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When Gush Katif farmer Roni Tsalah, a 33-year-old resident
of Kfar Yam in southern Gaza (a community of four families),
was found murdered on Monday morning in an onion field,
apparently shot with his own gun, talks with the Palestinian
Authority were suspended. However they were set to resume
Tuesday according to the PA and according to an official in
the Prime Minister's office. The Central Bureau of Statistics said this week that
inflation in 2000 totaled zero. There was absolutely no
inflation. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell 0.1 percent
in December. Gross domestic product (GDP) increased by an
impressive 5.9 percent last year. Miracle in Meah Shearim: Bomb Disarmed By Resident A terror attack in Jerusalem's Meah Shearim neighborhood was
thwarted last Thursday morning by a resident who
successfully defused a bomb attached to a cell phone
detonator just minutes before it was set to go off. The Finance Ministry and the Histadrut were working to
bridge the gaps between them, but if that fails the
Histadrut has threatened to launch a general strike,
possibly starting as soon as Wednesday morning.
Horrifying Accident in Ramat Shlomo A terrible tragedy occurred in Jerusalem's Ramat Shlomo
neighborhood on 13 Teves when a five year old boy was killed
while returning home from cheder. The little boy, who
had moved to the neighborhood only a few days previously,
got off the minibus near his home on Admor of Sadigura
Street. Drop in Conversions Due to Lack of Funds At a press conference which he convened on Wednesday (15
Teves), director general of the rabbinical courts Rabbi Eli
Ben Dehan stated that in the year 2000 the number of
converts in Israel dropped by a few percent, due to a lack
of funds. The Vaad HaRabbonim Haolami LeInyonei Giyur headed
by HaRav Chaim Kreiswirth countered that an increased budget
can't transform non-Jews into Jews. Machon Hamechabrim To Help Authors Machon Hamechabrim, a new institute granting author
stipends, opened during the week of parshas Vayechi.
The purpose of the institute, under the endorsement and
guidance of gedolei Yisroel, is to help lomdei
haTorah publish their chiddushim.
Israel Dispatches Aid to El Salvador On Monday night, right after the tragedy, the Israeli
Foreign Ministry dispatched a medical team to assist the
victims of the recent earthquake in El Salvador. Leading the
delegation is the Director of the Foreign Ministry's Latin
America Division Mr. Alex Ben-Zvi, and the Director of the
Schneider Hospital Trauma Center, Dr. Yehezkel Waisman. New Rules Target Money Laundering Israeli banking institutions must report any transactions
involving NIS 200,000 or more according to a new regulation
approved by the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice
Committee on Monday. The information on these transactions
will be recorded in a permanent database maintained by the
Justice Ministry. The regulation will first take effect next
year. The Financing of the Labor Party via the Absorption
Ministry
A new twist to the ongoing saga of the investigation into
Barak's election amutot (nonprofit organizations) has
come to light recently. The local Jerusalem publication,
Kol Hair revealed that amutot which were set
up when Barak first became leader of the Labor Party,
receive funds from government budgets.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak is like a clever football
runner: he is constantly changing direction to keep everyone
off balance and guessing about his real intentions. A Bolt From Heaven Esther Cohen was looking for something `more.' She didn't
know what, but her life, the way it was, just wasn't enough.
She began coming to my house as a babysitter. Then more
frequently, to ask questions as she would peel potatoes or
finish dressing the baby. HaRav Dovid Luria -- Transcriber of the Gra's
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