Briefs
| Settlers riot in court after Itamar men held |
| By Itim |
| Settlers from Itamar and Yitzhar, near Nablus, rioted in the Petah Tikva Magistrates Court yesterday after the court remanded two residents of Itamar in custody for five days. The two are suspected of killing a Palestinian, Farid Nasara, on Tuesday. The rioters attacked policemen, court security guards and journalists, destroying media equipment; four were arrested. Yaron Dagani, 40, and Gadi Tena, 48, were remanded on suspicion of having deliberately fired at several dozen Palestinians who came to har vest an olive orchard near Itamar, killing one. The two men say they fired in self-defense when faced with several dozens ax-bearing Palestinians. |
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| Rabbinate shuts down Arab factories |
| By Haim Shadmi |
| The Chief Rabbinate has stopped sending kashrut inspectors to 31 Arab-owned canned food factories in the Galilee. The plants have thus essentially been forced to close their doors, as they can no longer sell their goods to the major supermarkets. The rab binates decision came after an inspector was stoned and hurt on his way home from a Tira factory. The plants owners charged that the rabbinates decision constituted collective punishment. The rabbinate, however, said that its decision was not based on the fact that the plants are owned by Arabs, but on their location all are situated in Arab towns. The rabbinate added that it would not resume sending inspectors to the plants until the police tell them it is safe. (Avi Shmoul) Border policeman still in critical state Shimon Ohana, the border policeman shot by Palestinian snipers in Jerusalems Gilo neighborhood on Tuesday, is still in very critical condition. He was operated on twice Tuesday night for heart and lung injuries, and is currently in the intensive care un it at Jerusalems Hadassah Hospital. However, the condition of the two soldiers injured in Abu Dis on Tuesday has improved, and they are expected to be released from hospital in the next few days. A woman from the settlement of Beitar, near Jerusalem, wh o was severely injured by stone-throwers three days ago, is also now improving. |
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| Bomb threat clears El Als Frankfurt office |
| By Reuters |
| El Als Frankfurt offices were evacuated yesterday following a bomb threat. No bomb or any suspicious package was found, a German police spokesman reported after bomb experts had searched the entire building with sniffer dogs. All 60 people in the bui lding were evacuated after an anonymous male caller, speaking in English, had said a bomb had been placed in the office. The man said I am PLO, I put a bomb, the police spokesman said. Escalating tension in the Middle East has put security forces aro und the world on red alert following a terrorist attack on a U.S. naval vessel in Yemen last week. |
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| New vaccine for hepatitis B |
| By Haim Shadmi |
| The Health Ministry has adopted the recommendation of the Israel Neo-Natal Association to switch to a new vaccine against hepatitis B. The vaccine that is currently in use contains small amounts of mercury in its preservative, thimerosal. The U.S. Federa l Drug Administration decided to switch to a mercury-free vaccine some 10 months ago and the Israel Neo-Natal Association recommended the same policy. Use of the new vaccine is expected to begin in Israel in January 2001. |
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