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Slovak Group
Seeks Restitution
Prague (JTA) — The. Association
of Slovak Jewish Communities
has called on the Czech Nation-
al Bank to provide compensation
for gold that was taken from the
local Jewish community during
World War II by the Slovak gov-
ernment.
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Moscow (JTA) — Russian Pres-
ident Boris Yeltsin may soon
oust a senior security official
who recently admitted to pos-
sessing dual Russian-Israeli cit-
izenship.
According to a Kremlin source,
Mr. Yeltsin believes that the
reputation of Boris Berezovsky,
a businessman-turned-politician,
was seriously damaged by the re-
cent scandal that erupted when
it was reported that he had ap-
plied for and received Israeli cit-
izenship.
Mr. Berezovsky, who in the
early 1990s made a fortune in
the automobile business, was ap-
pointed deputy secretary of Rus-
sia's National Security Council
in October.
Within weeks, reports sur-
faced in the Moscow press that
he had been a citizen of the Jew-
ish state since 1993.
Mr. Berezovsky denied at the
time that he had drat citizenship
and said he would sue the news-
papers for libel.
But he later admitted to re-
porters that he had indeed at one
time possessed an Israeli pass-
port, adding that he had re-
quested that the passport be
annulled after he was appointed
to the security council.
Settlers Meet
With Arafat
Jerusalem (JTA) — A group
of Jewish settlers met secretly
with Palestinian Authority
leader Yassir Arafat to discuss
tolerance and joint business pro-
jects.
During the 90-minute meet-
ing in Bethlehem, Mr. Arafat
welcomed the participants and
stressed that the recognition
of Palestinian rights was
the only way to peaceful coexis-
tence.
`There have always been Jews
among us and we have lived as
good neighbors," he was quoted
as saying. "While we spoke main-
ly about economic dialogue, this
depends on recognition of the po-
litical rights of the Palestinian
people."
David Bedein, a resident of
Efrat who participated in the
meeting, said it was prompted
by an interest in tourism and
business on both sides.
He said many Palestinians in
the business community who
had been approached by their
Jewish counterparts were un-
willing to pursue contacts with-
out the go-ahead from Arafat.
Mr. Bedein said it made sense
for Jews and Palestinians to
work together in tourism, espe-
cially in areas between Bethle-
hem and Hebron, which have
numerous Jewish, Christian and
Muslim holy sites.
The meeting also addressed
political issues, Mr. Bedein said.
He said the group of settlers,
which included residents from
Hebron and Kiryat Arba, asked,
"When will he say something in
favor of the peace process," giv-
en "all the incitement he has ex-
pressed to the Arab public?"
He added that regardless of
the difficulties in the political
process, he believed that eco-
nomic ties could flourish.
"You can do business with
your neighbor, even if you hate
your neighbor," he told Israel
Radio.
Among those who attended
the meeting was Yehuda Wachs-
man, whose son Nachshon was
kidnapped and killed by mem-
bers of the Islamic fundamen-
talist Hamas movement two
years ago.
Mr. Wachsman said he sought
Mr. Arafat's support in estab-
lishing a center to teach toler-
ance among Jews and Arabs.
"I described the plan for
the center, and offered to include
the Palestinian Authority," he
said.
Association spokesman Jozef
Weiss told a Czech newspaper
that the gold "was stolen from
Slovak Jews during the war and
then transferred to Prague."
The Czech National Bank is a
successor to the State Bank of
Czechoslovakia, which obtained
the gold from the Slovak gov-
ernment in 1953.
The association wants Slovak
victims of the Nazis, who creat-
ed a puppet government in Slo-
vakia during the war, to be
compensated by the bank.
The location of the gold, how-
ever, is not clear.
Bank spokesman Pavel
Palivec said all its assets, gold
included, were divided between
the Czech Republic and Slovakia
when Czechoslavakia split into
the two countries in 1993.
But the Slovak government
maintains that the gold in ques-
tion was kept separate from oth-
er assets and was therefore not
included in the division of former
federal assets.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
COMING SOON TO MIAMI.
According to a Russian law
that Mr. Yeltsin signed this sum-
mer, no Russian can be employed
in government service if he or
she possesses a second citizen-
ship.