Jerusalem, March 13, 2001 Israel Government Press Office The following policy directives were issued by Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres after coordination with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon: 1. The Government of Israel is determined in its aspiration to achieve peace with its Palestinian neighbors. 2. The Government of Israel has placed at the top of […]

Prime Minister Sharon’s recent declaration on CNN that he intends to ask for the release of Jonathan Pollard when he meets with President Bush next week has come to serve as just the latest impetus for the efforts to attain freedom for Pollard. Tourism Minister Rehavam Ze’evi, who served as the head of the Knesset […]

NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is urging President Bush and Secretary of State Powell to cancel their plans to speak at the convention of an extremist group that has openly praised Hezbollah and Hamas, which are on the official U.S. list of terrorist groups. Hezbollah massacred 241 Americans in an attack in […]

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said yesterday that he would ask US President Bush to pardon Jonathan Pollard during the leaders’ first meeting scheduled for next week. Former US President Clinton refused to grant clemency to Pollard on four separate occasions. Pollard, a former civilian analyst for the U.S. Navy, was convicted of spying for […]

NEW YORK – Yasir Arafat’s security forces have hired a number of Hamas terrorists whom Arafat recently released from prison, and the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is urging the Bush administration to respond by immediately halting all the CIA’s provision of assistance to Arafat’s security forces. The Israeli daily Ha’aretz reported (March 1, 2001) […]

It should be the fundamental position of the U.S. Government that the Government of Israel is the only legitimate body for making security decisions about the borders of the State of Israel. Contrary to the beliefs of some and the preferences of others, the United States must decline to tell the Government of Israel that […]

March 7:  Israel prime minister-elect Ariel Sharon made surprise additions to his national unity cabinet 24 hours before its presentation to the Knesset Wednesday as an afterthought. After Labor’s designated defense minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer invited left-of-center Dalia Rabin-Pelosof to become deputy defense minister, Sharon moved to correct his government’s slide towards the Oslo faction and […]

Palestinian assailants hurled two firebombs this morning along the Tunnels Highway south of Jerusalem, causing a car wreck in which four Israelis were injured. The driver of the car lost control of the vehicle when he slammed on his brakes and hit a roadside fence. An Arab vehicle then hit him from behind, injuring occupants […]

March 4: As Mofaz has emphasized, the spiraling terrorist blight is scaled up obliges the IDF to operate on a broader, more comprehensive scale. DEBKAfile’s military sources outline a limited operational plan that is ready to go.Special Forces units, General Command, Golani, Givati, Nahal, Duchifat and Shaldag will ordered to carry out short in-and-out forays […]

JERUSALEM (March 4) – Despite congressional testimony to the contrary, the Prime Minister’s Office yesterday refuted the claim that Prime Minister Ehud Barak made three calls to then president Bill Clinton in a bid to gain a pardon for fugitive financier Marc Rich. According to testimony given Thursday to the House Government Reform Committee hearing […]