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its policy and blocking his collection
of a $247 million court judgment.
"The Iranians are still in the terror
business, and our own government
has the dubious distinction of keep-
ing them in it," he said.
Chinese President
Ends Visit
China's president
ended a seven-day trip to Israel.
Jiang Zemin's visit came amid U.S.-
Israeli tensions over Israel's plan to sell
a $250 million airborne radar system
to Beijing. Israeli President Ezer
Weizman said the Jewish state would
"find a solution" to those tensions,
leaving it unclear whether the deal
would go through.
During his visit to the Yad Vashem
Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem,
Jiang wrote in the guest book, "In
memory of the Jewish victims who
suffered in the Second World War."
He also issued veiled criticism of
American opposition to Israel's sale of
advanced radar systems to China.
Jiang said at an Israeli state dinner
in his honor that since the end of the
Cold War, superpowers no longer
determine international affairs.
Jerusalem/JTA
Israeli • • Survivors
To Get Payments
Jerusalem/JTA — Some 150,000
Holocaust survivors in Israel received
letters informing them that they will
soon receive payments from a Swiss
fund, Israel Radio reported.
Of the $180 million fund, an esti-
mated $59 million has been allocated
for Holocaust survivors in Israel.
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SLA Haven
Is Proposed
Residents of the
Golan Heights proposed that a settle-
ment be established for members of
the South Lebanon Army and their
families following an Israeli troop
withdrawal from southern Lebanon.
The head of the Golan Heights
regional council sought help for
Israel's longtime allies in Lebanon in a
letter to Prime Minister Ehud Barak,
according to the Israeli daily Ha'aretz.
The proposal came after Barak lift-
ed a building freeze on Golan settle-
ments after the Israeli-Syrian talks
reached a stalemate.
Jerusalem/JTA
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Israel Okays
Water Project
For the first time
since the establishment of the state,
Israel approved the construction of a
desalination plant to alleviate the
nation's water shortages.
The plant would cost $150 million
and be completed within two years,
the Israeli daily Ha'aretz reported.
Jerusalem/JTA
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Barak May
Transfer Land
Jerusalem/JTA — Israeli Prime
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Minister Ehud Barak would consider
granting the Palestinians a "territorial
advance" on an upcoming withdrawal
from the West Bank to underscore
Israel's seriousness about negotiations,
the premier was quoted as telling his
Cabinet.
Barak also said Israel is not inter-
ested in annexing Palestinian areas
surrounding Jerusalem.
Meanwhile, Jewish settler leaders
are vowing to launch demonstrations
against Barak's government. The
threats came in the wake of reports
that Israel is offering the Palestinians
80 percent of the West Bank as part
of a final peace deal.
Conversion Issue
Likely To Drag
A solution to the
question of whether Israel should rec-
ognize non-Orthodox conversions
performed in the Jewish state will
likely be found outside the courts,
according to the minister dealing with
the issue.
"I'm very much against a court
solution," Rabbi Michael Melchior,
who heads a panel seeking a compro-
mise to the conversion issue, told
JTA.
Jerusalem/JTA
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Irving Pursues
New Lawsuit
Holocaust denier
David Irving is proceeding with a
libel action against a London newspa-
per and a British writer.
But the Observer and journalist
Gitta Sereny are asking the courts to
nullify Irving's action against them
after his defeat last week in the law-
suit he brought against Holocaust
scholar Deborah Lipstadt.
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