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VOLUME 59 NO. 31
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Tensions
rise with
temperature
Israelis creep toward the
unknown as country
prepares for withdrawal
By Dina Kraft
KIBBUTZ MABAROT, Israel, (JTA)
— Opinions on Israel's planned
withdrawal from the Gaza Strip pile
up even higher than the helpings of
Dorit Daniel's stuffed zucchinis at a
family dinner,
"I feel terrible things are about to
happen," says Daniel, 57, who is
adamantly in favor of the with-
drawal scheduled to begin in
mid-August but fears the internal
fallout could be disastrous.
"I'm most fearful about someone
from one side or another getting
shot — that could lead to civil war,"
she says, cradling her head in her
hands as she sits at the table of her
home in Kibbutz Mabarot, located
in the center of the country, near
Netanya.
Her 24-year-old son, who asked
not to be identified because he
recently completed his army service
in an elite unit, argues that the uni-
lateral pullout of forces from Gaza
and part of the northern West Bank
is a mistake. He says evacuating the
approximately 9,000 lewish settlers
who live there and the soldiers who
protect them could lead to a secu-
rity vacuum and greater instability.
Across Israel, tensions are rising
along with the soaring summer heat
as the country barrels towards the
unknown.
Israelis — young and old, reli-
gious and secular, left and right —
anxiously wait to see where the
withdrawal will lead. The debate
over possible scenarios rages every-
where from Shabbat dinners to
cafes to supermarket checkout lines.
Will Israel, they wonder, see a
traumatic face-off between fellow
citizens, increased Palestinian
mortar attacks, or other forms of
see TENSIONS p. 10
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Team Dallas, more than 300 strong, enters Resistol Arena Sunday night to cap the parade of athletes portion of the Maccabi
Games. Co-chairs for the entertaining Opening Ceremonies were Carol Aaron, Janelle Friedman, Debbie Lacher and Stuart
Prescott. Photo: Don Petty
Search continues for revor Stokol
By Harriet P. Gross
Trevor Stokol should be back
home in Dallas now, starting his
studies at UTSouthwestern Medical
School. Instead, a major search con-
tinues for the 25-year-old son of Dr.
Arnold and Barbara Stokol, missing
in Nepal at the end of an eight-
month travel adventure.
Arnie Stokol rarely misses the
Monday lunch meetings of
Richardson Rotary Club. But on
luly 25, John DeMattia announced
the reason for his good friend's
absence that day: Arnie, with his
brother Ellwyn, was in Katmandu,
searching for Trevor.
The previous Friday, July 22,
Trevor and a travelling companion
were supposed to be picked up near
Gorak Shep, elevation 16,900 feet,
the last village on the way to the
Mount Everest base camp. With sev-
eral hours to wait, Trevor — who
was keeping a Web site journal of his
trek — decided to go off by himself
to take pictures of some ice falls. He
never returned. Others staying at the
same guesthouse first looked for
him themselves, then reported his
disappearance to U.S. authorities.
Since that time, 19 sherpas have
been involved in unsuccessful
ground searching. The senior
Stokols have enlisted assistance
from a Belgian climber familiar with
the area plus search-and-rescue
experts. Initially they rented a heli-
copter, but even with remote
viewing devices, they detected
nothing.
Last Sunday, the day that Barbara
Stokol and daughter Jodi flew to
Katmandu to join Arnie and Ellwyn,
a U.S. Army helicopter able to fly
lower and stay aloft longer than the
rented one went out. But although
"it was so low that they could iden-
tify garbage on the ground and
know what it was," Barbara said in
Trevor Stokol in Agra, India
last November
an e-mail, there was no trace of
Trevor. Then, when the 'copter
landed at a small village, the Stokols
learned for the first time that there
had been an avalanche on the Friday
of Trevor's disappearance, in exactly
the area that he had set out to
explore.
However, "We are not giving up
see STOKOL p. 2
Maccabi
Games
start with
Texas flair
1,500 teens converge for
Olympic-style competition
By Steve Israel
Special to the TJP
MESQUITE — With a Texas "Yee-
hah!" and "Howdy!"—punctuated
by a piercing shofar blast — 2,000
North Texans greeted 1,500 young
Jewish athletes and 300 coaches and
leaders at opening ceremonies here
Sunday, launching the week-long
2005 JCC Maccabi Games.
Cheers welcomed teams of flag-
waving teenagers from 33 cities
across America and more from
Israel, Canada and Mexico. High-
energy music blared as the guests
paraded onto the dirt floor of
Resistol Arena, where rodeo cow-
boys normally rope calves and ride
bulls.
To a cry of "Let the Games
Begin!" the teens shouted their
approval. Throughout Sunday, 16
charter buses had delivered them
from DFW Airport, where they
deplaned from Boca Raton (108
athletes) and Baltimore (72), from
Tel Aviv (12) and Tucson (23), from
Mexico City (50) and Miami (50)
and other cities from Houston to
Boston.
An enthusiastic crowd rose to
their feet and hailed the girl basket -
ballers from Israel, led by coach Gali
Avraham. Thrilled by their special
treatment, the blue-clad troupe
smiled and waved back. "It's their
first time in the States," Avraham
told the TJP. "We only played in
Israel before this."
After the Games conclude here
Thursday night, the Israelis will ply
their roundball skills in San
Antonio, the second of four 2005
Maccabi Games venues. The girls
get to spend two days in New York
see GAMES p. 22
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