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DATE=2/17/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-245638
TITLE=ISRAEL / KURD SHOOTING (L) 
BYLINE=DAVID GOLLUST
DATELINE=JERUSALEM
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  ISRAEL IS BOLSTERING SECURITY AT ITS OVERSEAS MISSIONS 
AFTER AN ATTACK BY KURDISH PROTESTERS (WEDNESDAY) ON ITS BERLIN 
CONSULATE.  THREE KURDS WERE KILLED BY ISRAELI GUARDS.  
MEANWHILE, PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HAS AGAIN SAID 
ISRAEL HAD  NO  ROLE IN TURKEY'S CAPTURE OF P-K-K LEADER ABDULLAH
OCALAN.  MORE FROM CORRESPONDENT DAVID GOLLUST IN JERUSALEM.
TEXT:  MR. NETANYAHU HAS EXPRESSED REGRET OVER THE CASUALTIES IN 
BERLIN.  BUT HE SAID THE BERLIN MISSION HAD BEEN BROKEN INTO BY 
MEMBERS OF A CLUB-AND-HAMMER-WIELDING CROWD, AND ISRAELI SECURITY
GUARDS HAVE STANDING ORDERS TO USE FORCE, IF NECESSARY, TO 
PROTECT MISSIONS AND THEIR STAFF MEMBERS.
HE SAID A WOMAN STAFF MEMBER OF THE CONSULATE HAD BEEN BRIEFLY 
TAKEN HOSTAGE AND ONE OF THE DEATHS OCCURRED WHEN A RIOTER TRIED 
TO STRIP A WEAPON FROM ONE OF THE GUARDS. 
ISRAELI DIPLOMATIC POSTS HAD BEEN BRACING FOR TROUBLE AFTER A 
GERMAN NEWSPAPER EARLIER THIS WEEK CARRIED A REPORT -- QUOTING 
WESTERN INTELLIGENCE SOURCES -- THAT ISRAEL'S MOSSAD SECURITY 
AGENCY HAD HELPED TURKISH AUTHORITIES TRACK DOWN P-K-K LEADER 
OCALAN.
AT AN IMPROMPTU NEWS CONFERENCE, MR. NETANYAHU DENIED ISRAEL HAD 
HAD ANY ROLE IN EITHER LOCATING OR CAPTURING THE KURDISH LEADER. 
GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN MOSHE FOGEL SAID LATER THAT DENIAL APPLIES 
TO ALL AGENCIES AND ELEMENTS OF THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT:
                     /// FOGEL ACTUALITY ///
         I HAVE TO MAKE THIS ABSOLUTELY CLEAR BECAUSE I THINK 
         THERE IS A LOT OF RUMORS THAT JUST HAVE NO BASIS IN 
         FACT.  ISRAEL, AND ALL THE ISRAELI AGENCIES INVOLVED, 
         HAVE  NO  PART IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM IN HIS 
         (OCALAN'S) CAPTURE, OR ANY THE ACTIONS LEADING TO HIS 
         CAPTURE. 
                         /// END ACT ///
ISRAEL HAS ESTABLISHED CLOSE DEFENSE AND SECURITY RELATIONS WITH 
TURKEY IN RECENT YEARS, AND THE TWO COUNTRIES HAVE STAGED JOINT 
MILITARY EXERCISES.
MR. NETANYAHU SAID BOTH COUNTRIES ARE FIGHTING TERRORISM.  BUT HE
SAID PEOPLE SHOULD  NOT  DRAW FROM THIS THAT THERE HAS BEEN 
COOPERATION ON THE OCALAN CASE, AND HE SUGGESTED PARTIES HOSTILE 
TO ISRAEL ARE EXPLOITING THE ISSUE.
// REST OPT //  ISRAELI IS BEEFING-UP SECURITY AT ITS OVERSEAS 
MISSIONS AND IS SENDING A TEAM OF EXPERTS TO JOIN GERMAN 
OFFICIALS IN INVESTIGATING THE BERLIN ATTACK.   (SIGNED)
NEB/DAG/PCF/RAE
17-Feb-99 11:31 AM EST (1631 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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