2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 28, 2000 NATION/WORLD I Barak tries tosustain governmient JERUSALEM (AP) - Palestinians opened fire on the Jewish neighborhood of Gilo in east Jerusalem after nightfall yesterday, shattering what had been a relatively quiet day, while Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak scrambled to rescue his government from collapse. Barak made a last-minute appeal to the hard-line opposition to join him in a national emergency govern- ment, but his rivals appeared determined to bring down his minority government and force elections. For the first time in three weeks, no one was killed yesterday in the West Bank and Gaza Strip as Palestinian Muslims marked the start of the holy month of Ramadan. Israeli soldiers fired machine guns at the Palestinian town of Beit Jalla, source of the gunfire at Gilo. No casualties were reported. Israeli soldiers killed five armed Palestinians late Sun- day as they set out from the West Bank city of Qalqilya into an area under Israeli control. The Israeli army said the Palestinians had opened fire earlier on an Israeli car. Palestinian spokesman Marwan Kanafani said the five were innocent people who were not on their way to attack Israelis. On Tuesday, the Knesset, Israel's parliament, was to vote on a bill to call elections. Barak's coalition govern- ment commands only 30 of the 120 members of parlia- ment, but an election bill requires an absolute majority of 61 to pass. Tuesday's vote is on the first of three read- ings. Barak has had on-again, off-again contacts with hard- line Likud leader Ariel Sharon about forming an emer- gency coalition, but Sharon has demanded that Barak first abandon major points of his peace efforts, including concessions offered to the Palestinians in July at a failed Camp David summit. Barak hinted yesterday that he may be ,willing to accept Sharon's demands. Barak told his Labor party that a Cabinet including the Likud could "re-examine" government proposals, including those raised at Camp David. Also, Barak proposed "a long-term interim agree- ment" with the Palestinians instead of a peace treaty. The Palestinians rejected that. "What we are looking for is reaching a final agreement that will solve all the issues," said Palestinian negotiator Ahmed Qureia. "We don't want partial agreements." Despite Barak's efforts to save his government, Likud members said they had the support of more than 61 law- makers for today's vote. The Likud appealed a ruling by Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg requiring a 61-vote majority on prelimi- nary readings, but the Supreme Court did not give an immediate decision. In a last-minute maneuver, Baiak's party was consid- ering turning the vote into a no-confidence motion, which might trap some of his opponents into voting with him. Elections are slated for 2003, but most analysts believe Barak will be forced to call elections next year. AIL ACROSSTHE NATION CIIJ2Z_ AP PHOTO Palestinian youths build a barricade in a street of Khan Yunis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip yesterday, during a lull in the violent clashes between Israelis and Palestinians. Israel blames Paestinian gunmen for boy')s death TEL AVIV, Israel (AP} - The Israeli army reversed itself yesterday and said Palestinian gunmen, not Israeli soldiers, probably killed the 12-year-old boy whose death in a firefight was captured by a TV camera and became a symbol, for Palestinians, of Israel's heavy-handed response to their uprising. An inquiry ordered by the commander of Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, Maj. Gen. Yom Tov Samia, found that it was "quite plausible that the boy was hit by Palestinian bullets in the course of an exchange of fire." The findings came nearly two months after Israel's chief of military operations said the shots that killed Mohammed Aldura and seri- ously wounded his father, Jamal, were "appar- ently" fired by Israelis. At a news conference yesterday, Samia said the conclusion of his just-completed inquiry was based on measurements, bullet angles, and evidence that the Palestinian boy was hit by a volley of gunfire while Israeli soldiers were firing only single shots in that direction. In response, Palestinian spokeswoman Hanan Ashrawi charged that the inquiry results were a "falsified version of reality (that) blames the victims." Viewers around the world were shocked by footage shot Sept. 30 of the terrified boy and his father cowering in front of a wall amid a furious exchange of fire at the Netzarim junction in the Gaza Strip. A camera held by a TV reporter from the France 2 network showed the father gesturing frantically to try to stop the shooting as his child screamed in terror. Footage then captured the moment when the boy, hit by bullets, slumped into his father's lap and died. The incident, two days after the start of the clashes, fueled international condemnation of Israel and helped Palestinians win a U.N. Secu- rity Council resolution criticizing excessive use of force. The boy's death also reignited a bitter and long-running Israeli-Palestinian debate over who bears responsibility when Palestinian chil- dren are killed or injured in street clashes: Israeli soldiers or Palestinian adults. In the case of Mohammed, it was never entirely clear who fired the fatal shots, though Palestinians blamed the Israelis. Three days after his death, chief of military operations Maj. Gen. Giora Eiland said: "We conducted an investigation, and as far as we understand, the shots were apparently fired by Israeli soldiers." The subsequent military inquiry was criti- cized as flawed even before it was completed. Samia's chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Shaul Mofaz, called the inquiry a private initiative. One of the reconstructions used faulty measurements and had to be repeated. Samia acknowledged that the inquiry was flawed by lack of material evidence. There was no autopsy, meaning the deadly bullet could not be recovered, and the setting no longer existed a week later - Samia's forces destroyed build- ings there to clear the area of cover used by Palestinian gunmen. Recount ordered in Wash. Senate rae OLYMPIA, Wash. - A recount was ordered yesterday in the closest Sena race in the country, with the outcome determining whether the chamber will split 50-50 between Republicans and Democrats for the first time in a century. In totals released last week, Democrat Maria Cantwell, a dot-com millionnai apparently defeated Republican Sen. Slade Gorton by 1,953 votes, or .08 perce of the 2.4 million ballots cast. Under Washington law, a recount is automatic when an election margin is than 0.5 percent. The recount, which is expected to take about a week, is not expected to s debate over dimpled ballots and hanging chads. The ballots will simply be r through the machines again. "It's not very exciting. It's kind of like watching grass grow," said Washingt Secretary of State Ralph Munro, who ordered the recount. A hand recount would have been mandatory if the difference had be less than 150 votes. Only 16 of Washington's 39 counties use punch ca ballots. The rest use optical scan ballots in which voters mark circles with pencil or pen. A victory for Cantwell would put the Senate in a 50-50 tie. Republicans wul still hold an advantage, though. Under a George W. Bush presidency, Vice Pr dent Dick Cheney would break ties in the Senate. Firestone tire recall ated tire production and airlifted tir from plants overseas to accommodat the flood of motorists wanting to quic ly replace their tires. And after publi NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Bridge- outcry, the companies allowed competi stone/Firestone Inc. is nearing com- tors to provide replacement tires; For pletion of its massive tire recall, with even bought tire molds for other tir supply of replacement tires now out- makers to increase production. stripping demand and the company encouraging consumers who still have . recalled tires to check in with dealers. iCrOSOI taSkS CO The Nashville-based tiremaker had to dismiss lawsuit replaced 5.3 million tires - about 82 percent of those still on the road - by WASH INGTON - Arguing tha Friday, spokesman James Loduca said the Microsoft antitrust trial had bee yesterday. "infected with error," attorneys for th In August, the company announced software giant yesterday asked a fed plans to recall 14.4 million eral appeals court to throw out th P235/75R15 size Firestone ATX, ATX landmark case, including a judge' I and Wilderness AT tires that had order to break up the company been linked to fatal wrecks, most in the violating federal antitrust laws. Ford Explorer spoil utility vehicle. The In its filing to U.S. Court'o companies estimated that about 6.5 mil- Appeals for the District of Columbi lion tires were still in use because many Microsoft denied that its Window were made during the mid-1990s. products amounted to a monopoly fo Officials with Bridgestone/Fire- personal-computer operating systems stone initially estimated the recall The company said that the gove-n would be completed by next summer. ment had not proven its case tha But under pressure from Ford and Microsoft had broken antitrust laws t safety advocates, the company acceler- protect and maintain that monopoly . ~~.-4 , y . RONDTME WORLD "The Serbian government will"d everything to resolve the crisis b bolsters forces political and peaceful means," on of Serbia's three co-ministers of th BUJANOVAC, Yugoslavia - Serb interior, Stevan Nikcevic, told Th police said they would use all avail- Associated Press. "At the same ti able means, including heavy weapons, we have to protect the territorial to regain territory lost to ethnic integrity of the country so the terror Albanian militants as a yesterday ists don't jeopardize any lives of out evening deadline approached for citizens." NATO to crack down on the rebels. The new democratic government of LP Vojislav Kostunica believes ethnic Albanian extremists operating from miajority in Canar Kosovo launched attacks in southern Serbia, capturing four villages in the OTTAWA - Prime Minister J buffer zone between Kosovo and Ser- Chretien's gamble for a place in CaX bia. dian history paid off yesterday as his Belgrade is threatening to launch Liberal Party appeared to have wo a counterattacks on its side of the bor- third straight majority in nationwide der if NATO cannot curb the infiltra- elections, according to Canadian news tion by 7 p.m. yesterday. U.S. and organizations. other troops patrol the Kosovo side The Liberals won or had solid leads next to the buffer zone. in more than 160 of the races for the Serbian police said in a statement 301 seats in the House of Commons, that if ethnic Albanian militants don't more than enough to guarantee them a withdraw by the deadline, security majority, according to projections. forces will use "all available means" to drive out the insurgents. - Compiled fiom Daily wire rept The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. Subscriptions for fal term, starting in September, via U.S. mail are $100. Winter term (January through April) is $105, yearlong (September through April) is $180. On-campus subscriptions for fall term are $35. Subscriptions must be prepaid. The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and The Associated Collegiate Press. 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