Over 130 Israelis in the United States have still not made contact with their relatives in Israel, although Foreign Ministry officials feel that most of them were not harmed in last week\'s terrorist attacks there. In addition to the two Israeli passengers - Alona Avraham and Daniel Levin - who were on the hijacked American planes last week, the body of Haggai Shefi was identified; he had been in a World Trade Center tower during the attack, and was buried in New Jersey. The body of Shai Levinhar, who was also known to be there at the time of the attack, has not yet been identified.
As U.S. President Bush continues his efforts to form an international anti-terrorism coalition, Prime Minister Sharon was asked by a Jerusalem Post interviewer if we was concerned that the U.S. might push Israel to the side. Sharon answered,
\"I have made it clear to the administration, as well as to a list of countries in Europe, that while stability in the Middle East is important to them and is very important to Israel, we will not pay the price for that stability. We will simply not pay it. If you ask me whether Israel will make concessions so that one Arab country or another will take part in the coalition, the answer is an emphatic no... We are willing to help, even without being asked. There is already a network of very close contacts. If we are asked to be open partners of the coalition, I will certainly bring that to the cabinet, and it will be approved. If the relationship will continue as it is now, with strategic and intelligence cooperation - informal - I have no problem with that. There is no matter of honor here.\"
As U.S. President Bush continues his efforts to form an international anti-terrorism coalition, Prime Minister Sharon was asked by a Jerusalem Post interviewer if we was concerned that the U.S. might push Israel to the side. Sharon answered,
\"I have made it clear to the administration, as well as to a list of countries in Europe, that while stability in the Middle East is important to them and is very important to Israel, we will not pay the price for that stability. We will simply not pay it. If you ask me whether Israel will make concessions so that one Arab country or another will take part in the coalition, the answer is an emphatic no... We are willing to help, even without being asked. There is already a network of very close contacts. If we are asked to be open partners of the coalition, I will certainly bring that to the cabinet, and it will be approved. If the relationship will continue as it is now, with strategic and intelligence cooperation - informal - I have no problem with that. There is no matter of honor here.\"