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Police Chief
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Jerusalem (JTA) — Israeli
chief of police Rafi Peled has
resigned after the High
Court of Justice recom-
mended that the attorney
general investigate the pos-
sibility of making Mr. Peled
face a police disciplinary
court.
The court had previously
dismissed a petition brought
by a law student who was in-
censed that Mr. Peled had
not been punished for accep-
ting favors from Israeli
resort hotels.
The court saw nothing
criminal in Mr. Peled's ac-
ceptance of generous reduc-
: tions at the hotels, but it
suggested that the police
chief had not behaved in an
appropriate manner.
The court had also said
that an official rebuke ad-
ministered to Mr. Peled by
Police Minister Moshe
Shahal was insufficient.
The resignation of Mr.
Peled, who was appointed
police chief in February
1993, came as a surprise to
many observers here.
Although many expressed
regrets, President Ezer
Weizman applauded Mr.
Peled's announcement.
Mr. Peled "deserves our
respect as a first-rate officer
and police chief and for what
he has now done in resign-
ing. Good for him," said Mr.
Weizman.
Dutch Donate
To PLO Police
Amsterdam (JTA) — The
Netherlands government
has donated 4 million
guilders, the equivalent of
more than $2 million,
toward the maintenance of
the Palestinian police force
that will serve in the Gaza
Strip and Jericho.
The Netherlands has also
offered to train police in-
structors for the force in
methods of crisis control.
In addition, the Nether-
lands has given more than
$180,000 to assist Palestin-
ian women whose husbands
were killed in the Feb. 25
massacre at the Hebron
mosque.
These donations come in
addition to a promise of $25
million which Holland made
last December to Palestine
Liberation Organization
Chairman Yassir Arafat
toward construction of a
harbor in the Gaza Strip. LI
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