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 Israel Stops 15
Would-Be Suicide Bombers |
| Take Action! Urge
Congress to Hold Arafat, PA Accountable for
Terrorism |
| House Panel Approves
$200 Million for Israel |
| Saudi Adviser:
Suicide Bombers' Families Receive
Money |
| U.S.-Israeli
Strategic Talks Focus on Iraq,
Iran |
Israel Stops 15 Would-Be
Suicide Bombers
 Israeli
security forces have captured 15 Palestinian suicide
bombers in the past two weeks before they could carry
out their attacks against Israelis, The Washington
Post reported. Israeli Defense Minister Benjamin
Ben-Eliezer this week revealed the number of thwarted
terror attacks, and vowed that it was Israel's "duty to
fight against terror." Meanwhile, a Palestinian
gunman yesterday attacked Israeli policemen in the West
Bank, two other Palestinian terrorists attacked IDF
soldiers with gunfire and grenades in the Jordan Valley
and a Palestinian carrying a large bag filled with
dozens of machine gun magazines and ammunition was
caught near Jerusalem. Since launching their campaign of
violence, the Palestinians have killed 489 Israelis-334
of them civilians-in more than 14,000 terrorist attacks.
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Take Action! Urge Congress to
Hold Arafat, PA Accountable for Terrorism
The House of Representatives last week introduced
legislation seeking to hold Palestinian leader Yasir
Arafat and his Palestinian Authority (PA) accountable
for their roles in anti-Israeli terrorism. The bill
would immediately impose sanctions on the Palestinians
until they cease violating their basic commitments to
end violence and terror. Among the sanctions that would
be imposed are the denial of visas and other travel
restrictions on PA and PLO officials, the downgrading of
the status of PA and PLO offices in the United States
and the seizing of assets held by the PLO, the PA and
Arafat. Reps. Roy Blunt (R-MO), Gary Ackerman (D-NY),
Ben Gilman (R-NY) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) spearheaded
the bill in the House. The bill was
introduced earlier in the Senate by Sens. Mitch
McConnell (R-KY) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA). Learn
more about the Arafat Accountability Act and urge your
members of Congress to support this legislation.
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House Panel Approves $200
Million for Israel
The House
Appropriations Committee last week passed an amendment
providing Israel with $200 million in new assistance,
The Washington Post reported. The additional
money for Israel came from a $30 billion emergency
supplemental appropriations bill for homeland security
and the war on terror following Sept. 11. The amendment
also includes $50 million in humanitarian and refugee
assistance for the Palestinians that will be distributed
through the U.S. Agency for International
Development, not through the Palestinian Authority.
Committee Chairman Bill Young (R-FL) called the bill "a
good, clean, responsible bill that will enjoy broad
bipartisan support." |
Saudi Adviser: Suicide
Bombers' Families Receive Money
A top
adviser to Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah admitted last
week that Saudi Arabia is paying the families of
Palestinian suicide bombers, the AP reported. "We have
given hundreds of millions of dollars to assist
Palestinians," said Adel Jubeir, who added
that "support will go to every family in need; we
do not ask where they come from." Israel recently
released a document showing that the Saudi Arabian
Interior Ministry has paid at least $135 million to help
the families of suicide bombers and support other
aspects of the Palestinian campaign of violence against
Israel, including donating money to seven charities that
fund the Islamic terrorist group Hamas. This latest
evidence of terrorism funding comes at the same time
Saudi Arabia is working to advance its version of an
Israeli-Palestinian peace plan and demonstrate a
willingness to aid the U.S. war on terror.
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U.S.-Israeli Strategic Talks
Focus on Iraq, Iran
The threat posed to
Israel and the U.S. by Iran and Iraq's pursuit of
weapons of mass destruction was the main focus of
bilateral strategic talks held in Washington yesterday,
the Israeli daily Ha'aretz reported. This
meeting was the latest in an ongoing strategic dialogue
between the two allies. The Israeli delegation, led by
Israeli Minister Dan Meridor, included National Security
Adviser Uzi Dayan, Israeli Foreign Ministry
Director-General Avi Gil and top adviser to Prime
Minister Sharon Danny Ayalon. The American team included
Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage and Deputy
Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz. Learn
more about U.S.-Israeli strategic cooperation.
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