From: Arutz Sheva News Service <www.IsraelNationalNews.com> TODAY'S HEADLINES: 1. COUNTDOWN IN CAMP DAVID 2. OTHER COMMENTS 3. YESHA COUNCIL: WE'RE NOT BUDGING 4. CALLING UPON AMERICAN JEWRY 5. LEVY, VISITING HUNGER-STRIKERS, IS AGAINST "PEACE AT ANY PRICE" 6. ROCKS FROM LEBANON 7. PALESTINIANS CONTINUE TO "PREPARE" FOR VIOLENCE 8. INVESTIGATION OF BARAK-CAMPAIGN SCANDAL TO "TAKE TIME" 1. COUNTDOWN IN CAMP DAVID Assessments that Prime Minister Barak is planning to agree to a clear division of Jerusalem - even without a Palestinian declaration of the "end of the dispute" - are increasing. Reporters and commentators covering the Camp David talks appear to be unanimous in their view that Barak has agreed to allow full Palestinian sovereignty over several of the city's Arab-populated neighborhoods, while leaving other details of "Jerusalem sovereignty" for future negotiations. The transfer of 94% of Yesha - with its tens of thousands of Jewish residents - to Palestinian control will also take place in the framework of the agreement in formulation. Yasser Arafat has still not expressed his opinion on the proposed plan. U.S. President Clinton will arrive in Washington later today, and Israeli sources in Camp David say that within 24 to 36 hours, "we should know definitely whether any agreement will be signed." Communications Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, a long-time Barak loyalist, was interviewed on Israel Television's Arabic-language program this past Thursday night. Describing the extent of Barak's efforts to reach an agreement in the Camp David talks, Ben-Eliezer said, "It isn't flexibility - it's a total collapse... Barak has sold [given] the Palestinians everything." Yisrael B'Aliyah leader Natan Sharansky, who recently resigned from Barak's government, received a phone call from the Prime Minister last night on the possibility of forming a national-unity government in the event that the Camp David talks collapse. Talk of such a government continues to be heard, but Likud members have not shown great enthusiasm for the idea. Sharansky told Barak that it doesn't matter "how you plan to package" the division of Jerusalem, and that if he concedes on Jerusalem, he will be the first Jewish leader in 3,000 years to do so. 2. OTHER COMMENTS Justice Minister Yossi Beilin, speaking with Army Radio today, defended the apparent decision to give up parts of Israel's capital city. He admitted that he hid his opinion on the matter for years; "We didn't speak about this in the election campaign, because we knew that the public would not like it…" Beilin, who toured in eastern Jerusalem today with Knesset Members from One Israel and Meretz, said, "Israel must recognize that these areas are technically under Israeli sovereignty, but in actuality they belong to the Palestinians… There is no reason to struggle for these territories." Likud MK Meir Sheetrit said today that from his point of view, and from that of "many of my party colleagues," it is legitimate to allow the Palestinians to establish the capital of their new state in Abu Dis: "Abu Dis is not part of Jerusalem. I have said for a while that it would be logical to give the Palestinians the right to have their capital there - but for them to demand Jerusalem? This is ridiculous! What connection do they have to Jerusalem? They were never a country, they never had a capital there - it would be as if we would demand a share in Mecca!" Rabbi Yoel Bin-Nun, a Gush Emunim founder and resident of Yesha who supported Barak in the previous campaign, no longer does: "I have told Barak that regarding his plans for the Jordan Valley, Jerusalem, and even the Golan, he should not count me as one of his supporters - and there are tens of thousands like me." He did not say that his support for Barak was an error, however: "Many supporters of Prime Ministerial candidates did not get exactly what they thought they were getting, such as with Menachem Begin in Sinai, Shamir in Madrid, and Netanyahu in Wye... It's all speculation; does anyone really know what Netanyahu would have done if he had been elected? But if Barak takes a strong position and realizes, as he wrote last week, that Arafat is not a 'partner,' then someone will have to prepare the nation for a conflict - and a left-wing Prime Minister will have a greater ability to unite us in this effort than a right-wing Prime Minister would... Admittedly, he is definitely still trying to reach an agreement, but just like in the Golan, where we were saved by a hair's-breadth [from an agreement to give away the Golan], it could be that here, too, the same will happen - he will become strong and realize... I think that we have to remember that it's not only a question of politics, but that there is a Creator Who runs the world, and G-d has "spoken well of Israel," and I just hope that our sins will not tip the scales, but that G-d will "act on behalf of His own Name," and that we will be saved [from these tribulations]..." 3. YESHA COUNCIL: WE'RE NOT BUDGING The Yesha Council is holding yet another emergency meeting this afternoon - this one on "preparing for life under Palestinian sovereignty." The Council issued a statement that said, "The residents of Judea, Samaria, and Gaza will never leave. We will remain in our homes in every eventuality and under all circumstances… We will never abandon the communities that we built legally and in accordance with all the governments of Israel… We will not fear or be deterred by the threats of our enemies. We are confident that the spirit of the People of Israel is strong and will not surrender to the threats of its enemies." 4. CALLING UPON AMERICAN JEWRY The Yesha Rabbis Council has issued an emotional call to American Jewry to "act to ensure that the plan now being formulated in Camp David, involving the abandonment of tens of thousands of Jews and the division of the Holy City of Jerusalem," not come to pass. Rabbi Zalman Melamed, Chairman of the Council, said that American Jews and their leaders should "inform the White House and the Israeli Embassy of their strong feelings against the fateful and far-reaching decisions being made at this most difficult hour for our People." Jewish congregations in Potomac and Gaithersberg have organized a prayer quorum for 2 PM this afternoon outside the Thurmont school near Camp David, "to beseech G-d's help to preserve Israel and Jerusalem." The Israeli grass-roots group "Cities of Israel" (Matot Arim) has been hard at work organizing protests and activities on behalf of the Land of Israel. On Friday, members held street-corner vigils at several intersections in Haifa and Tel Aviv, and yesterday, Jerusalem members paid a solidarity visit to the hunger strikers at the Rose Garden. Matot Arim faxed U.S. Secretary of State Albright on Thursday night to protest the fact that Peace Now - representing only a "single, minority point of view in Israel" - was allowed into the State Department press center at Thurmont, while other Israeli groups had not been similarly favored. 5. LEVY, VISITING HUNGER-STRIKERS, IS AGAINST "PEACE AT ANY PRICE" Outpourings of protest against the agreement-in-formation continue. "The 40,000 Mothers" have tied themselves one to another, and the hunger strikers against the giveaway of Jerusalem and Yesha are nearing the end of their second week. The number of strikers has now reached over 50; only people who have been fasting for at least three days are counted in this number. In contrast, there were three people in the pro-Barak peace tent in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square at mid-morning, reports Arutz-7's Kobi Sela. Yediot Acharonot's website, YNET, reported that "Only a few tens of people participated in peace prayers organized by Meimad [on Friday afternoon] at the Western wall in Jerusalem. The service was organized in order to demonstrate support of the Leftist movements for the peace process and the Camp David negotiations." A Western Wall prayer service against the Barak plan attracted tens of thousands of worshipers two weeks ago. Foreign Minister David Levy visited the hunger strikers at the Rose Garden outside the Knesset today, and gave further indications that Barak's "peace efforts" are not to his liking. "There is no such thing as peace at any price," he said, in measured tones. "This is my outlook, and I say it not as a political calculation, but rather as my view as an Israeli, as a Jew, and as a father of a family." He appeared to be holding himself back from making stronger statements, and said, "Please understand my limitations. In another 24 hours we'll be smarter, and we'll be in contact then." Other visitors at the hunger strikers' site today included Rishon Letzion Rabbi Bakshi-Doron, former Chief of Staff Rafael (Raful) Eitan, United Torah Judaism MK Meir Porush, Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert, Kiryat Arba Rabbi Eliezer Waldman, Hevron Rabbi Moshe Bleicher, Gen. (res.) Meir Har-Tzion, and others. Shas Knesset Members are expected to visit in the coming days. 6. ROCKS FROM LEBANON Nearly two months after the withdrawal from Lebanon, the hurling of rocks of various sizes from Lebanon into Israel continues unabated. Israeli soldiers shot in the air in reaction to the injury of one of their comrades by stones yesterday. 7. PALESTINIANS CONTINUE TO "PREPARE" FOR VIOLENCE Israeli security elements are on heightened alert, in light of warnings of Arab violence that may be instigated by Hamas or other Palestinian terrorists. The Palestinian Authority arrested a number of terrorists yesterday who, the PA reported, were "on their way to carry out attacks in Israel." Special police forces are deployed in the Binyamin region. The medical clinic of the Binyamin community of Rimonim was burglarized last night, and police believe that the culprits were Palestinians, commissioned to steal medical supplies in anticipation of violence in the weeks ahead. Several other clinics and pharmacies in Binyamin and around Jerusalem have been broken into over the past several weeks. Israeli security officials say that even if there is an agreement at Camp David, violent Palestinian riots are to be expected. The IDF is increasing its patrols around threatened clinics in Yesha; one of the patrols was successful in chasing away potential burglars in Dolev over the weekend. 8. 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