Minister of Public Security Uzi Landau says that the documents and databases recovered from the Orient house are being meticulously examined. Some of the information has already been transferred to the General Security Service (GSS). Landau says that he has been working to close down the center of PLO activity in jeusalem since taking office 5 months ago, and he sees it as a \"historical privilege\" to be the government minister who carried out the order, thereby \"restoring Israeli sovereignty\" to all parts of Jeusalem. Investigators uncovered weapons and a vast array of documents and computer files of important intelligence information, including maps and photographs of Israeli police and other Israeli security forces in operation, and documentation pertaining to the vast ongoing illegal construction in the Arab sector of the capital. Also confiscated were files on every Jewish community in Judea, Samaria and Gaza. Many security sources have warned in the past that such activity would one day prove vital for PA forces in a military offensive against Yesha communities. Police sources say that the material will keep many people busy for a long time.
The left-wing Gush Shalom group says that the closing of the PLO Orient House was a blow to its activities. A statement released by the group reads in part: \"What was hardly mentioned in the media was the special role this place has for the Israeli peace camp. In no other Palestinian venue were peace-seeking Israelis such frequent visitors, always made to feel at home and engage in fruitful discussion and dialogue.\"
The left-wing Gush Shalom group says that the closing of the PLO Orient House was a blow to its activities. A statement released by the group reads in part: \"What was hardly mentioned in the media was the special role this place has for the Israeli peace camp. In no other Palestinian venue were peace-seeking Israelis such frequent visitors, always made to feel at home and engage in fruitful discussion and dialogue.\"