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Government
Approves Plans
Jerusalem (JTA)— Israel has ap-
proved the first phase of a build-
ing project for a new neighborhood
in a Jewish settlement in the
West Bank.
The project, in the Kiryat Sefer
settlement, comprises 1,806 hous-
ing units, but only 900 had been
approved for construction, the Is-
raeli daily Ma'ariv reported.
The move marked the first
approval of a building plan in the
territories under the new govern-
ment, which has lifted a freeze im-
posed by the previous government
on construction in Jewish settle-
ments.
Defense Minister Yitzhak
Mordechai, who has been autho-
rized to approve all building pro-
jects in the territories, gave his
approval.
But officials at the Tzivha de-
velopment company in charge of
the project pointed out that for-
mer Prime Minister Shimon
Peres had agreed in principle to
the construction project shortly
before handing over the reins to
the Likud government.
Before the May elections, the
firm had petitioned the High
Court of Justice to let the plan go
through.
Moshe Fogel, head of the Gov-
ernment Press Office, denied that
the approval was politically mo-
tivated.
He told Israel Radio that it was
only to allow for the "natural
growth" of the community.
But the Palestinian Authority
has warned against further build-
ing in Jewish settlements, calling
their expansion a violation of the
accords signed by Israel and the
Palestine Liberation Organiza-
tion.
Meanwhile, Palestinians called
a two-hour protest strike in east-
ern Jerusalem after Israel bull-
dozed a building in Jerusalem's
Old City.
The building was intended to
be used as a social club. Israel said
it was built illegally with Pales-
tinian Authority fiinds.
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Jerusalem (JTA) — Senior Egypt-
ian officials were actively work-
ing to jump-start the stalled peace
process between Israel and Syr-
ia.
After meeting with Syrian
President Hafez Assad in Dam-
ascus, Egyptian Foreign Minister
Amre Moussa said Syria was
ready to resume negotiations with
Israel if they are based on the
land-for-peace principle.
The previous Israeli Labor gov-
ernment, which was open to a ter-
ritorial concession on the Golan
Heights in exchange for security
guarantees, suspended negotia-
tions in March, after Syria refused
to condemn a series of suicide
bombings in Israel.
Mr. Netanyahu has called for
a resumption of the talks without
preconditions, but he also is op-
posed to any Israeli withdrawal
from the Golan.
Syrian Foreign Minister
Farouk al-Sharaa, who accompa-
nied Mr. Moussa to the airport,
said Syria was ready to restart ne-
gotiations "from the point where
they stopped."
An aide to Mr. Netanyahu wel-
comed Mr. al-Sharaa's statement
and expressed hope that the Syr-
ians would return to the talks
without preconditions.
Meanwhile, Egyptian presi-
dential adviser Osama el-Baz met
in Paris with the diplomatic ad-
viser to Israel's prime minister,
Dore Gold, and U.S. Middle East
envoy Dennis Ross.
Mr. Gold described the meet-
ings as "very useful."
The talks focused on regional
issues, including a Middle East
economic conference scheduled to
take place in Cairo in November.
The latest efforts to get Israel and
Syria back to the negotiating table
come against the backdrop of re-
cent reports of Syrian troop move-
ments in Lebanon, which security
sources said were prompted by
concern about a possible Israeli
air attack.
The reported Syrian maneu-
vers came after Israeli govern-
ment and military officials warned
against possible longer-range
Katyusha rockets falling into the
hands of Hezbollah that could
threaten northern Israeli com-
munities and after the recent test-
launch by Syria of a new Scud
missile.
Israeli Defense Minister
Yitzhak Mordechai sought to calm
any alarm, saying that Israel was
not interested in provoking any
hostilities.
Archaeological
Site Opened
Jerusalem (JTA) — An archaeo-
logical site yielding evidence of the
destruction of the Second Temple
has opened in Jerusalem, after
two years of excavations.
The excavations, conducted by
the Israel Antiquities Authority,
reveal a paved Herodian street,
with ruined shops along it.
Stone blocks weighing 45 to 50
tons each were integrated into the
pavement. A complex drainage
system and ritual baths were also
exposed.
The road runs along 77 yards
of the Western Wall of the Tem-
ple Mount. At one point, archae-
ologists found stones apparently
hurled by soldiers of the 10th Ro-
man Legion during the destruc-
tion of the Second Temple in 70
C.E.