Mideast Report

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- A diplomatic storm is brewing over Israel's choice of a new ambassador to Denmark after the Danish justice minister threatened Wednesday to arrest the envoy if he sets foot on Danish soil.

Israel's nomination of Carmi Gillon has sparked outrage in Denmark because Gillon has admitted authorizing the torture of Palestinian suspects when he led Israel's Shin Bet domestic security service between 1994 and 1996.

Despite the threat, Israel said it would send Gillon to Denmark.

'And would you like the Web with that?'

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Diners at a suburban Tel Aviv branch of the McDonald's fast-food chain can now order the World Wide Web to go with their burgers and fries.

The restaurant in Ra'anana is believed to be the first McDonald's outlet to install computer terminals -- 20 of them -- at the tables and offer customers Internet access for a fee.

"It reflects the lifestyle of youngsters in Israel and in the world," Omri Padan, chief executive officer of McDonald's Israel said. "To eat fast food and use the Internet at the same time."