European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 02, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 b the stars and stripes world tuesday february 2,1993 100 palestinians might return to i Jerusalem a Israel will repatriate 100 of the deported palestinians from Lebanon immediately and will bring Back the remainder within a year in an attempt to end the crisis by Compromise Israel television said monday. The deportations prompted the United nations to demand the exiles immediate return and endangered the resumption of Middle East peace talks. The Palestine liberation organization immediately rejected Israel s move Yasser Abed rabbi a Plo executive committee member said from the Plo s head quarters in Tunisia that the plan was an attempt to circumvent the implementation of a . Resolution demanding the return of the deportees to their Homes. In Washington White House communications director George Steph Nopoulos said it sounds like a step in the right the israeli decision came at a special Cabinet meet ing monday night the to report said. There was no immediate official statement but implicit confirmation came from environment minister Yossi Sarid who stood next to the to correspondent during a live broadcast on the development. Sarid called it a Compromise that is very helpful to whoever thought the whole Issue could end without Compromise without a contribution by Israel was being either naive or disingenuous he said. Israel deported 413 palestinians from the occupied West Bank and Gaza strip to Lebanon on dec. 17, accusing them of being ringleaders in Radical Muslim groups blamed for the killing of six israeli soldiers. Since then Israel has allowed the return of some of the deportees saying they were mistakenly expelled. Five others have been hospitalized. In new York Secretary of state Warren m. Christo Pher exchanged another round of messages monday with israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin on the deportations. We Are getting full backing from the americans Sarid said. We Are eliminating our collision course with the . Security Council. There is no longer any fear of sanctions by the Security most of the original deportation orders were for 18 months to two years but those not returned immediately would have their terms of exile shortened. They would be brought Back gradually Over the next year the to report said. Israel radio said that those deported men not to be immediately returned would remain in Lebanon or go to other countries. Croats serbs fight in Croatia dec mulls Zagreb Croatia a fighting broke put monday Between croats and serbs in the Krajina Region of Croatia and Muslim women and children were reported leaving a bosnian town in Masse after ser Bian forces granted Safe passage. In Brussels Belgium the european Community foreign ministers discussed tougher sanctions against Serbia after the collapse of peace talks to end the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The dec envoy atthe negotiations lord David Owen left to report to the . Security Council in new York on the Geneva talks. Bosnia s warring muslims serbs an croats have broadly accepted the plan by mediators Owen and Cyrus Vance to Divide r. The Republic into 10 Semi autonomous prov i Art Sarathy a 40-year-old Snake charmer in the Indian City of Coimbatore allows incas. But disagreement Over the bound some venomous scorpions to crawl Over his face and head to help prove his claim that Ries caused the talks to break up saturday. He has special Powers Over the creatures. He claims to have been bitten More than serbs and croats offered differing ver 2,000 times by scorpions and snakes to no ill effects. Sions on the flare up in Croatia along the simply charming Southern Border of the Krajina Region con trolled a serbs since the 1991 croatian War. The yugoslav news Agency Tan Jug re ported a major offensive along a 30-mile front by croatian artillery infantry and a Mored units aimed at the serbian held towns of Obrovac and Denkovic. Serbian Gen. Mile Novakovic protest Din a letter to . Peacekeeping forces in the Region saying his troops would do everything to Stop this croatian officials denied their troop were on the offensive in a report by the re Public s Hina news Agency. They said ser Bian rebels opened fire on croatian positions near the Adriatic port of Zadar. In Bosnia Tan Jug reported that hundreds of Muslim women and children had taken up a serbian offer of Safe passage from Czerska surrounded for nine months by serbian rebels. Satellite dishes Send some kuwaitis into orbit by Diana Elia the associated press Kuwait it took Mohammad Al Misbah three Days to convince the father of the girl whom he wants to marry that he would make a Good husband and pro vide a decent Home even if he do sown a satellite dish. He told me that wanted to marry his daughter i d have to sell the dish be cause it brings dirty movies into my House Al Misbah said. The 25-year-old Karale instructor Ait his relatives finally convinced his future father in Law a mosque preacher that the dish is not an instrument of the Devil. Many religious kuwaitis Are campaigning against a satellite dish craze in the emirate part of the liberalization that followed the persian Gulf War. Fundamentalists fear the spread of what the consider decadent Western values. Muslim activists Are seeking to Intro Duce sharia or islamic Law. So How can we allow programs that have not been censored by the information ministry asked Khalel Al Adwa an islamic Deputy in parliament. In neighbouring saudi Arabia Muslim zealots Lake potshots at dishes on roots. In Kuwait recent weeks have seen a series of bombings at video stores. Fundamentalists have taken to linking the dishes with aids a tactic designed to instill fear in kuwaitis considering acquiring of setting the aids dish on two kuwaitis talk to a Salesman about a satellite dish. Many islamic of about the nature of programs beamed in by foreign broadcasters pups the roof of your Home to receive the Cus Toms and traditions of the infidels say pamphlets left on doorsteps. The two Page pamphlets signed by group of honorable people come com plete with statistics on the number of aids and incest victims in the United states they claim that Sweden is consid ing legalizing incest. Despite the protests sales of satellite dishes have More than tripled since � emirate was liberated by the u a lev allies in a Bruard 1991 it. Of iraqi occupation let before the invasion kuwaitis need Dan information ministry permit to have a dish. That requirement has since been waived and More than 20 new companies Are competing for the burgeoning dish Market. Prices have tumbled and Black Metal dishes Are sprouting on roofs. Kuwaitis who stayed in the country during the occupation and those who fled abroad developed a taste for uncensored television news and entertainment. In the More Liberal postwar climate they Are reluctant to accept government or islamic strictures. Laila Ahmed a Young Muslim House wife bought a dish against the wishes other family because she was so bored at Home. Those who want to go to the mosque can go and those who want to have Tun can have fun she said. The most popular satellite channels Are those offering news the latest musical videos and movies. No one cares what languages they re in. Russian pakistani chinese and eve israeli channels Are in great demand. Our to programs Are Dull. Even the children Are sick of cartoon reruns said Hussein Al Haddad his eyes flicking from one screen to another in a store that Sells dishes for monthly payments of $130. We want entertainment. We Wen through enough sorrow during the inva Sion and the occupation said Al had dad a 33-year-old civil servant
