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In its annual report on world terrorism, the United States
Department of State said that the number of international
terrorist attacks increased by 8 percent last year
throughout the world. With regard to the situation in
Israel, the report noted that the Israelis accuse
Palestinian Authority security officials of involvement in
terrorist attacks against Israel. However, the report
stopped short of directly accusing the Palestinians of such
actions. Israel rejects the Egyptian-Jordanian initiative of only a
four-week cease fire before the negotiations are resumed.
Israel demands a longer waiting period to ensure that the
Palestinians are serious. Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon
Peres will also argue, in his talks in the United States,
that Arafat not be received in Washington as long as the
terror continues, in order not to accord a prize to
terror. State Comptroller Report for 2000 State Comptroller and National Ombudsman Eliezer Goldberg
presented the Knesset on Monday with the second part of the
annual State Comptroller's report for 2000, Report 51B, and
the annual National Ombudsman's Report for 2000. The State
Comptroller's report points to numerous deficiencies and
irregularities in government ministries, but found no
criminal activity. Maranan verabonon the gedolei Yisroel and the
roshei yeshiva in Eretz Hakodesh, have determined
that yeshiva students must not be in possession of cellular
phones. "Such phones damage the spiritual edifice of the
ben yeshiva and constitute pitfalls for those who
possess them, Hashem yeracheim," said maranan
verabonon.
Home-Grown Arms Help IDF Top-secret until now, the IDF has unveiled some home-grown,
hi-tech weaponry at its annual "salute to technology" fair
at Latrun. Hospitality in Teheran: 27 Hours of Terror at an Iranian
Airport This sort of thing does not happen every day.
Five Israeli citizens land in the heart of a country, which
is a sworn enemy of their homeland, remain there for twenty-
seven hours and, despite their many fears, are received with
cordiality and all the rules of hospitality.
Only a year since the American stock markets were at record
highs, they have fallen hard and fast, back to the levels of
almost two-and-a-half years ago. The NASDAQ stock average,
until recently the leader with huge yearly gains, has so far
lost some 60 percent of the value it had only so
recently. PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE According to the American Psychiatric Association, the
diagnositic criteria for Reading Disorder (Dyslexia) are as
follows (DSM-IV, 1994):... Who Did the Rescuing During the Holocaust?
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