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...University professor Yossi Katz asserts that institutions like the Jewish National Fund, which was set up to purchase land for Jews in what was then Palestine, and Bank Leumi, one of Israel's biggest banks, failed to examine land records and abandoned accounts for Holocaust money. Last April, a Knesset committee finally pushed Israel's banks to audit these accounts...
Lt.Gen. Shaul Mofaz sat before a closed-door meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee last week to brief lawmakers on Israel's military operations deep inside six West Bank towns that are supposed to be under the control of Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority. Unlike the strong condemnation of Israel's violent incursions voiced by the Bush administration, Mofaz found some at the Knesset secret hearing urging him to take the army he heads further into the Palestinian towns...
Ze’evi was not a friend to Palestinians. He represented the far-right of the Israeli Knesset; he unabashedly suggested “voluntary transfer” of Palestinians out of the West bank and Gaza strip and of Yassir Arafat, the chairman of the Palestinian Authority, to Tunisia. He criticized Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for being too soft on Palestinians after Sharon loosened control over two West Bank villages. In fact, in light of these grievances, Ze’evi resigned from the Israeli Parliament on Monday, a move that was scheduled to take effect Tuesday...
...later served as a three-term member of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, from...
Sharon may be overseeing a far-reaching review of Israel's entire defense policy. Sources close to the top-secret Knesset Subcommittee on Defense Planning and Policy tell TIME that plans are being considered to change Israel's defense structure in response to the intifadeh. One proposal would see the formation of something like a citizens' army--locally based reserve units, manned by townspeople who would quickly counter the threat of Palestinian guerrilla incursions inside Israel. At present, reserve soldiers report to units in bases distant from their homes. In the event of a war, small guerrilla attacks by Palestinians...