirm the report, but PM Ariel Sharon's spokesman Ra'anan
Gissin said that he has not been informed that Zinni was returning
to the region. |
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| 01/01 11:25 |
| Peres: Stop attacks on Arafat's image |
| Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres
has criticized Israel's official policy of labeling Palestinian Authority
Chairman Yasser Arafat as supporting terror, calling it counterproductive.
He requested that Israel stop its international attacks on Arafat's
image. |
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| 01/01 09:37 |
| Budget for 2002 - maybe only in March |
| The government's budget for the year 2002
may only be agreed upon in March, according to Communications Minister
Reuven Rivlin. If by the end of March the budget isn't approved by
the Knesset, new elections would be held. PM Ariel Sharon does not
have enough support to pass the proposed budget in the Knesset at
this time due to its suggested cuts of over six billion shekels. |
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| 01/01 09:30 |
| IDF arrests Force 17 man in Gaza |
| Force 17 member Riad Masoud Sa'adi Iyyad
was arrested by Israeli undercover troops near the Netzarim junction
this morning. According to Israeli security sources, Iyyad was responsible
for shooting and mortar attacks on Israeli targets. |
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| 01/01 08:51 |
| IDF comes under fire near Egyptian border |
| IDF soldiers stationed in southern Gaza
on the Egyptian border came under terrorist fire overnight. No one
was reported injured in the attack. |
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| 01/01 08:30 |
| Sharon opposes Katsav visit to Ramallah |
| Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has objected
to the proposal that President Moshe Katsav address the Palestinian
Legislative Council in Ramallah. It was proposed that Katsav call
for a one year cease-fire to allow negotiations to take place, however
the idea was reportedly called "foolish and stupid" by Sharon's
aides. |
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| 01/01 08:00 |
| IDF arrests Hamas man in overnight raid |
| Three Palestinian men, one of them a Hamas
member, were arrested by special IDF forces in an overnight raid in
Kabatiya, south of Jenin. The men are suspected of participating in
terrorist activities and are currently being questioned by the Shin
Bet. |
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