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Sunday, October 23, 2005
Some headlines and summaries from JTA
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Foes help at sea
Syrian sailors rescued two Israelis whose boat sank off Cyprus.
An Israeli drowned early Sunday when the catamaran he was on went down during a storm 5 miles away from Limassol. The other two Israelis aboard were hauled onto a passing Syrian ship and taken to shore.
The survivors told reporters they were well-treated by the Syrians, but noted that their boat had flown a Canadian flag.
Senate approves money for Arrow
The Senate approved almost double President Bush’s requested funding for the Arrow, a joint U.S.-Israeli anti-missile program.
Israel asked the United States for close to $160 million for further development in 2006 for the Arrow, which has been tested successfully in recent years. Bush knocked that down to $78.6 million in his budget request earlier this year, and the House of Representatives reflected that amount by approving $77.6 million in June.
On Oct. 7, however, the Senate approved $143.6 million in its version of the Defense Appropriations bill. The House and Senate bills now go to conference to reconcile their differences in a final version.
Israeli ship’s crew probed
Israeli police detained the crew of a ship that capsized a Japanese fishing boat.
The Zim company tanker docked in Haifa on Sunday and was boarded by police, who took 22 crew members in for questioning, arresting at least three of them. The captain, who flew to Israel earlier this month, is already in custody. Seven Japanese fishermen were killed last month when the Zim ship rammed into their boat. Zim, Israel’s largest shipping company, at first denied involvement but then took responsibility, offering compensation to the fishermen’s relatives.
The tanker crew are suspected of reckless endangerment and of leaving the site of the crash without offering help to the fishermen
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