Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: We must ensure attacks on Arabs do not happen again

 
 
By Jack Khoury, Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Service 
 
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Sunday called on the security
establishment to make every effort to complete the investigation of
Thursday's Shfaram shooting in which four Israeli Arabs were killed
and 12 wounded. 
Speaking at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem Sharon said "we
must make every effort to hold together relations between Jews and
Arabs, and this is what I intend to do." 
"There is danger that [such attacks] may happen again," the prime
minister cautioned. "I turn to all of you, police, the Shin Bet
security service, the security establishment, to speed up the
investigation and take all necessary measures to ensure these
incidents will not happen again," he said. 
 
Sharon requested that an effort be made to complete the investigation
by Friday.
"We will live with the Arab population here forever and we must ensure
these things don't recur," Sharon concluded.
Interior Minister Ophir Pines-Paz proposed the that a governmental
panel of inquiry be established. Sharon did not reject the proposal
but said that a final decision on the matter will be made only after
security services complete their investigation at the end of the week.
The Knesset will also convene for a special holiday session Wednesday
to discuss the attack. Knesset Chairman Reuven Rivlin intends to pay a
condolence visit to the bereaved families.
Livni: Administrative detention should have been used earlier
Earlier Sunday Justice Minister Tzipi Livni told Israel Radio warrants
for the administrative detentions of right-wing extremists should have
been issued based on intelligence information, and not only after an
attack such as the Shfaram shooting. 
Livni's remarks followed Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz's statement
Saturday the defense establishment would consider this measure against
Jewish extremists in wake of the Shfaram terror attack. 
According to the Justice Minister, "the Shin Bet security service
should use administrative arrests when intelligence information [on
dangerous extremists] cannot be exposed in court." Livni said Attorney
General Menachem Mazuz also supports the use of this measure and would
approve requests by the Defense Minister to issue warrants against
Jewish extremists. 
"This option [of administrative arrests] should have been used
earlier," Livni said. 
On Saturday Mofaz said he would consider detention without trial for
any individual whom security services recommended should be put behind
bars. "We will take action to arrest everyone the Shin Bet
recommends," he said during an interview on Channel Two's "Meet the
Press."
Mofaz said he could not put an exact figure on the number of people
who could be locked up. Administrative detention is a measure commonly
used against Palestinians but very rarely used against Israeli Jews.
He criticized right-wing leaders who incite violence, and linked
Thursday's shooting attack in Shfaram, in which a Jewish Israel
Defense Forces deserter opened fire on a bus, killing four Israeli
Arabs, and the infiltration of activists to the Gush Katif settlement
bloc in Gaza.
"Israel is facing one of its most difficult moments, an historic
moment but to my mind this is a real test for the rule of law, and
goes even beyond the success of the disengagement plan," Mofaz said. 
Earlier Saturday, Interior Minister Ophir Pines-Paz said that he will
propose establishing a governmental panel, headed by a judge, to
investigate the circumstances of the Shfaram shooting attack and
prevent future incidents.
Pines-Paz met with Shfaram Mayor Orsan Yasin before paying condolence
visits to the victims' families.
Vice Premier Shimon Peres also visited the bereaved families on
Saturday, as did MK Zehava Gal-On (Meretz-Yahad), Meretz-Yahad
chairman Yossi Beilin, MK Benjamin Ben-Eliezer (Labor) and MK Amir
Peretz (Labor).
"I am amazed by the responsible and restrained manner that the Arab
public displayed after the attack," Olmert said on his visit to
Shfaram on Saturday.
The Jewish Agency will provide assistance to victims of Jewish terror
The Jewish Agency will provide financial assistance to those hurt
Thursday?s Shfaram attack that killed four people and wounded 12. The
money will come from the Agency?s terror victims fund, marking the
first time the fund will aid victims of Jewish terror.
The fund?s management will send a delegation, led by Boaz Herman,
Sunday to visit those still hospitalized at the Rambam Medical Center
in Haifa. Herman will also meet with rehabilitation and social workers
to discuss the funds that will be passed to the victims.
The terror victims fund has given approximately NIS 80,000 to more
than 3,000 families since the beginning of 2002. The money comes from
donations from Jewish communities all over the world as part of an
emergency campaign started by the Union of Jewish Communities of North
America and Keren Hayesod. 
 

 America and Keren Hayesod. 
O Haaretz deve aver sbagliato le cifre, oppure c'è qualcosa di poco
chiaro. Infatti 80000 shekel a 3000 famiglie farebbero, tradotti nel
nostro conio, in media nemmeno 5 euro a famiglia. Per quella cifra, non
vedo che cosa Boaz Herman abbia da consultarsi. I soldi glieli mandi per
vaglia, perchè se li porta lui se li mangia tutti in benzina.
-- 
Luca Logi - Firenze - Italy        e-mail: 
ll...@dada.it

nostro conio, in media nemmeno 5 euro a famiglia.
Abbiamo sentito l'ennesima ca***ta del Logi che svaluta lo shekel da
5,60 a 16000.  Non male!
Invece 80000 shekel sono circa 14285 euro.  E moltiplicati per 3000
famiglie, anche se divisi per 3 anni, fanno un bel po' di soldi
all'anno.
-Stefano