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A)Fred Lavery Infiniti
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Couple Challenge
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Jerusalem (JTA) — An
Israeli couple have disputed
'92
G20
$33300*
3 year lease • Nothing down
Includes all of the following:
• Air conditioning
• Automatic cruise control
• Power windows with "one-touch
down" driver's windows
• Power fuel filler door and trunk
release
• Tilt steering column
• Dual visor vanity mirrors
• Power door locks and mirrors
• Rear window defroster with timer
• Side window defoggers
• 2-speed wipers with variable
intermittent feature
• DOHC aluminum alloy block and
head, 16 valve
• Four-speed overdrive automatic
transmission
• Power-assisted four-wheel disc
brakes with ABS
• Four-wheel independent front
multi-link suspension
• ETR AM and FM stereo with
auto-reverse/full-logic cassette deck
• Four active speakers with amplifiers
• Automatic power antenna with
diversity antenna system
• Leather appointed interior
• All-season tires
• Anti-theft system
• Alloy wheels
• 4-year/60,000 mile new vehicle
limited warranty that covers all
components, including the engine,
transmission and driveline parts
• 7-year/unlimited mileage limited
corrosion warranty
• 6-year/70,000-mile limited
powertrain warranty
• Roadside assistance 7 days a week,
24 hours a day
• Free loan cars with service
appointment
*MSRP 21,400 - all leases are plus sales tax. $476.38 due at delivery. Total of monthly payments are
$12,469.68. Purchase option available at lease end at $11,342.00. Offer expires May 4, 1992. From
dealer stock only with approved credit through Infiniti Financial Services.
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the army's version of an in-
cident in the West Bank last
week in which soldiers shot
and wounded two masked
Palestinians.
The Israel Defense Force
says the pair were wounded
only after ignoring verbal
warnings and warning shots
fired into the air.
But Aviva and David
Elimelech. of Moshav Luzit
insist the soldiers, dressed as
civilians, shot the Arabs
without warning while they
were painting nationalist
slogans on a wall.
The Elimelechs say they
witnessed the incident from
the home of Arab friends
with whom they were spen-
ding the day in Dura village,
in the Hebron hills.
Their testimony is one of
the rare instances in which
Israeli civilians have public-
ly challenged the veracity of
the IDF. If true, it would
substantiate repeated claims
by Palestinians that IDF
soldiers are much quicker to
open fire than in the past.
The army, while standing
by its denial, has appointed
an officer to investigate the
incident.
The Elimelechs charge,
moreover, that they them-
selves were roughed up and
verbally abused by the
soldiers, who belong to an
undercover unit.
They told reporters they
were having dinner on the
terrace when three young
masked men carrying
buckets of paint came to
smear graffiti on a wall.
Within minutes, a car with
blue West Bank license
plates drove up, and its oc-
cupants, without warning,
fired several rounds at the
masked men, hitting one in
the stomach and another in
the shoulder.
The Jewish couple said
they thought at first that
Arabs were shooting Arabs,
a frequent occurrence in the
administered territories.
But as the armed men ap-
proached with drawn
weapons, it became apparent
that they were soldiers
disguised as civilians, the
Elimelechs said.
The Elimelechs said they
shouted at the soldiers:
"Stop shooting; we are
Jews." But the soldiers ad-
vanced, ordering the couple
into the house while "using
dirty language."
According to the
Elimelechs, the soldiers
entered the house, fired up
the staircase, struck the
Jewish woman, who is four
months pregnant, and beat
up the Arab hosts.
"I told them that they are
cold-blooded murderers, and
I would not keep quiet,"
David Elimelech said.
"Their battalion commander
arrived at the scene and
swore at me," he added.
The IDF claims its unit
spotted the masked men
painting nationalist slogans
and ordered them to cease.
When they ignored the
order, shots were fired into
the air. Only when they con-
tinued to disobey did the
soldiers open fire, an IDF
spokesman said.
But David Elimelech in-
sists his version of the inci-
dent is true.
"If the army spokesman
had courage, he would go
into the territories and
check what is really happen-
ing there," he said.
Mr. Elimelech, who de-
scribes himself as politically
on the right, says he did
military service in the ter-
ritories in 1982 and it is
"high time someone exposed
the truth there."
The couple said that since
making their accusations
against the soldiers public,
they have received many
threats and members of
their own moshav refuse to
speak to them.
The army spokesman in-
sists that the couples' report
is exaggerated.
Blaze Inflames
Bnei Brak
Tel Aviv (JTA) — Sabbath-
observers who consulted
with a rabbi before summon-
ing the fire brigade to their
burning apartment in' Bnei
Brak may have trouble col-
lecting insurance.
When the fire broke out
last weekend in the strictly
Orthodox township near Tel
Aviv, the residents walked
to the home of their rabbi to
get his consent to sound the
alarm.
By the time the
firefighters arrived, the
blaze had spread to two
other apartments. All three
were gutted, but no one was
hurt.
Legal experts said the in-
surance company could
refuse payment or reduce it
on grounds of negligence.