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Saturday, September 03, 2005
Some headlines and summaries from JTA
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Israel offers hurricane relief
Israel offered to assist the United States in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom sent a letter Thursday to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice offering assistance, and Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Daniel Ayalon, has spoken to officials at the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency.
“Israel is prepared to assist in any way it can to alleviate the suffering and will make available all necessary resources to this end,” the Israeli Embassy in Washington said in a statement. “We are now in discussions within our own government and with U.S. officials at local and national levels to see how best we can provide assistance. America has always been there for Israel, and Israel is there for America.”
Jews, Druse in altercation
Israeli Druse scuffled with fervently Orthodox Jews.
Thursday’s altercation in Mount Meron in northern Israel, began when dozens of Jewish hikers got into a fight with a Druse farmer. He told police that the Jews had tried to order him off his own land.
Hearing of what appeared to be a racially motivated attack, dozens of local Druse rushed to the scene, scuffling with the hikers. At least four people were injured before pilot managed to evacuate the area. There were no reports of arrests.
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