The government rejected an IDF request to increase military reserves duty for the year 2001 by almost 100%, to 40 days a year...
The public commission of inquiry investigating the Arab rioting of last fall - in which 13 Israeli-Arabs were killed - began hearing testimony today. Arabs from the village of Jat said that the rioters there were chiefly children, and that the police opened fire from afar and killed an adult. A Border Guard policeman testified that there were burning tires all over, as well as a burnt car, totally blocking the intersection. The session was delayed for a while when families of the dead caused a disturbance...
The Jewish Agency settlement department has approved plans for the construction of 1,000 new homes near Bat Ayin in Gush Etzion. The plans must now be approved by the Defense Ministry and the government. Peace Now objected strongly to the decision...\"
The public commission of inquiry investigating the Arab rioting of last fall - in which 13 Israeli-Arabs were killed - began hearing testimony today. Arabs from the village of Jat said that the rioters there were chiefly children, and that the police opened fire from afar and killed an adult. A Border Guard policeman testified that there were burning tires all over, as well as a burnt car, totally blocking the intersection. The session was delayed for a while when families of the dead caused a disturbance...
The Jewish Agency settlement department has approved plans for the construction of 1,000 new homes near Bat Ayin in Gush Etzion. The plans must now be approved by the Defense Ministry and the government. Peace Now objected strongly to the decision...\"