Jerusalem Post
January 9, 2005

News in Brief

Yeshiva students freed after priest attack

by Etgar Lefkovits, Janine Zacharia

Four yeshiva students who allegedly assaulted an Armenian Priest in
the Old City of Jerusalem were released on bail on Friday, police
said.

During a remand hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court, three of
the suspects were ordered to stay out of the Old City for 90 days.

Police said that they will issue indictments against all four
suspects, three of whom live outside the city. * Etgar Lefkovits

Protests allowed at civil servants’ homes

In a blow to police, the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court ruled Friday
that far-right activists may demonstrate outside the homes of
government workers under certain restrictions, police said.

The decision flies in the face of police requests to keep protesters
away from civil servants’ homes, in keeping with the instructions of
former attorney- general Elyakim Rubinstein.

In the ruling Friday, Judge Shimon Feinberg ordered two far-right
activists arrested Thursday during an illegal anti-disengagement
protest outside the Jerusalem home of the IDF chaplain released on
bail. * Etgar Lefkovits

Zoellick new deputy secretary of state

WASHINGTON – US President George W. Bush on Friday chose Robert
Zoellick, the US Trade Representative, to be deputy secretary of
state. Zoellick, who will replace Richard Armitage as the second
highest ranking US diplomat, will face Senate confirmation.

Zoellick, a long-time diplomat, has been for the past four years the
chief US official negotiating free trade agreements around the world,
including with Middle Eastern countries like Morocco. Zoellick’s
confirmation hearing should take place in the coming weeks.

National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, who Bush has nominated to
replace Colin Powell as Secretary of State, will face Senate
questioning on January 18.

Also on Friday, Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, a leading
architect of the Iraq war, said he had been asked to remain in the
Bush administration. “I have been asked to stay and have accepted,”
Wolfowitz told Reuters through a spokesman. * Janine Zacharia