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To: average joe who wrote (1066)	4/24/2001 4:08:24 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 23908

A funny piece of Kafkaesque politics: Palestinians screaming for Israeli gamblers to come back and play at Jericho's casino.... Israel says no gamblers returning to Jericho By Amos Harel Ha'aretz Military Correspondent Israel is not negotiating to reopen access to the Jericho casino, despite a suggestion from a senior Palestinian that Israelis be allowed to return, defense sources told Ha'aretz last night. If violence in the city stays low, Israel will consider relaxing the closure there and allowing Palestinian traffic in and out of the city, the sources said. However, the defense authorities do not intend to allow Israelis into Jericho. Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat recently asked Foreign Minister Shimon Peres to allow Israelis back to gamble at the casino, Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer said yesterday in response to a question from MK Ophir Pines-Paz. Erekat, Ben-Eliezer said, promised that in return the PA would enforce peace in the Jordan Valley. The Government Coordinator in the Territories recently compiled a plan to get life in the Jordan Valley back to normal. It included concessions in tourism, agriculture and finance, provided the calm in the Valley continued. It would also facilitate relatively free passenger traffic to Allenby Bridge. The plan did not include the Jericho casino. In the last two months, the sources said, the Palestinians have been refurbishing the casino, which was badly damaged by IDF gunfire at the start of the Al Aqsa Intifada. © copyright 2001 Ha'aretz. All Rights Reserved www3.haaretz.co.il To be sure, Israel's gamblers would play for high stakes indeed: they might break the bank and step out of the casino as big-time winners --but hell, they'll never make it back home! At least, I guess Sharansky and his followers don't care much about playing Russian roulette! LOL!