Monday, November 18, 2002

Ha'aretz

It pays to keep your eye on what's published in Ha'aretz (even though you miss a lot in the English version, purposefully). Here are two interesting stories from today's edition which I haven't seen elsewhere, yet:

Growing doubt that suspect intended to hijack El Al airliner
-->"There were growing indications Monday that an apparent hijacking attempt on an El Al airliner Sunday may have been a case of security guards reacting to an argument between a passenger and a stewardess."

IDF worried by steep rise in desertion
-->"The Israel Defense Forces has expressed concern recently about the sharp rise in incidents of desertion in its ranks...an increase of 67.2 percent [in comparison to last year]."

Update: The first link above has changed. It now leads with, "An Israeli Arab accused of trying to hijack an El Al Airlines flight wanted to copy the September 11 suicide attacks on the United States and fly the aircraft into a public building in Tel Aviv, Turkish police officials were quoted as saying on Monday."