Israel Awareness Update
January 7, 2002
By: Yoni Merola, Natick USY Programming VP

For the past few weeks much has been going on in Israel as the hostility between the 
Israelis and Palestinians continues. Just yesterday, the Prime Minister of Israel called 
Yasser Arafat his "bitter enemy" because of his recent intereception of a ship 
containing 50 tons of weapons of mass destruction bound from Iran. It seems that 
peace talks are far away from occuring in the near future.

In other news, heavy snow fell on Mount Hermon and parts of the Golan yesterday and 
is expected to reach Jerusalem and Galilee peaks this morning. It is uncertain how 
much snow might accumulate in the capital, and municipal officials advised residents 
to listen to news broadcasts from 6:00 a.m. on to learn whether or not schools will be 
open. This is certainly a rare treat for most Israelis.

Finally, the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team remained unbeaten, strolling to a 92-79 
win over Givat Shmuel last night in Or Yehuda. Givat Shmuel had no answer against 
the stronger Tel Aviv side, which responded well to the scolding they received from 
coach David Blatt after their poor performance in beating Kiryat Ata last week. Now the 
Israeli champions can prepare confidently for their Euroleague match in Spain 
against Malaga on Thursday.

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