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Jerusalem (JTA) — The
Arab residents of the West
Bank village of Beita were
chiefly responsible for the
fatal April 6 clash with a
group of Jewish teenagers
from the nearby settlement of
Eilon Moreh, an investigation
by the Israel Defense Force
has concluded.
The IDF submitted its
report to the Inner Cabinet
April 27. It confirmed that
15-year-old Tirza Porat of
Eilon Moreh was killed by a
bullet from an M-16 rifle ac-
cidentally fired by Roman
Aldubi, one of two armed
Jewish settlers escorting the
teen-agers, who were on a
Passover hike.
The report also confirmed
that Aldubi, 26, had killed
two Palestinians in the en-
counter and that the hike had
not been properly coordinated
with the miitary authorities
in the region.
Nevertheless, responsibility
for the events rests with the
villagers who attacked the
youths, Maj. Gen. Amram
Mitzna, commander of the
central region, said in summ-
ing up the IDF report at a
news conference.

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New York (JTA) — New
York City Mayor Edward
Koch issued a flurry of
apologies to blacks Tuesday
for getting "carried away" in
his criticism of the Rev. Jesse
Jackson.
At a breakfast meeting in
Washington, in a statement
issued upon his return to New
York and in a letter to the
editor printed in The New
York Times, Koch defended
the substance of his attacks
on the Democratic presiden-
tial candidate, but said that
he underestimated the black
community's emotional tie to
Jackson.

Italian Urges
U.N. Control

Brussels (JTA) — A proposal
that the European Communi-
ty administer the West Bank
and Gaza Strip under a
United Nations mandate is
making the rounds of
diplomatic circles here, but so
far there has been no official
reaction from the E.C. foreign
ministers.
The idea was floated by Bet-
tino Craxi, leader of Italy's
Socialist Party, as a transition
measure pending a settle-
ment of the Israeli-Arab
dispute.