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Friday, August 05, 2005
Some headlines and summaries from JTA
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Shooter’s friends arrested
The Israeli army arrested three friends of the Jewish terrorist who killed four Israeli Arabs in a shooting rampage Thursday in northern Israel.
The teenagers, arrested early Friday, are suspected of knowing that Eden Natan-Zara, 19, planned to attack Arabs, Ha’aretz reported. Natan-Zara and the three arrested youths lived in the West bank settlement of Tapuah. Tapuah is known as an extremist haven that includes many followers of the late Rabbi Meir Kahane, who advocated expelling Arabs from Israel and whose political party was outlawed.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called on Israel to disarm settlers in the wake of the attack.
Sharon: Attack was terrorism
Israel will formally recognize Thursday’s deadly shooting spree in northern Israel as a terrorist attack.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon asked the National Insurance Institute on Friday to designate the attack in the town of Shfaram — in which a young Jewish man opened fire in a public bus, killing four Muslim and Christian Arabs — as terrorism. The designation allows the insurance agency to grant the victims’ families monthly financial allotments for the rest of their lives.
Tens of thousands of mourners attended funerals Friday for the victims: Michel Bahus, 56; Nader Hayak, 55; Hazar Turki, 23, and her 21-year-old sister, Dina.
AIPAC hires lawyers to review practices
AIPAC hired former Justice Department officials to review its lobbying practices in the wake of an investigation into two former staffers’ role in leaking classified information.
The former Justice Department officials now work for Howrey LLP, a major Washington-based law firm. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s announcement of their hiring came Friday, a day after the indictment of Steve Rosen, AIPAC’s former foreign-policy issues director, and Keith Weissman, its former Iran analyst, but the decision was made months ago.
“The conduct of Rosen and Weissman was clearly not part of their job,” an AIPAC official said. “However, we made a decision that the events of the last year warranted an internal review of policies and procedures related to information collection and dissemination.” Howrey also consults with other organizations engaged in lobbying, the official said, adding, “The goal is to ensure that nothing like this can ever happen again.”
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