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Subject: Re: [bprlist] "The church is dead, long live the reformation"
From: Shophar_Sho_Good
Date: 11 Dec 00 10:02:25 EST
In reference to the disclaimer comment below...
Articles, the message content & nuance posted on BPR-LIST are not necessarily
being endorsed or rejected by virtue of the post. That's why you need to read,
study and understand the scriptures.
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If this is the same Bishop Spong who is promoting full acceptance of
practicing homosexuals into the church and advocating abortion, then I am
sorry that you distributed this article without some disclaimer. A clerical
title does not mean that you are a minister of the Good News. I am writing
as one who has read some of Bishop Spong's work. I am also speaking as one
who is a seminary graduate, and it is my opinion that Bishop Spong's work has
the a form of godliness but lacks the power of it. When addressing social
injustices is done at the omission of preaching everyone's need of salvation
and that only through the shed blood of Jesus Christ, those efforts then are
only philanthropic endeavors. When Jesus' death, resurrection from the dead,
ascension into heaven, the empowerment of believer with the Holy Spirit, the
current day ministry of Jesus where He is seated at the right hand of the
Father interceding for His followers and His one day return is not preached
in love, then church is just another social club.
Bishop Spong's message cannot be separated from the fruit of his ministry.
It is not a message that brings people to a decision for God, but in fact it
is trying to rewrite His word to fit the signs of the times. No, the church
is not perfect, in fact far from it. However, through Bishop Spong's
proposals, he is appearing as an angel of light. This is not a message of
good news but heretical error that is only fit to line the bottom of garbage
cans.
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Subject: [bprlist] Wording in Spanish-Language Bible Draws Jewish Complaints
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Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 15:25:31 -0000
Wording in Spanish-Language Bible Draws Jewish Complaints
By SEBASTIAN ROTELLA, Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/religion/20001209/t000117866.html
BUENOS AIRES--Latin America's history of religious persecution has
left Jewish groups alert not just for intolerance but also its
echoes. Now a conflict that could reopen old wounds has arisen here,
one concerning the Bible: not the text itself but the footnotes.
The dispute over a Spanish-language edition is a reminder that
relations between the faiths can be painfully sensitive. The way in
which Jewish and Roman Catholic leaders have come together to discuss
the problem, however, reflects a spirit of rapprochement frequently
urged by Pope John Paul II.
The version of the Bible under scrutiny was edited by Bernard
Hurault, a French priest who served in Latin America. Published in
Spain, the edition has sold at least 34 million copies and is aimed
at working-class Catholics in the Southern Hemisphere, as well as
Spanish speakers in the United States.
But 19 references to Jews and Judaism in the explanatory footnotes
caught the attention of the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal
Center, an international organization dedicated to fighting bigotry
and preserving the memory of the Holocaust. Representatives of the
center asked Catholic leaders in Argentina and Chile this week to
address their concerns about those editorial comments.
The complaint has a precedent. A court in Paris ruled in 1995 that
the French edition by the same author contained two anti-Semitic
references, and it ordered them expurgated, though the court declined
to eliminate other passages that were challenged. French church
officials then withdrew their imprimatur of the edition.
In the Latin American version, footnotes refer to Jews as "a very
ignorant people," "sinners" and scornful of other religions. One note
states that "the judgment of God has not yet fallen on the Jewish
people."
"I'm not saying it was done with malicious, anti-Semitic intent, but
it reflects an old-fashioned mentality," said Shimon Samuels, the
Paris-based director of international liaison activities for the
Wiesenthal Center. "This kind of language is out of place today."
It is not necessary to go back to the Inquisition to find examples of
officially sanctioned anti-Semitism in Latin America.
Catholic clergy on both sides of the Atlantic helped Nazi war
criminals find refuge in South America. Later, the anti-Jewish
diatribes of Julio Meinvielle, an influential Argentine priest, set
the ideological tone for the "dirty war" waged against dissidents by
the 1976-1983 dictatorship. During the 1990s, terrorist bombings
destroyed a Jewish community center and the Israeli Embassy in Buenos
Aires, leaving a total of 115 dead.
Anti-Semitic comments and incidents still crop up from Chile to
Venezuela. Add to that backdrop today's Middle East tensions, and the
allegedly negative sentiments in the edition of the Bible could
foment bias, according to Samuels.
Recalling the longtime depiction of "the Jew as antichrist," Samuels
said: "I don't know what a peasant thinks when he reads this Bible.
He's being served a dish of old-fashioned prejudice against people he
never met."
In meetings with church officials this week at a human rights
conference in Santiago, Chile, Samuels bolstered his argument with a
scholarly analysis commissioned by Colombian bishops.
The descriptions of Judaism are unusual compared with other editions
of the Bible, concluded the Rev. Hugo Fernandez Mora of Colombia's
Episcopal Council in a letter summarizing the findings. "Above all,
it is jarring the manner in which at many times it discusses 'the
Jews' in a general and even anachronistic way."
Others, however, caution that context is important.
"Some of it may be interpretable," said the Rev. Eduardo Perez, an
Argentine Catholic priest. "The part about 'an ignorant people' may
be because in the text [the speaker] is addressing a village of
peasants. This has to be reviewed by an expert on the Bible."
In response to the Wiesenthal Center's concerns, Catholic officials
in Argentina commissioned their own study of a CD-ROM version of the
edition produced in the country, Perez said. The confidential results
have been sent to the Chilean archdiocese that provided an imprimatur
of the edition, he said.
The Madrid publishers have promised to make changes. And Samuels has
requested that the Vatican issue a statement, to be published in new
editions, that explains why the material was removed.
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Subject: [bprlist] Dec 10, 2000 TV Programs
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Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 10:34:36 -0500
8:00 PM Eastern
HIST - BATTLE HISTORY OF THE NAVY - The Revolutionary War; the War of 1812; the
Civil War; the Spanish-American War (CC) (TVG)
9:00
C-SPAN - BRITISH HOUSE OF COMMONS - The State Opening of Parliament; Queen
Elizabeth II speaks
DISC - INSIDE THE SPACE STATION - Computer images illustrate the construction of space stations (TVG)
HIST - BATTLE HISTORY OF THE NAVY - After World War I, America scraps its new
battleships, while Japan builds a formidable fleet (CC) (TVG)
10:00
DISC - MYSTERIES OF THE PYRAMIDS - The structure of the Pyramids has ritualistic and
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) USA TODAY: Let our kids alone, Arafat told
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 10:35:54 -0500
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Subject: USA TODAY: Let our kids alone, Arafat told
USA TODAY: Let our kids alone, Arafat told
Matthew Kalman USA TODAY December 8 2000 Page 16A
TULKARM, WEST BANK -- In a rare letter of protest sent this week to
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, a Palestinian women's group demanded that
the Palestinian Authority stop using children as cannon fodder.
''Our children are being sent into the streets to face heavily armed Israeli
soldiers,'' said the letter from the Tulkarm Women's Union -- a local branch
of the Palestinian Women's Union, a trade-union group that promotes the
status of women in the Palestinian Authority.
''The Palestinian Authority must put an end to this phenomenon. We urge you
to issue instructions to your police force to stop sending innocent children
to their death.''
The letter adds weight to complaints from parents who are beginning to speak
out despite what they say has been two months of intimidation by armed
gunmen loyal to Arafat.
''We don't want to send our sons to the front line, but they are being taken
by the Palestinian Authority,'' says Aisheh, 43, a mother of six in the West
Bank city of Tulkarm. She says she decided to speak out after her
17-year-old son was hit in the head by a rubber bullet last week. He
suffered a concussion.
Like other protesting parents, Aisheh declines to allow her full name to be
published for fear of reprisals. A nurse from Gaza who spoke out on
Palestinian TV against sending children to the flash points was condemned in
the Palestinian media as a traitor. Other individuals who refuse to allow
their names to be published say they have been threatened by armed Fatah
officials for discouraging their children from participating in the clashes.
Israel has faced international criticism for the deaths of at least 38
children under the age of 17 in more than two months of conflict in which
nearly 300 people have died. Nearly 1,000 children have been injured. The
Palestinians consider anyone under the age of 17 a child. But children just
entering their teens -- and some even younger -- have been injured in the
region's worst violence in nearly a decade.
Despite their parents' objections, many Palestinian children appear eager to
fight the Israelis and even become martyrs for the Palestinian cause: an
independent state.
An Israeli human rights group this week charged that Israeli soldiers
routinely open fire on unarmed Palestinian demonstrators. But the group,
B'Tselem -- created in 1989, according to its Web site, to ''change Israeli
policy'' to protect Palestinians -- also said the Palestinian leadership was
making little effort to keep children and gunmen away from potentially
violent confrontations.
Bassam Abu Sharif, a special adviser to Arafat, has accused Israeli troops
of ''cold-blooded killing.'' He denies Israeli accusations that the
Palestinian Authority has placed children at the front of demonstrations to
act as human shields for armed gunmen.
''We don't send children -- nobody can send children -- and we don't hide
behind children,'' Abu Sharif says. ''The kids in the demonstrations were
there because they were out of school. We love our children the same way
other human beings love their children.''
Israeli army chiefs point out that not all the children killed in the recent
clashes have been innocent bystanders. They say their snipers have orders to
shoot anyone shooting or throwing Molotov cocktails at them, but some of the
attackers have been as young as 12.
The most famous casualty of the latest Israeli-Palestinian conflict was
Mohammed Al-Dourra, a 12-year-old boy shot dead on the second day of
fighting as he took cover in his father's arms during a gun battle in the
Gaza Strip. His last moments were caught on camera by a French TV crew and
broadcast around the world.
Abu Sharif says Palestinian police are trying to dissuade children from
taking part in clashes with Israeli soldiers. He adds: ''These kids are on
the streets. For them, banners and demonstrations are a festival.''
But Aisheh says the militia of Arafat's Fatah movement and the Palestinian
security forces provide transportation and encouragement to children eager
to answer the call to combat Israel's continued presence on Arab land.
''When school finishes, Palestinian Authority security cars go around
collecting children from the streets and sending them to the killing
fields,'' she says. ''This is very serious because they are children and
they are unarmed.''
Palestinian Authority TV broadcasts constant images of children carrying
weapons and staging mock attacks on Israelis.
Over the summer, children as young as 12 were trained in the use of
Kalshnikov rifles and other weapons at special camps by Fatah officials.
Ramahan Sahadi Abed Rabbah, 13, was asked by the official Palestinian
Authority newspaper why he participated in clashes with soldiers. ''My
purpose is not to be wounded, but something more sublime -- martyrdom,'' he
replied.
''As the number of those killed rises, the Palestinian media extol and exalt
not only those killed, but also their willingness to die as martyrs for
Allah, emphasizing that dying a martyr's death was the realization of their
hopes,'' says Itamar Marcus, director of the Palestinian Media Watch
monitoring group.
Palestinian Authority TV and newspapers also have come under fire, accused
of encouraging children to throw stones and Molotov cocktails at armed
Israeli troops.
Aisheh's husband, Abdelghani, says intimidation has kept parents from
speaking out.
''No one here dares to say publicly that he is against sending his own
children to the front line,'' he says. ''Some parents who have tried to
protest have been condemned as fifth columnists (traitors) and threatened.''
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Subject: [bprlist] 4 Additional Moons Discovered orbiting Saturn
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Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 10:36:39 -0500
FOUR ADDITIONAL MOONS DISCOVERED ORBITING SATURN
An unprecedented surge in planetary moon discoveries continued this
week as astronomers reported the discovery of four more moons
orbiting Saturn, bringing the total number of moons found around the
planet since October to ten.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0012/10saturnmoons/
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) Interview: MK Kleiner-I may pull Monday no confidence vote
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 15:10:35 -0500
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Subject: Interview: MK Kleiner-
I may pull Monday no confidence vote
Interview: MK Kleiner - I may pull Monday no confidence vote
Aaron Lerner Date: 10 December 2000
If 61 MKs support a non-confidence vote on Monday this will take
precedence over Ehud Barak's resignation today since the resignation
only goes into effect after 48 hours. If this happens there would be
general elections and elections for the prime minister and Netanyahu
could run as a candidate.
IMRA interviewed Herut MK Michael Kleiner, in Hebrew, on 10 December
2000.
IMRA: What is the story?
Kleiner: Last Tuesday late at night the Arab MK tries to push through
the first vote on legislation that would require Arab representation
in local planning authorities. There were about ten MKs present and
I found myself there with (Likud MK) Gideon Ezra and two or three
others. So I turned the vote into a vote of no-confidence in order
to push off the vote to the next week. That is to say Monday.
(Israeli Arab Balad MK) Azmi Bishara was furious. He claimed that
the government did not support the law so there were no grounds to
turn it into a vote of no confidence. But then it turned out in a
check of the protocol that the government did in fact vote in favor
of the law during its preliminary vote and so my motion to turn it
into a vote of no confidence applied.
If 61 MKs vote on Monday then the government falls.
IMRA: Who can withdraw the vote?
Kleiner: I do not know if Azmi Bishara can pull the law or if (Shas
MK) David Azoulai. I do not think either will.
I can also pull it.
IMRA: But you have no reason.
Kleiner: I have a very good reason.
IMRA: Because you would not have a home if there were Knesset
elections today.
Kleiner: What are you talking about? I have been pushing for a vote
of no confidence so that the elections would be held in 90 days
instead of only in May so as to reduce the chance that Barak has
enough time to make a deal with Arafat. On Friday I was talking with
Shas and Shinui about pushing through the no confidence vote but I
still was certain I had the numbers. Then on Saturday night, before
Barak's announcement, Shinui advised me that they would not join in
the no confidence vote and I saw that we had only 58 votes, not
enough to bring the government down.
Again, I wanted the no confidence vote so that there would be
elections in 3 months instead of five. Now if I allow the no
confidence vote to go through the elections will be held in 90
instead of 60 days.
If Barak were to succeed in reaching an irrevocable deal with Arafat
within those extra 30 days I would never be able to forgive myself.
So let there first be a right wing prime minister and then let us
vote for a new Knesset.
IMRA: So you may pull it yourself?
Kleiner: I may very well do it. There is much to consider both for
and against. Keep in mind that if you consider the polls the
ideological right does not gain from new elections. I am in no rush
to destroy the true ideological right and replace it with people like
(possible Likud candidates) Pnina Rosenblum and Ruchama Avraham.
IMRA: Barak' own people can't pull it by saying that they do not
support the bill?
Kleiner: No. They are on record in the preliminary vote and are not
able to walk away from it.
IMRA: As an experienced politician do you anticipate Ark Sharon
having a problem winning because some religious will not forgive him
for supporting Barak's proposal to draft Yeshiva students?
Kleiner: I find it hard to believe. Barak announced that he was
continuing the secular revolution. They are furious with him. They
will all vote for Arik Sharon. Arik Sharon will win the elections
and will establish a national unity government. That is what the
country wants.
I would also note that Netanyahu performs better in the polls because
he is on the outside. Once he is inside he will also drop.
I think that Arik Sharon will win. I also think that (Likud MKs)
Limor Livnat and Silvan Shalom can also beat Barak in the elections.
I think anyone can beat Barak today.
IMRA: Is there a danger that some in the Right will not want to vote
for Sharon because of his history (the evacuation of Yamit).
Kleiner: The opposite is the case. I know some people in the Right
who find it hard to vote for Netanyahu because of Wye.
Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) Statements Clarifying Meaning of 242
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Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 15:10:35 -0500
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Resolution 242
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Statements Clarifying the Meaning of U.N. Security Council Resolution 242
Foreign Ministry of Israel http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0cyv0
Even before the beginning of the Jarring Mission (the Special Representative
as mentioned in the Resolution), the Arab States insisted that Security
Council Resolution 242 called for a total withdrawal of Israeli forces from
territories occupied in the Six-Day War. Israel held that the withdrawal
phrase in the Resolution was not meant to refer to a total withdrawal.
Following are statements including the interpretations of various
delegations to Resolution 242:
A. United Kingdom
- Lord Caradon, sponsor of the draft that was about to be adopted, stated,
before the vote in the Security Council on Resolution 242:
" . . . the draft Resolution is a balanced whole. TO add to it or to detract
from it would destroy the balance and also destroy the wide measure of
agreement we have achieved together. It must be considered as a whole as it
stands. I suggest that we have reached the stage when most, if not all, of
us want the draft Resolution, the whole draft Resolution and nothing but the
draft Resolution." (S/PV 1382, p. 31, of 22.11.67)
- Lord Caradon, interviewed on Kol Israel in February 1973:
Question: "This matter of the (definite) article which is there in French
and is missing in English, is that really significant?"
Answer: "the purposes are perfectly clear, the principle is stated in the
preamble, the necessity for withdrawal is stated in the operative section.
And then the essential phrase which is not sufficiently recognized is that
withdrawal should take place to secure and recognized boundaries, and these
words were very carefully chosen: they have to be secure and they have to be
recognized. They will not be secure unless they are recognized. And that is
why one has to work for agreement. This is essential. I would defend
absolutely what we did. It was not for us to lay down exactly where the
border should be. I know the 1967 border very well. It is not a satisfactory
border, it is where troops had to stop in 1947, just where they happened to
be that night, that is not a permanent boundary . . . "
- Mr. Michael Stewart, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth
Affairs, in reply to a question in Parliament, 17 November 1969:
Question: "What is the British interpretation of the wording of the 1967
Resolution? Does the Right Honourable Gentleman understand it to mean that
the Israelis should withdraw from all territories taken in the late war?"
Mr. Stewart: "No, Sir. That is not the phrase used in the Resolution. The
Resolution speaks of secure and recognized boundaries. These words must be
read concurrently with the statement on withdrawal."
- Mr. Michael Stewart, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth
Affairs, in a reply to a question in Parliament, 9 December 1969:
"As I have explained before, there is reference, in the vital United Nations
Security Council Resolution, both to withdrawal from territories and to
secure and recognized boundaries. As I have told the House previously, we
believe that these two things should be read concurrently and that the
omission of the word 'all' before the word 'territories' is deliberate."
- Mr. George Brown, British Foreign Secretary in 1967, on 19 January 1970:
"I have been asked over and over again to clarify, modify or improve the
wording, but I do not intend to do that. The phrasing of the Resolution was
very carefully worked out, and it was a difficult and complicated exercise
to get it accepted by the UN Security Council. "I formulated the Security
Council Resolution. Before we submitted it to the Council, we showed it to
Arab leaders. The proposal said 'Israel will withdraw from territories that
were occupied', and not from 'the' territories, which means that Israel will
not withdraw from all the territories." (The Jerusalem Post, 23.1.70)
B. United States of America
- Mr. Arthur Goldberg, US representative, in the Security Council in the
course of the discussions which preceded the adoption of Resolution 242:
"To seek withdrawal without secure and recognized boundaries ... would be
just as fruitless as to seek secure and recognized boundaries without
withdrawal. Historically, there have never been secure or recognized
boundaries in the area. Neither the armistice lines of 1949 nor the
cease-fire lines of 1967 have answered that description ... such boundaries
have yet to be agreed upon. An agreement on that point is an absolute
essential to a just and lasting peace just as withdrawal is . . . " (S/PV.
1377, p. 37, of 15. 11.67)
- President Lyndon Johnson, 10 September 1968:
"We are not the ones to say where other nations should draw lines between
them that will assure each the greatest security. It is clear, however, that
a return to the situation of 4 June 1967 will not bring peace. There must be
secure and there must be recognized borders. Some such lines must be agreed
to by the neighbours involved."
- Mr. Joseph Sisco, Assistant Secretary of State, 12 July 1970 (NBC "Meet
the Press"):
"That Resolution did not say 'withdrawal to the pre-June 5 lines'. The
Resolution said that the parties must negotiate to achieve agreement on the
so-called final secure and recognized borders. In other words, the question
of the final borders is a matter of negotiations between the parties."
- Eugene V. Rostow, Professor of Law and Public Affairs, Yale University,
who, in 1967, was US Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs:
a) " ... paragraph 1 (i) of the Resolution calls for the withdrawal of
Israeli armed forces 'from territories occupied in the recent conflict', and
not 'from the territories occupied in the recent conflict'. Repeated
attempts to amend this sentence by inserting the word 'the' failed in the
Security Council. It is, therefore, not legally possible to assert that the
provision requires Israeli withdrawal from all the territories now occupied
under the cease-fire resolutions to the Armistice Demarcation lines."
(American Journal of International Law, Volume 64, September 1970, p. 69)
b) "The agreement required by paragraph 3. of the Resolution, the Security
Council said, should establish 'secure and recognized boundaries' between
Israel and its neighbours 'free from threats or acts of force', to replace
the Armistice Demarcation lines established in 1949, and the cease-fire
lines of June 1967. The Israeli armed forces should withdraw to such lines
as part of a comprehensive agreement, settling all the issues mentioned in
the Resolution, and in a condition of peace." (American Journal of
International Law, Volume 64, September 1970, p. 68)
C. USSR
- Mr. Vasily Kuznetsov said in discussions that preceded the adoption of
Resolution 242:
" ... phrases such as 'secure and recognized boundaries'. What does that
mean? What boundaries are these? Secure, recognized - by whom, for what? Who
is going to judge how secure they are? Who must recognize them? ... there is
certainly much leeway for different interpretations which retain for Israel
the right to establish new boundaries and to withdraw its troops only as far
as the lines which it judges convenient." (S/PV. 1373, p. 112, of 9.11.67)
D. Brazil
- Mr. Geraldo de Carvalho Silos, Brazilian representative, speaking in the
Security Council after the adoption of Resolution 242:
"We keep constantly in mind that a just and lasting peace in the Middle East
has necessarily to be based on secure, permanent boundaries freely agreed
upon and negotiated by the neighbouring States." (S/PV. 1382, p. 66,
22.11.67)
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) PM Barak: Israel will continue to work towads...
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Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 15:10:35 -0500
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Subject: Poll: PM BARAK: ISRAEL WILL CONTINUE TO WORK
TOWARDS REDUCTION OF VIOLENCE AND IMPLEMENTATION
OF SHARM UNDERSTANDINGS, AND WILL LEAVE DOOR OPEN
TO POSSIBILITY OF RESUMING TALKS
PM BARAK: ISRAEL WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS REDUCTION OF VIOLENCE AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF SHARM UNDERSTANDINGS, AND WILL LEAVE DOOR OPEN TO
POSSIBILITY OF RESUMING TALKS
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)
Jerusalem December 10, 2000
At the weekly Cabinet meeting today (Sunday), 10.12.2000, Prime Minister
and Defense Minister Ehud Barak praised the IDF and the security
services for their continuous activity against those elements which are
trying to attack us. The Prime Minister said that it is too early to
know how the decision on early elections will affect relations with the
Palestinians but added that Israel will continue to act to reduce
violence, implement the Sharm understandings and leave the door open to
the possibility of a resumption of the negotiations.
Prime Minister Barak said that - by virtue of his being Acting Education
Minister - he has ordered a re-examination of the issue of the
transportation of teachers in Judea and Samaria in light of the recent
terrorist attacks; in this context, he has directed that the necessary
bullet-proofing be carried out. He said that the government is working
in coordination with the relevant authorities regarding the gradual
installation of bullet-proofing in Gilo.
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) PM Barak announces intention to resign
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Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 15:10:36 -0500
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Subject: Poll: PM BARAK ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO RESIGN
PM BARAK ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO RESIGN
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)
Jerusalem December 10, 2000
Prime Minister Barak made the following remarks at the weekly Cabinet
meeting today (Sunday), 10.12.2000:
"As I told the public last night, I intend to inform President Moshe Katsav
of my resignation as prime minister, and to appeal to the nation for a
renewed mandate. To this end, I am acting in accordance with article 23(a)
of Basic Law: The Government
("23. (a) The Prime Minister may, after notifying the Government of his
decision to do so, resign by way of submitting his written resignation to
the President of the State; the resignation will go into force 48 hours
after the letter of resignation is submitted to the President, unless the
Prime Minister retracts prior to such time. ") and am informing you, members
of the government, of my intention to resign as prime minister and submit a
letter to this effect to the president following
this meeting.
According to the law, my resignation will enter into effect 48 hours after I
will have submitted my letter of resignation to the president. According to
article 23(c) of Basic Law: The Government ("(c) Should the Prime Minister
resign, special elections will be conducted."), a special election will be
held within 60 days unless the Knesset decides to dissolve itself.
I will also announce my resignation to the Knesset Speaker as required by
article 23(b) of Basic Law: The Government.
("(b) A Prime Minister who has resigned will give notice thereof to the
Speaker of the Knesset, and the Speaker of the Knesset will then give notice
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Subject: [bprlist] BreakingNews-Israel 1,2,3,4,5 (12/10/00)
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Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 15:10:36 -0500
1. Israeli motorists lightly wounded by gunfire at Chalamish Junction
2. "Demonstration of outrage"=09
3. Gush residents block Arab motorists on Sunday morning=09
1. Israeli motorists lightly wounded by gunfire at Chalamish Junction
(BNI-DEC.10) An Israeli motorist was lightly injured by gunfire on
Saturday night near Chalamish Junction in the Ramallah area. The injured
person was transported to Tel HaShomer Hospital in Tel Aviv.
Also in the Ramallah area on Saturday night, IDF forces were attacked by
gunfire from the Bir Zeit Bridge. There were no injuries.
++++
2. "Demonstration of outrage"
(BNI-DEC.10) On Sunday, December 10th at 10:00am in front of the PLO UN
Mission - Park Avenue & 65th Street, Manhattan, demonstrators will express
their outrage over the continued terrorist attacks in Israel.
Terming Friday=92s murders of three Israelis, including a teacher on the wa
y
to school a direct result of the Palestinian =93Day of Rage,=94 called for
by
Yassir Arafat=92s own Fatah organization, New Yorkers will respond with a
"demonstration of outrage" on Sunday, December 10th.
"December 10th is International Human Rights Day," stated Coalition for
Jewish Concerns-Amcha national president Rabbi Avi Weiss. "Arafat=92s war
against Israel is not only depriving Israelis of their basic human right
to life, but also that of his own Palestinians, especially children, whom
he encourages to attack Israelis and thus subject themselves to loss of
their own lives and limbs."
++++
3. Gush residents block Arab motorists on Sunday morning
(BNI-DEC.10) Jewish residents of the Gush Etzion area of Judea on Sunday
morning began blocking Gush Etzion Junction to Arab motorists. Residents
took to the streets at about 6:30am and at this time, 7:15am, are still
maintaining their presence -- blocking Arab motorists attempting to pass
through the area.
-----------------------
1. Travel restriction placed on Arab males by IDF=09
2. No injuries in Friday night bomb attack near Netzer-Hazany=09
3. White House calls for both sides to work towards peace agreement
4. Minharot road terror attack thwarted by IDF=09
5. Victims of terror since start of al-Aqsa Intifada on September 29,
2000 6. Russian language TV program news approved 7. Demonstrations
continue against IDF=92s abandoning forces in the field 8. Soldiers
attacked by gunfire during the night near Jericho=09
1. Travel restriction placed on Arab males by IDF
(BNI-DEC.10) In an effort to bring an end to the wave of shooting attacks
against Israelis throughout Yesha, the IDF on Sunday morning announced
that Arab males may no longer travel alone in vehicles throughout Yesha.
They may however travel if accompanied by females.
The ban does not include public vehicles, taxis or commercial vehicles.
++++
2. No injuries in Friday night bomb attack near Netzer-Hazany
(BNI-DEC.10) At about 9:30pm Friday night, a large explosive device was
detonated near the flourmill located several meters east of an IDF
position near Netzer-Hazany in Gaza.
Netzer-Hazany residents felt the blast and light damages were reported to
community hot houses.
One community resident reported that on Saturday night, a military
bulldozer was operating in the area, filling the hole made by the
explosive device a day earlier.
++++
3. White House calls for both sides to work towards peace agreement
(BNI-DEC.10) Following the Saturday night announcement by Prime Minister
Ehud Barak that he plans to officially submit his resignation on Sunday to
President Moshe Katzav, the White House issued a statement calling upon
both sides to continue efforts towards achieving a comprehensive peace in
the area.
Outgoing President Bill Clinton called upon Israel and the PA to work
towards achieving a peace agreement despite the imminent elections, in
order to bring an end to the violence. Mr. Clinton added the White House
would assist considerably in achieving an agreement if requested to do so.
++++
4. Minharot road terror attack thwarted by IDF
(BNI-DEC.10) IDF forces foiled a planned terrorist attack in the Har Gilo
area. It is believed that terrorists were planning to place an explosive
device in one of the tunnels of the Minharot road which connects the
southern Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo to the Gush Etzion area of Judea,
south of the capital.
Soldiers early Sunday morning approached the terrorists who opened fire on
the IDF unit in the Har Gilo area. Soldiers returned fire, killing one.
The second terrorist fled.
Materials for used in an attack, including explosives, were left behind by
the fleeing terrorist.
There were no injuries to IDF forces.
++++
5. Victims of terror since start of al-Aqsa Intifada on September 29, 2000
(BNI-DEC.10) Following is a list of the victims of the PLO Authority
orchestrated Al Aqsa Intifada that began on the eve of the Rosh Hashanah
New Year=92s holiday, September 29, 2000.
1. September 27, 2000 - Sergeant David Biri, 19, from Jerusalem, killed in
a terrorist attack in Gaza. He was seriously wounded and died in Soroka
Hospital the following day.
2. September 29, 2000 - Border policeman Chief Inspector Yossi Tabaji, 27,
of Ramle, was shot to death at 7:30am by a member of the PA joint patrol
near the District Coordinating Office in Kalkilya.
3. October 1, 2000 - Border policeman Madhat Yousef, 19, of Bet Jon, was
killed while defending Joseph=92s Tomb in Nablus. He bled to death over a
four-hour period while IDF commanders attempted to negotiate permission
from the PA to evacuate the badly wounded soldier to a hospital.
4. October 2, 2000 =96 Vitslav Zasslevsky, 24, of Ashdod, was shot to death
in the morning as he was taking his car to a garage between the Samaria
Arab villages of Biddya and Masha. He was shot at point-blank range and
died instantly.
5. October 2, 2000 - IDF Soldier Max Hazan, 20, from Dimona, was killed
by PA fire from Bet Sahour near the Shdema base in the Bethlehem District.
Five other soldiers were injured by gunfire.
6. October 6, 2000 - Elon Moreh resident Hillel Lieberman, 37, shot to
death by Arab en route to Joseph=92s Tomb. He left 7 children.
7. October 8, 2000 - Jan Bechor of Rishon L=92Tzion was hit with rocks when
driving on the coastal road. He was killed as a result of losing control
of his car. Five Israeli Arabs, residents of Jisr e-Zarka, situated south
of Haifa on the coastal highway, were indicted on Oct. 26, 2000 for the
attack.
8. October 12, 2000 =96 IDF reservist Sgt.-Major Yosef Avrahami, 38, of
Petah Tikvah was lynched by a mob in Ramallah.
9. October 12, 2000 =96 IDF reservist Corporal Vadim Nourezitz, 33, of Or
Akiva was lynched by a mob in Ramallah.
10. October 19, 2000 =96 Rabbi Binyamin Herling was killed in shooting at
Har Eval. He was wounded and bled to death over five hours waiting for IDF
to move in. Three other Israeli civilians were wounded, one seriously.
11. October 28, 2000 - On Saturday morning, Oct 28, PA military officials
turned over the charred remains of Marik Gavrilov, 25, of Bnei Ayish.
Pathologists used dental records to make the positive identification after
family members were unable to identify the remains on Sunday morning. It
was learned that Gavrilov was shot to death and placed inside a car in the
Ramallah area, in an area under total PA control. The Kol M=92Hashetach New
s
Agency reported that witnesses saw three Tanzim soldiers take the victim
from a Ramallah restaurant on Friday night.
12. October 30, 2000 - Gilo resident Amos Mahlouf, 30, who disappeared on
Saturday Oct 28, was found bound by hands and legs between Gilo and Bet
Jala on Sunday. He was stabbed multiple times. PA security forces turned
over the body to the Bethlehem DCO.
13. October 31, 2000 - Eish-Kodesh Gilmore, 25, Mevo Modi=92in, a security
guard, was shot and critically wounded in a terrorist attack in the East
Jerusalem office of the National Insurance Institute. He died of his
wounds a short time later in the trauma unit of Hadassah Hospital in Ein
Kerem, Jerusalem. Another guard, Itai Suissa, was very seriously wounded
in the attack.
14. November 1, 2000 - Lt. David Chen-Cohen, 21, of Carmiel, was killed in
Gush Etzion in the heavy fighting near el-Hader.
15. November 1, 2000 - Sergeant Shlomo Adishne, 19, of Kibbutz T=92zeilim,
was killed in battle against PA force in the el-Hader area of Gush Etzion.
16. November 1, 2000 - Major Amir Zohar, 34, of Jerusalem, a reserve
officer, was killed in fighting with the PA in Nahal Elisha, in the
Jericho area.
17. November 2, 2000 =96 Chanan Levy, 34, of Jerusalem, was killed in a car
bomb attack on Shomron Street, near Agripas Street in Jerusalem.
18. November 2, 2000 =96 Ayelet HaSahar Levy, 28, of Jerusalem, was killed
in a car bomb attack on Shomron Street, near Agripas Street in Jerusalem.
19. November 8, 2000 =96 Noa Dahan, 25, of Moshav Mivtachim in the south,
was killed in a shooting attack in the morning near Rafiah border
crossing. Noa was a civilian employee in the customs station. Injured in
the attack was her nephew, 17-year-old Oz Parishta who was transported to
Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba.
20. November 10, 2000 - Sergeant Shahar Vacart, 20, from Lod, was
critically wounded on Friday afternoon by PLO Authority (PA) gunfire in
Bethlehem, near Rachel=92s Tomb. Vacart died of his wounds a few hours late
r
in the Hadassah Hospital trauma center in Jerusalem.
21. November 11, 2000 =96 Sergeant-Major Avner Shalom, 28, of Eilat, was
critically wounded on Saturday afternoon in a shooting attack in Gaza. The
gunfire aimed at the IDF soldiers came from a passing vehicle. Shalom was
gravely wounded and he was transported to the trauma center of Soroka
Hospital in Beersheba where he died a short time later. A second soldier
was lightly wounded in the attack.
22. November 13, 2000 - IDF Corporal Elad Wallenstein, 18, of Ashkelon,
was killed in a shooting attack in the Wadi Charamiya area of the Benjamin
Regional Council of Samaria, between the communities of Ofra and Shilo.
The attack occurred at about 4:30pm.
23. November 13, 2000 - Corporal Amit Zanah, 19, of Netanya, was killed
in a shooting attack in the Wadi Charamiya area of the Benjamin Regional
Council of Samaria, between the communities of Ofra and Shilo. The attack
occurred at about 4:30pm.
24. November 13, 2000 - Sarah Leisha, 42, of Neve Tzuf, in the Benjamin
Regional Council of Samaria, was killed in a shooting attack in the Wadi
Charamiya area of the Benjamin Regional Council of Samaria, between the
communities of Ofra and Shilo. The attack occurred at about 4:30pm.
25. November 13, 2000 - Gabi Zaguri, 36, of Netivot, was killed in a
shooting attack near Kissufim, in Gaza, in an early evening shooting
attack. IDF medical personnel pronounced him dead on the scene of the
attack.
26. November 18, 2000 - Staff Sergeant Baruch Snir-Flum, 21, from Tel
Aviv, was killed on Saturday morning when a lone terrorist made his way
into a guard position near greenhouses of Kfar Darom. Soldier Sharon
Sheetubi, 20, from Ramle, was critically injured in the attack, sustaining
head injuries. He was transported to the trauma unit of Soroka Hospital in
Beersheba. Another soldier was lightly wounded in the attack. He was laid
to rest in the Ramle Military Cemetery.
27. November 18, 2000 - Staff Sergeant Sharon Sheetubi, 20, from Ramle,
was critically wounded by a gunshot wound to his head on Saturday morning
when a lone terrorist made his way into a guard position near greenhouses
of Kfar Darom. He died of his injuries on Monday, November 20, 2000, and
interred in the Ramle Military Cemetery on Tuesday, November 21, 2000, at
3:30pm.
28. November 20, 2000 =96 Miriam Amitai, 36, mother of four and resident of
Kfar Darom, was killed in morning terrorist attack. She was the daughter
of Zevulun and Naomi Boneh, founders of the Samarian community of Ofra.
Miriam was a teacher in the Gaza area. She was laid to rest in Ofra.
29. November 20, 2000 =96 Gabi Biton, 36, the father of six, was a
self-employed carpenter/handyman. He was killed in a morning terrorist
attack near Kfar Darom. He was laid to rest in Yerucham.
30. November 21, 2000- Itamar Yefet, 18, of Netzer-Hazany, was shot by a
sniper near Magen Junction in Gaza at 4:00pm. He was pronounced dead at
the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba. He was laid to rest in Moshav
Kadima on Wednesday, November 22, 2000, at 12:00pm.
31. November 22, 2000 =96 Shoshana Reiss, 20, of Hadera was killed in Hader
a
bombing. Car bomb detonated next to Egged number 7 bus from Hadera to
Givat Olga at 5:20pm. 55 injured in attack.
32. November 22, 2000 =96 Meir Barami, 35, of Givat Olga was killed in
Hadera bombing. Car bomb detonated next to Egged number 7 bus from
Hadera
to Givat Olga at 5:20pm. 55 injured in attack.
33. November 23, 2000 - IDF Lt. Edward Mechnik, 21, from Beersheba, was
killed in a bombing attack against the IDF=92s southern Gaza DCO at about
12:00pm Thursday, NOV. 23. Two IDF soldiers and a PA soldier were injured
in the attack. Lt. Mechnik was laid to rest on Friday, November 23, in the
Beersheba Military Cemetery.
34. November 23, 2000 - IDF Sergeant Samer Hussein, 19, from Hurfeish,
died of his wounds sustained in a bombing/shooting attack on Thursday
afternoon (Nov 23) at the Erez Checkpoint in Gaza. He was killed by PA
sniper fire. He leaves his mother and 7 siblings. He was laid to rest in
the Hurfeish Military Cemetery on Friday, Nov. 24.
35. November 24, 2000 - Ariel Jeraffi, 40, a resident of Petah Tikvah, was
shot and killed near Tapuach Junction on Friday (Nov. 24). Jeraffi was a
civilian employee of the IDF and assigned to a project in nearby Barkan.
Despite wearing a flack jacket in his car, at least one bullet penetrated
his abdomen. He was laid to rest in the Segula Cemetery on Sunday,
November 26.
36. November 24, 2000 - IDF Major Sharon Arame, 25 of Ashkelon, was killed
from on Friday afternoon (NOV.24) from PLO Authority (PA) sniper fire
originating in Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza. He was shot in the neck and
bled to death at the scene despite a quick response from emergency medical
personnel. Funeral services are to be announced. He left a wife and
14-month-old child. He was laid to rest on Sunday, Nov. 26, 2000, in the
Ashkelon Military Cemetery at 2:30pm.
37. November 26, 2000 =96 Sergeant-Major Halil Taher, 27, of Acre, was
killed in an early morning blast in the Har Dov area of northern Israel
while on patrol with his IDF unit. He left a pregnant wife and 1-year-old
son. He was laid to rest on Monday, November 27, 2000, in the Moslem
Cemetery in Acre.
38. December 8, 2000 =96 Rina Didovsky, 39, a resident of Bet Haggai, was
killed in a shooting attack near Kiryat Arba on a Friday morning. The
mother of six and Kiryat Arba schoolteacher was killed on her way to work.
She was buried on Friday, December 8, in Jerusalem=92s Har Menuchot
Cemetery.
39. December 8, 2000 =96 Eliyahu Ben-Ami, 41, a resident of Otniel, was
killed in the Friday morning shooting attack near Kiryat Arba. He was
driving teachers from the Southern Hebron Hills area to Kiryat Arba when
shots were fired from a parked car. He was gravely wounded in the attack
and died later in the day in Hadassah Hospital, in Ein Kerem, Jerusalem.
He was laid to rest on Saturday night, December 9, 2000, in the Rechovot
Cemetery. He leaves behind a wife and two daughters.
40. December 8, 2000 =96 IDF soldier Staff Sergeant Tal Gordon, 19, of
Jerusalem, was killed in a shooting attack against an Egged public bus
that was traveling on the Jericho bypass road on Friday afternoon. To be
laid to rest on Sunday, December 10, 2000, in the Mount Herzl Military
Cemetery in Jerusalem.
++++
6. Russian language TV program news approved
(BNI-DEC.10) The Finance Ministry on Thursday approved a NIS 4.5 million
budget for a daily Russian language TV news program to begin airing within
two weeks. It remains unclear at this time which channel will host the
program.
++++
7. Demonstrations continue against IDF=92s abandoning forces in the field
(BNI-DEC.10) Demonstrators, including officers serving in the military
reserves, once again turned out on Saturday night opposite the Defense
Ministry, protesting the IDF=92s abandonment of Border policeman Madhat
Yousef, 19, of Bet Jon, on October 1, 2000.
Yousef was killed while defending Joseph=92s Tomb in Nablus. He bled to
death over a four-hour period while IDF commanders attempted to negotiate
permission from the PA to evacuate the badly wounded soldier to a
hospital.
Demonstrators reject the IDF=92s internal investigation into the event whic
h
stated everything possible was done to save the life of the soldier. The
organizers of the weekly protests insist they will not rest until an
official state appointed board of inquiry investigates the events that
occurred. Many reserve officers are threatening to return their rank and
military service cards in protest of the abandonment of a soldier in the
field.
++++
8. Soldiers attacked by gunfire during the night near Jericho
(BNI-DEC.10) IDF soldier were attacked by gunfire north of Jericho during
the night. No injuries. Soldiers returned fire.
-----------------
1. PM Barak to submit resignation to President Katzav at 1:20pm=09
2. Road workers attacked by gunfire between Beit El & Ofra=09
3. Mishmar Ezrachi volunteer gravely wounded in Sunday AM MVA=09
4. Jerusalem Mayor Olmert to support Sharon=09
5. Golan offers a helping hand to Gazans=09
6. Shas promises to support Monday=92s no-confidence motion=09
1. PM Barak to submit resignation to President Katzav at 1:20pm
(BNI-DEC.10) Prime Minister Ehud Barak will formally submit his
resignation to President Moshe Katzav at 1:30pm on Sunday afternoon. The
resignation does not take effect for 48 hours. On Tuesday at 1:30pm, the
countdown to the special elections for prime minister begins and elections
will be held sixty days later.
If the parliament does not vote to dissolve itself, the election will be
for prime minister only, and not involve the 120-seat Knesset.
++++
2. Road workers attacked by gunfire between Beit El & Ofra
(BNI-DEC.10) Road workers on the Ramallah bypass road between the
Benjamin
Regional Council communities of Ofra and Beit El, in Samaria, were
attacked by gunfire on Sunday morning.
There were no reported injuries. IDF forces returned fire.
++++
3. Mishmar Ezrachi volunteer gravely wounded in Sunday AM MVA
(BNI-DEC.10) A volunteer of the Mishmar Ezrachi auxiliary police sustained
very serious injuries in a Sunday morning motor vehicle accident near Beit
Choron. The injured man was struck by a commercial vehicle that veered
from its lane for reasons that remain unknown at the time of this report.
++++
4. Jerusalem Mayor Olmert to support Sharon
(BNI-DEC.10) Jerusalem=92s Likud Mayor Ehud Olmert stated on Sunday
morning
that if the upcoming election is only for the position of prime minister,
thereby blocking the entrance of former Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu
from the race, he will support the party leader, MK Ariel Sharon.
If the Knesset does not vote to dissolve itself, the elections would take
place for prime minister only, and not the 120-seat parliament. That being
the case, the 120 Members of Knesset remain, thereby blocking one who is
not an MK from contending since there may not be more than 120 Members
of
Knesset.
If the Knesset does vote to dissolve itself, then elections would be held
in ninety and not sixty days, and all parties and MKs would be running in
the election. This would clear the way for former Prime Minister Binyamin
Netanyahu to place his name as a contender in Likud internal primaries.
In recent opinion polls, Netanyahu leads all other possible candidates.
++++
5. Golan offers a helping hand to Gazans
(BNI-DEC.10) About 50 residents of the northern Golan Heights communities
on Sunday headed south for Gaza, where they will volunteer to assist
Jewish communities in various spheres including agriculture.
In another gesture of solidarity, bus drivers from the Golan areas have
offered to replace their Gazan counterparts for one week periods, during
which the Gaza drivers and families are being hosted in Golan resort
facilities, permitting them to take a break from the daily hazards of the
Gazan roadways.
Since the outbreak of the Al Aqsa Intifada, the agricultural industry in
Gaza has been ailing due to the lack of Arab laborers. In addition, the
Thai Embassy ordered al its nationals out of Gaza, eliminating most of the
remaining manpower for the area=92s large agricultural industry.
++++
6. Shas promises to support Monday=92s no-confidence motion
(BNI-DEC.10) The leader of the ultra-Orthodox Shas Party on Sunday
morning
stated his 17-mandate strong party will support he no-confidence motion in
the Knesset on Monday.
According to Shas leader MK Eli Yishai, Shas will vote to dissolve the
Knesset, a move that would supercede the resignation of Prime Minister
Ehud Barak, which only takes effect 48 hours after being submitted to
President Moshe Katzav.
Barak is scheduled to submit his resignation on Sunday at 1:30pm.
That being the case, elections would be held in 90 days and all MKs and
parties would be included in the national election. If the vote fails and
the prime minister=92s resignation take effect at about 1:30pm Tuesday, the
n
election will be held in 60 days,
--------------------
1. Roadside bomb safely neutralized in northern Samaria on Sunday morning=09
2. Knesset legal advisor scraps no-confidence vote for Monday 3.
Accident
victim dies of his injuries 4. Arab youth showing signs of improvement in
Hadassah Hospital 5. Yesha Council: Nothing changing on Yesha roadways=09
6. Jordan Valley schools striking due to lack of bulletproof buses 7.
Efrat resident arrested for receiving dismantled gun in the mail=09
1. Roadside bomb safely neutralized in northern Samaria on Sunday
morning
(BNI-DEC.10) A roadside explosive device was discovered in northern
Samaria on Sunday morning near the community of Elon Moreh. Bomb
demolition experts dismantled the device without incident.
++++
2. Knesset legal advisor scraps no-confidence vote for Monday
(BNI-DEC.10) Knesset legal advisor Tzvi Inbar has ruled on Sunday morning
that the bill dealing with the number of Arabs on planning boards may not
be a no-confidence motion since the government has not yet taken a stand.
MK Azmi Bishara of the Balad Party put forward the legislation calling for
the establishment of guidelines to set a minimum for the number of Arabs
on planning boards. MK Michael Kleiner of the one-man Herut Party called
for turning the vote into one of no-confidence. Since the government has
not yet taken a stand on the issue, Inbar ruled the vote on Monday would
not be one of no-confidence.
Had the vote been one of no-confidence, then a majority against the
government would of resulted in the Knesset falling and national elections
being held for prime minister and Knesset in 120 days. This would have
also cleared the way for former Likud Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to
become a contender for the Likud=92s top spot and if successful, a candidat
e
for prime minister.
Inbar stated that there are still some small legal details that require
investigating and his announcement was not final.
++++
3. Accident victim dies of his injuries
(BNI-DEC.10) The Mishmar Ezrachi (auxiliary police) volunteer gravely
injured near Beit Horon on Sunday morning has died of his injuries. He was
struck when a truck veered out of control for reasons that have not yet
been determined. His identity has not yet been released.
++++
4. Arab youth showing signs of improvement in Hadassah Hospital
(BNI-DEC.10) 13-year-old Mansur Jaber is showing signs of improvement
according to officials in Jerusalem=92s Hadassah Hospital, in Ein Kerem. Th
e
youth was shot during clashes between Kiryat Arba area Jews and Arabs on
Saturday. He underwent emergency surgery for his abdominal wounds from a
weapon apparently fired by a local Jewish resident. Police are
investigating.
According to Kiryat Arba Mayor Tzvi Katzover, during the clashes on
Saturday, one shot was fired by a man who was under threat resulting from
stone-throwing attacks. He explained to Israel Radio that one shot was
fired in the air and the community was saddened and apologized for the
injuries caused the Arab teen.
Hospital officials report that Jaber remains in the pediatric intensive
care unit but is breathing spontaneously and is no longer connected to a
respirator.
++++
5. Yesha Council: Nothing changing on Yesha roadways
(BNI-DEC.10) Yesha Council leaders decried the situation on Yesha
roadways, adding that despite the new IDF decision barring Arab males in
private cars unaccompanied by females from Yesha roads, the situation has
not changed.
Yesha leaders issued a statement that if the new law was not enforced by
Monday morning, they would undertake the task of blocking Arab motorists
from Yesha roads.
MK Mossi Raz of the left-wing Meretz Party rejected the new IDF ruling,
explaining it was unjust and discriminatory and would only serve to
increase hostilities towards Israel. In addition, he explained from a
logistical point of view, it facilitated terrorists who would now know
that any private vehicle with just males inside was Jewish and not Arab.
He added that the ruling was ludicrous and terrorists could easily take a
female with them in the vehicle when carrying out attacks.
The new IDF ruling bars Arab males in private vehicles from driving alone
on Yesha roadways. Men accompanied by females may drive. The ruling is
also not applicable to taxis, buses, commercial and other public vehicles.
++++
6. Jordan Valley schools striking due to lack of bulletproof buses
(BNI-DEC.10) David Levy, the head of the Jordan Valley communities,
announced that the areas schools would remain closed until such time all
students are transported in bulletproof buses.
Levy and other area leaders explained that they would not permit their
children to become the next victims of terror and as such, have decided to
not send children to schools until the government provided bulletproof
buses and military escorts as is the standard for operation throughout
Yesha.
Prime Minister/Defense Minister Ehud Barak indicated the government was
placing the order and purchasing of additional bulletproof buses high on
the security agenda.
++++
7. Efrat resident arrested for receiving dismantled gun in the mail
(BNI-DEC.10) Security officials on Sunday permitted the release of the
story that a resident of the Gush Etzion community of Efrat was arrested
two weeks ago after receiving a parcel from abroad containing gun parts.
The unidentified 25-year-old male was arrested two weeks ago after
receiving gun parts and an instruction manual in the mail. He explained
his father was concerned for his safety.
The suspect was released from incarceration with restrictions.
---------------
1. Kiryat Arba resident admits to firing weapon that seriously injured
Arab youth 2. PM Barak has submitted his resignation to the president 3.
Al Aqsa statistics 4. Two Hebron residents arrested for causing
disturbances 5. Labor Party Central Committee votes on Barak for
election 6. No injuries in shooting against bus =96 Chief Rabbi Lau among
bus passengers=09
1. Kiryat Arba resident admits to firing weapon that seriously injured
Arab youth (BNI-DEC.10) A 37-year-old resident of Kiryat Arba turned
himself over to police following the termination of the Sabbath, admitting
to having fired his weapon during skirmishes during the day, most likely
the weapon responsible for seriously wounding 13-year-old Mansur Jaber.
++++
2. PM Barak has submitted his resignation to the president
(BNI-DEC.10) Prime Minister Ehud Barak earlier in the afternoon submitted
his resignation to President Moshe Katzav. The resignation will take
effect in 48 hours.
++++
3. Al Aqsa statistics
(BNI-DEC.10) IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Shaul Mofaz and General Security
Service (GSS/Shin Bet) Director Avi Dichter released the following
statistics pertaining to the Al Aqsa Intifada that began on September 29,
2000. The statistics were presented to the cabinet at the weekly meeting
on Sunday.
Since Sept. 29, there have been 2,500 incidents of disturbances and
attacks, including 170 shooting attacks on roadways which led to the
deaths of 14 Israelis.
++++
4. Two Hebron residents arrested for causing disturbances
(BNI-DEC.10) Two Jewish residents of Hebron were arrested by police for
violating a closed military zone. The two entered into the Casbah area
which is off limits to Jews and began turning over vegetable carts
belonging to Arab merchants, Israel Radio reported. One photographer was
injured and transported to a hospital.
++++
5. Labor Party Central Committee votes on Barak for election
(BNI-DEC.10) In a gathering of the Labor Party Central Committee on Sunday
evening, it was decided that the prime minister would represent the party
in the upcoming special election for prime minister and he will stand
unopposed by other party members for the number one position.
Many members of the central committee charge the party secretary, MK
Raanan Cohen, of fixing the event, ensuring that persons opposed to Barak
were not permitted into the hall. Many of the persons locked out of the
event stated that as much as over one-half of the central committee
members were not permitted into the event which was filled to capacity
with Barak supporters, many not being members of the party=92s central
committee governing party.
Others who were among those not permitted inside stated it was the result
of logistics, explaining the hall was full, rejecting allegations of the
event being =91fixed=92 by Barak supporters.
++++
6. No injuries in shooting against bus =96 Chief Rabbi Lau among bus
passengers
(BNI-DEC.10) There were no reports of casualties in a shooting attack
shortly after 5:00pm Sunday evening when terrorists opened fire on a bus
leaving the community of Ateret, in the Benjamin Regional Council of
Samaria, heading for the Tel Aviv area.
Shots did strike the skin of the bulletproof vehicle but the armor-plating
exterior held up against the potentially fatal volley of bullets.
Among the passengers in the bus was Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau who was
attending a ceremony for a new Torah scroll in the community.
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) Knesset cannot be prevented from dissolving itself
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Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 15:10:36 -0500
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Subject: KNESSET LEGAL ADVISER: KNESSET CANNOT
BE PREVENTED FROM DISSOLVING ITSELF
KNESSET LEGAL ADVISER: KNESSET CANNOT BE PREVENTED FROM DISSOLVING ITSELF
(Communicated by the Knesset Spokesman)
Jerusalem December 10, 2000
Following an examination of article 10 of Basic Law: The Government (see
below) the Knesset Legal Adviser has determined that the Knesset cannot be
prevented from deciding to dissolve itself.
The adviser points out that a Knesset decision to dissolve itself and hold
general elections for the Knesset and prime minister will be restricted to
the date for special elections for prime minister, which is the last Tuesday
before the expiry of 60 days from the prime minister's resignation.
However, the Knesset Legal Adviser notes that there are those who claim that
the Knesset is entitled to fix a date for elections for prime minister and
the Knesset beyond that imposed by the 60-day limit, but adds that this
issue has not yet been decided.
+++
Article 10 of Basic Law: The Government
"10. (a) Should this Basic Law give cause for the conducting of special
elections, the said elections will be conducted on the last Tuesday
preceding the passage of sixty days from the day that the cause for the
elections was created.
(b) Should this Basic Law give cause for the conducting of special elections
and the date thereof is one year or less prior to the conducting of Knesset
elections according to section 9 of The Basic Law: The Knesset, the Knesset
elections will be brought forward, and the Knesset elections and the Prime
Ministerial elections will be conducted on the date initially determined for
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Subject: [bprlist] Winston patents technique for 'designer sperm'
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Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 15:26:42 -0500
December 10 2000 BRITAIN
Winston patents technique for 'designer sperm'
Lois Rogers, Medical Correspondent
A TECHNIQUE for genetically altering sperm to prevent children from
inheriting unwanted characteristics from their fathers has been patented by
Lord Winston, Britain's leading fertility expert.
The technique, developed by Winston in collaboration with researchers in
California, involves modification of a man's germ line cells, which generate
sperm, thus determining the traits passed to his offspring.
Although the intention is to use it to eliminate fatal diseases such as cystic
fibrosis, critics fear it could be misappropriated to create designer babies.
Winston was not available for comment last week, but Phillip Koeffler, a co-
worker at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, admitted: "This
does provide the capability of making designer babies, and it will be up to
society to decide what to do with it."
Carol Readhead, a biologist at the California Institute of Technology in
Pasadena, who has collaborated with Winston on research, pointed out that
the sperm technology could also be used to create transgenic animals -
those carrying human genes, which could become a source of human donor
organs.
But she agreed the main use would be in man: "It is a difficult subject, a
question which will come up again and again in the new century."
David King, a former geneticist who now leads the Campaign Against Human
Genetic Engineering, condemned the technique, which he said would create
a social gulf by conferring another advantage on the rich. "The commercial
motive will mean ethical restraints are brushed aside," he said.
Although most of the research was done in America, Winston, a leading
champion of the NHS, has obtained grant funding from the National Institutes
of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, to carry out some of the work at the
Hammersmith hospital, west London.
The controversial technique involves injecting genetic material directly into
the testicle, using a virus to carry it directly into the developing germ cells.
The current method, banned in Britain, involves injecting DNA into embryos
during test-tube procedures. A parliamentary debate next week is expected
to lift that moratorium.
Winston's work does not contravene this law because it is using only sperm
cells, which on their own do not have the capacity to become babies.
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Subject: [bprlist] Arutz-7 News items (12/10/00)
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Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 20:10:33 -0500
A NATION CONFUSED
Israel is slowly coming out of the shock into which it was thrown last night
when Prime Minister Ehud Barak announced his resignation. Barak made
the declaration in a surprise press conference in his Jerusalem office,
announcing that he would "again seek the trust of the electorate" in special
elections only for Prime Minister that are mandated to be held within 60
days. Barak's immediate short-term gain was achieved this afternoon, when
he was chosen almost unanimously as the Labor party's choice for Prime
Ministerial candidate; potential challengers Avraham Burg and others did not
even have enough time to organize their candidacy for the post.
Barak submitted his resignation to President Moshe Katzav this afternoon,
after informing the government of his decision to do so, as required by law.
The resignation will take effect Tuesday afternoon; Barak will head a
transition government until the special election.
Three scenarios are possible: a. A no-confidence motion, submitted last
week by MK Michael Kleiner, is passed tomorrow, before Barak's resignation
takes effect. This will lead to elections for both the Knesset and Prime
Minister, 90 days from now. b. All other legislation to dissolve the Knesset
or topple the government is halted, and Barak's resignation takes effect on
Tuesday. This will lead to elections only for Prime Minister, 60 days from
now. c. A no-confidence motion is not passed tomorrow, but legislation to
dissolve the Knesset continues and passes: this will lead to elections for
Prime Minister in 60 days, and elections for Knesset either then or at an
agreed-upon date afterwards. Knesset Legal Counsel Tzvi Inbar determined
this afternoon that this is in fact a possibility and that the Knesset cannot be
prevented from deciding to dissolve itself. He noted that the date of Knesset
elections would have to be the same as that for the Prime Minister, but
added that this issue has not yet been totally resolved.
MK Tzvi Hendel (National Union) feels that the last scenario is the most
likely, as "the no-confidence motion has no chance of passing... and I
think that the Knesset will resume where it left off in the process of
dissolving the Knesset." He also predicted that both elections would be
held on the same date.
Another important matter of interest is whether a non-Member of Knesset,
such as Binyamin Netanyahu, will be able to run against Barak. Polls
released two days ago show Netanyahu leading Barak in the polls by 46 to
27%; the same poll shows Ariel Sharon leading Barak by a much slimmer
margin of 3%. If in fact a Prime Ministerial election is held in 60 days,
Netanyahu - who resigned his Knesset seat upon losing the election last
year - will not be able to run, unless special legislation is passed. The Likud
decided this afternoon that it will work to advance legislation to this end.
Netanyahu returned from the U.S. this afternoon. He said nothing to
reporters, and will announce his plans at a press conference at 8:15 PM
tonight.
The Arab parties announced this morning that they would field their own
candidate for Prime Minister, and that he would not withdraw from the race
"unless Barak wakes up and reaches an agreement with Arafat."
THE MILITARY RESPONSE
The army announced that it would institute a series of measures designed to
curb the wave of shooting attacks on Yesha roads. Private Palestinian cars
in which only men are riding will be removed from the roads; Area A
(Palestinian-controlled) has been placed under closure, and the villages are
cut off from the cities; proactive army activity will be increased in the night-
time hours. The PA city of Kalkilye, which had not been closed off by the
army in recognition of the relative quiet that had reigned there of late, was
encircled today, following the increase in attacks in the region. O.C. Central
Command Maj.-Gen. Yitzchak Eitan informed Yesha Council leader Shlomo
Filber of these decisions today, and asked him to recommend to Yesha
residents to travel only in pairs of cars in order to lessen the dangers. Eitan
also asked that Yesha residents report to him on dangerous areas along the
roads, such as groves of trees in which terrorists can hide.
THE YESHA COUNCIL RESPONSE
The Yesha Council said in response that if the measures are not
implemented by tomorrow afternoon, it itself will ensure that Arabs do not
travel the roads. Palestinians were reported travelling freely out of Ramallah
today, and in Gush Etzion, residents blocked a main intersection to Arab
traffic. Sha'ul Goldstein, head of the Gush Etzion Regional Council,
explaining the action, said today, "It's not that we don't trust the army, on the
contrary - we simply wanted to show what a good idea it was, and how easy
it is to implement. We had the full cooperation of the local police... The fact
is that we have no interest in taking matters into our own hands. The
Palestinians want nothing more than to turn this clash into a private war with
the Yesha settlers. We, however, have an army - the Israel Defense Forces -
and we will not be dragged into this. All of our efforts here are first of all, to
cry out to G-d for help, and secondly, to cry out to the army and police that
they should do their job."
Goldstein called on his fellow Yesha residents to "try to lead our lives as
normally as possible, and travel the roads as usual - my family and I for
instance travelled the roads late last night for a family visit - but on the other
hand I do not judge others who feel that they are receiving less security than
before, and who are therefore more afraid to take to the roads." He predicted
a chilling scenario to which the above could lead: "I think the army must take
note of this situation and realize that it can be understood as a significant
drop in the army's deterrence... If we cut back on travelling the roads, this
will cause the Palestinians to feel that they have won, and their next step will
be to step up attacks on the Yesha communities and cause people to leave,
and their next step will be to attack army outposts - all this leading, in their
eyes, to the same thing as happened when we withdrew from Lebanon. This
is not what will happen, but they think that it will. They will then set their
eyes on Jaffa, Haifa, and Nazareth. The government must therefore realize
that whatever happens here, will happen on a larger scale in other areas of
Israel, and if the army and government don't want to lose their deterrence
capabilities, they had better start dealing with this today."
Jordan Valley parents have announced that they will not send their children
to school until bulletproof buses are provided for their transportation.
P.A. ANNOUNCES VIOLENCE
Palestinian Media Watch reported today that the Palestinian Authority
attached to its official daily paper today a special four-page insert supporting
the continued violence. The insert included the daily schedule for this week's
violence, and features Fatah (Arafat's PLO faction) as well as Hamas events.
Tomorrow is noted as the founding day of George Habash's PFLP terrorist
organization, and Thursday, Dec. 14, is noted as the founding day of Hamas.
This coming Friday is scheduled to be "General escalation day," featuring
"expanded resistance activity and confrontation in the villages, and breaking
the siege on Al Aksa [on the Temple Mount] and the Holy City." The day is
introduced with the words, "The intifada leadership reiterates its promise to
strengthen national unity and continue along the common course: blood of
the martyrs until success." PMW further reported a quote by Fatah
Secretary-General Kadura Mussa, who said, "The Israelis must expect
fedayeen-type attacks [terror against civilians] as retaliation."
JEWS DEMAND ENTRY TO TEMPLE MOUNT
A protest tent was set up today on the steps leading to the Western Wall,
demanding that the Temple Mount be opened for Jewish worship. Jews have
not been allowed to visit the holy site since the beginning of the Rosh
HaShanah Arab Assault.
KIRYAT ARBA CLASH
Residents of Kiryat Arab, enraged at the murderous terrorist attack on Friday
that claimed two lives, decided to direct their rage "to positive outlets,"
according to Local Council Head Tzvi Katzover, and took over an illegally and
partially constructed home of a local Arab family. Katzover said that the
building was built illegally on land belonging to Kiryat Arba. The residents
were forcibly evacuated by the police yesterday; one of them was arrested
after he shot in the air to defend himself from a rock-throwing assault by a
group of Arabs. The bullet wounded a 13-year-old Palestinian boy atop a hill;
his condition was reported to be "improving" today, by officials at Jerusalem's
Hadassah Hospital in Ein Kerem.
Arutz Sheva News Service
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Sunday, Dec. 10, 2000 / Kislev 13, 5761
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Subject: [bprlist] Weekend News Today items (12/10/00)
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Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 20:18:11 -0500
EU leaders edge closer to deal after breakthrough on national vetoes
Weekend News Today
Lead: Kelly
Source: AFP
Sun Dec 10,2000 -- European leaders took a major step towards a historic
deal Sunday evening at their enlargement summit in Nice, reaching
agreement on the key issue of national vetoes. Sources close to the
negotiating delegations said that a "provisional accord" had been reached
after the French presidency gave up on attempts to persuade a number of
countries to relinquish vetoes on matters they said were of essential national
interest. The announcement immediately raised hopes that after a marathon
four days of talks -- the longest summit in the EU's history -- a draft treaty
could be close at hand.
"They are making pretty swift progress," a European source close to the
summit delegations said. "Momentum is building. It would be pretty difficult
to stop the train now." However the heads of state and government of 15
countries were still at loggerheads over another crucial matter, the re-
weighting of national votes when joint EU ministerial decisions are made, and
talks were running on late into the evening.
Arab foreign ministers to hold high-level meeting tomorrow in Damascus
Weekend News Today
Lead: Kelly
Source: Arabic News
Sun Dec 10,2000 -- The Lebanese daily al-Safir issued today said at the
ministerial meeting to be convened tomorrow in Damascus, international
pressures will be made to follow up on the resolutions of the recent Arab
summit. The paper said that intensive international pressure and contacts
are concentrating on Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt and other effective
countries in the region, so as the results of the Arab ministerial meeting in
Damascus will be inclined to intensify efforts aiming at self-control,
moderation and resorting to the language of dialogue rather than violence and
escalation so as to give the Palestinians and the Israelis more opportunities
to reach an agreement.
The paper indicated that Lebanon refused the recommendations given to it to
dismember its negotiation track from the Syrian track. It said the Palestinian
negotiation position aims at maintaining solidarity and cohesion between the
Syrian and Lebanese tracks and to linking the security and political
conditions in South Lebanon to that in the Golan.
Mideast commission of inquiry plans consultations with President Mubarak
and King Abdullah
Weekend News Today
Lead: Kelly
Source: Jerusalem Post
Sun Dec 10,2000 -- The U.S.-led commission of inquiry into the violence
between Israelis and Palestinians will conduct its work from its Washington
offices and rely on material Israel and the Palestinian Authority submit to it,
a senior political official said Sunday. He said that the committee would
gather written evidence only and would not establish a staffed local
headquarters.
The committee, led by former U.S. Senator George Mitchell, will make its
first visit to the region Monday. The committee will meet separately with
Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser
Arafat. The five-member team is due Tuesday to meet with Egyptian
President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo and King Abdullah of Jordan in Amman.
Netanyahu announces he'll run for Prime Minister
Weekend News Today
Lead: Kelly
Source: Jerusalem Post
Sun Dec 10,2000 -- Some three hours after arriving back from abroad, former
prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced that he was presenting his
candidacy for Likud leader again. Netanyahu said he would run also for prime
minister. Netanyahu told a press conference in Jerusalem that Ehud Barak's
decision to resign was probably "the most cynical trick in Israeli political
history."
Barak's failure, he said, should have led him to step down completely.
Netanyahu said he was capable of returning Israelis' pride, security and
confidence. He would provide the alternative to the Oslo process, he pledged.
Netanyahu said he would lead Israel to a "realistic" goal - "a cold peace" with
its neighbors.
Cuba next stop as Putin restores Soviet ally ties
Weekend News Today
Lead: Kelly
Source: Reuters
Sun Dec 10,2000 -- Russia's President Vladimir Putin visits Cuba this week,
the communist empire's former outpost in the western hemisphere becoming
the latest stop in a campaign to restore ties with one-time allies that remain
huge debtors. Putin's trip will be the first by a Russian leader since Soviet
President Mikhail Gorbachev visited Moscow's Caribbean ally in 1989.
From Havana Putin flies to Canada, passing over the United States -- an
itinerary that may raise eyebrows. "A visit to Cuba and Canada without
passing through the United States looks somehow strange, if, of course,
there won't be a surprise stop between the two visits," said Vladimir Lukin, a
deputy speaker in the Russian State Duma and a former Russian
ambassador in Washington. "Taking into account the current (presidential
election) situation in the United States, it reminds me of a cavalry raid into
the adversary's rear lines."
Prodi says EU summit problems won't hit euro
Weekend News Today
Lead: Kelly
Source: Reuters
Sun Dec 10,2000 -- European Commission President Romano Prodi said on
Sunday the European Union's difficulties in reaching a reform compromise
package at its Nice summit would not affect the value of the euro. Asked
whether the currency would lose value because the summit had such
problems agreeing reforms to prepare it to take in new members, he said: "I
don't think so because the European economies are strong. "I don't think the
euro depends on the success of today's negotiations," he told journalists,
adding that the euro's value would reflect the underlying economic
fundamentals "sooner or later."
Hizbollah says Palestinian fighting defeated Barak
Weekend News Today
Lead: Kelly
Source: Reuters
Sun Dec 10,2000 -- Lebanon's Hizbollah on Sunday claimed partial credit for
the resignation of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. The guerrilla group said
its two-decades long fight to end the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon
and a 10-week old Palestinian Intifada were the key factors in Barak's
downfall. "The (Islamic) resistance and the Intifada in Palestine were able to
lay the foundation for the government collapse in Israel," Nabeel Qaouk, head
of the guerrilla group in south Lebanon said in a speech to commemorate a
Hizbollah fighter.
Barak re-elected Labor Party head
Weekend News Today
Lead: Kelly
Source: Jerusalem Post
Sun Dec 10,2000 -- Ehud Barak has just been re-elected leader of the Labor
Party by the party's central committee. Barak's candidacy was proposed by
secretary-general Ra'anan Cohen who noted that Barak had been elected for
a four-year period only two years ago. Barak received an overwhelming
majority in the vote a few minutes ago. Among those voting for Barak was
Minister Haim Ramon who last week criticized him, Israel Radio reports.
Iraq pledges $890 million for Palestinians
Weekend News Today
Lead: Kelly
Source: Middle East Newsline
Sun Dec 10,2000 -- Iraq, seeking to increase its influence in the Middle East,
says it will transfer $890 million to the Palestinians. Officials said Baghdad
will allocate one billion euros from its oil revenues over the next year. They
said the decision was taken during a meeting by the ruling council headed
by President Saddam Hussein. The Iraqi News Agency said the funds would
come out of the oil-for-food program supervised by the United Nations.
The agency said a third of the allocation would go to the families of
Palestinians killed in clashes with Israel. The rest would provide food,
medicine and humanitarian assistance. In Washington, U.S. Assistant
Secretary of State Edward Walker said Saddam's proposal "may not be a
bad idea." But he added that Saddam "is not providing funds for his people."
It was not clear whether the money would go directly to the Palestinians or
to the Palestinian Authority. So far, Iraq has been allocating money through
its Baghdad-based Arab Liberation Front.
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Subject: [bprlist] Russia Today items
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 09:12:50 -0500
Moscow Concerned at Barak Resignation (10Dec.00)
http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=228580
Russian President "Wasting Time" With Yeltsin Team, Gorbachev Says
(10Dec.00)
http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=228557
Gorbachev and Party to Back Putin, With Conditions (10Dec.00)
http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=228546
Gorbachev Favors Restoring Soviet Anthem (10Dec.00)
http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=228544
Two Killed, Dozens Injured in Two Terrorist Bomb Blasts in Caucasus
(9Dec.00)
http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=228530
Chechnya Car Bomb Kills 16 (10Dec.00)
http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=228542
Moscow to Deploy 200 Permanent Garrisons Throughout Chechnya
(9Dec.00)
http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=228477
At Least 11 Russian Soldiers Killed in Chechnya (9Dec.00)
http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=228524
Russian Troops Must Remain in Chechnya (8Dec.00)
http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=228287
Georgia Moves More Forces Into Chechen Border Area (8Dec.00)
http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=228295
Russia to Continue Military Action in Chechnya Until Bandits Neutralized
(8Dec.00)
http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=228294
Chechen Refugees in Ingushetia Without Hot Food Due to Russia's Failure to
Pay (8Dec.00)
http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=228296
Two Russian Policemen Killed Near Chechnya (7Dec.00)
http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=227892
U.S. Rights Group Blasts World Attitude to "Civilian Carnage" in Chechnya
(7Dec.00)
http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=228112
Crime Capital of Georgia Overrun with Chechen Rebels (7Dec.00)
http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=228105
Georgia Sends Police to Restore Order in Mountains (10Dec.00)
http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=228539
Chernobyl Reactor to Restart Monday Before Final Shutdown (8Dec.00)
http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=228297
Chernobyl's "Sarcophagus" is Top Safety Issue, Say Experts (8Dec.00)
http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=228205
Turkmenistan: Earthquake Causes Heavy Damage (8Dec.00)
http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=228416
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) PM BARAK AND INTERMINISTERIAL TEAM MEET
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 09:13:58 -0500
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Subject: PM BARAK AND INTERMINISTERIAL TEAM MEETS
WITH FORMER US SENATOR MITCHELL'S FACT
-FINDING COMMITTEE
PM BARAK AND INTERMINISTERIAL TEAM MEETS WITH FORMER US SENATOR MITCHELL'S
FACT-FINDING COMMITTEE
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)
Jerusalem December 11, 2000
Prime Minister Ehud Barak and a joint team from the Prime Minister's
Office, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry met today
(Monday), 11.12.2000, for three hours, with the members of former US
Senator George Mitchell's fact-finding committee which was established
pursuant to the Sharm E-Sheikh conference. The Prime Minister welcomed
the committee members, wished them success in fulfilling their mission
and assured them full cooperation and maximum assistance.
Prime Minister Barak briefed the committee on the diplomatic and
security events which have taken place in recent months while
emphasizing Israel's diplomatic readiness at Camp David on the one hand
and the path that the Palestinians have chosen since Camp David on the
other.
The committee members thanked Prime Minister Barak for his hospitality
and cooperation and stressed that their goal is to assist those who wish
to see an end to the violence. They further stated that they are
operating under the auspices of the mandate given to them in the wake of
the Sharm understandings and that they hope that their work will help
the sides return to the negotiating table.
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Subject: [bprlist] BreakingNews-Israel 1,2 (12/11/00)
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Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 12:31:44 -0500
BreakingNews-Israel
BNI =96 December 10, 2000 =96 YeshaBB@netvision.net.il
1. Hebron shooting attack Monday morning=09
2. Border police attacked with firebombs in Jerusalem=09
3. Lebanese reports: Deal leading to release of IDF POWs near completion=09
4. Terrorist injured in stabbing attack 5. IDF jeep fired upon from the
Arab village of Sinjel 6. Arab sources: 28-year-old Arab injured near
Jenin by gunfire 7. Shots fire near Tel Aras in Samaria 8. Soldiers
under attack with rocks and bottles at Ayosh Junction 9. Shooting reported
in Netzarim area=09
**********************
11-Dec-00 - 3:26 PM
**********************
1. Hebron shooting attack Monday morning
(BNI-DEC.11) IDF troops in Hebron were fired upon late Monday morning.
Troops did not return fire. No reported injuries.
++++
2. Border police attacked with firebombs in Jerusalem
(BNI-DEC.11) Border police were attacked with firebombs in eastern
Jerusalem on Monday afternoon. There were no injuries. The incendiary
devices ignited on the street. Soldiers fired in the air in response to
the attacks.
++++
3. Lebanese reports: Deal leading to release of IDF POWs near completion
(BNI-DEC.11) Lebanese sources are reporting that via the intervention of
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, a deal is being completed that will
lead to the release of four IDF soldiers being held by Hizbullah. The deal
would reportedly be completed prior to the Moslem Id el-Fitr holiday on
December 26.
On October 7, 2000, Hizbullah guerillas kidnapped three soldiers while on
duty in the Har Dov area of northern Israel. The three are: 1. Sergeant
Adi Avitan from Tiberias, 2. Staff-Sergeant Avraham Binyamin from Bnei
Brak, 3. Staff-Sergeant Omer Suaed from the village of Salma (Near
Carmiel).
Also kidnapped in October was businessman and IDF Reserve Colonel
Elchanan
Tanenbaum.
The reported deal that is being worked out would include the release of
the four in exchange for Israel setting free 19 Hizbullah guerillas.
++++
4. Terrorist injured in stabbing attack
(BNI-DEC.11) A terrorist was wounded by IDF gunfire after he tried
stabbing an IDF soldier on King David (Shuhada) Street in Hebron. The
soldier was uninjured.
When fellow combatants saw the attempted attack in progress, they fired at
the legs of the attacker, Israel Radio reported.
++++
5. IDF jeep fired upon from the Arab village of Sinjel
(BNI-DEC.11) An IDF jeep was fired upon on Monday morning from the Arab
village of Sinjel, in the Gush Shilo area of the Benjamin Regional Council
area of Samaria. There were no injuries.
Stone-throwing attacks aimed at Israeli vehicles are being reported
throughout the day from Sinjel.
++++
6. Arab sources: 28-year-old Arab injured near Jenin by gunfire
(BNI-DEC.11) Arab sources report that a 28-year-old man was injured in
clashes and exchange of gunfire with IDF troops near Nablus on Monday. The
extent of the injuries was not reported. There has been no official
Israeli acknowledgement of the report.
++++
7. Shots fire near Tel Aras in Samaria
(BNI-DEC.11) Short were fired at the IDF position of Tel Aras, near the
community of Har Bracha in northern Samaria. No injuries.
++++
8. Soldiers under attack with rocks and bottles at Ayosh Junction
(BNI-DEC.11) IDF soldiers were under attack on Monday afternoon with rocks
and bottles at Ayosh Junction in Samaria. The junction is situated on the
northern border of the PA autonomous city of Ramallah and south of the
Jewish community of Beit El. No injuries reported.
++++
9. Shooting reported in Netzarim area
(BNI-DEC.11) There were reports of shooting attacks near the community of
Netzarim, in Gaza, on Monday morning. There were no reports of injuries.
--------------
1. IDF tractors uproot trees in response to shooting attack=09
2. Explosive detonated in Hebron against bus =96 no injuries=09
3. Bomb blast at Uvda Junction in Southern Hebron Hills=09
4. IDF patrol fired upon near Neve Tzuf=09
5. Soldier injured in Jerusalem stone-throwing attack=09
6. Israeli motorist fired upon near Alfei Menashe=09
********************
11-Dec-00 - 6:39 PM
********************
1. IDF tractors uproot trees in response to shooting attack
(BNI-DEC.11) IDF tractors uprooted trees near the Arab village of Sinjel
on Monday afternoon in response to a shooting attack against a military
vehicle earlier in the day. The trees were used to provide cover for the
terrorists carrying out the attack. As reported earlier, there were no
injuries in the shooting attack.
Sinjel is located in Samaria, in the area known as Gush Shilo, in the
auspices of the Benjamin Regional Council.
++++
2. Explosive detonated in Hebron against bus =96 no injuries
(BNI-DEC.11) An explosive device was detonated in the Kiryat Arba area
near HaCharsinah, Junction against an Egged public bus. The armor-plated
vehicle was damaged. There were no injuries.
++++
3. Bomb blast at Uvda Junction in Southern Hebron Hills
(BNI-DEC.11) An explosive device was detonated at Uvda Junction, north of
the Southern Hebron Hills community of Otniel. There were no reported
injuries.
++++
4. IDF patrol fired upon near Neve Tzuf
(BNI-DEC.11) An IDF patrol operating near Neve Tzuf, in the Benjamin
Regional Council area of Samaria, was attacked by gunfire. There were no
immediate reports of injuries. Soldiers returned fire.
++++
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5. Soldier injured in Jerusalem stone-throwing attack
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s
located in northern Jerusalem, was injured in a stone-throwing attack. The
soldier=92s vehicle was bombarded with stones as she left the Central
Command facility.
The injured soldier was transported to a local hospital for treatment.
++++
6. Israeli motorist fired upon near Alfei Menashe
(BNI-DEC.11) An Israel motorist driving in Samaria near the Jewish
community of Alfei Menashe escaped injuries in a Monday evening shooting
attack.
Some of the shots fired at the Israeli motorist struck the vehicle but the
driver was uninjured.
Alfei Menashe is located in the northwestern area of Samaria near the
Green Line to =93Israel proper=94.
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Subject: [bprlist] Baby conceived, delivered and sold for $6,000
From: Shophar_Sho_Good
Date: 11 Dec 00 12:58:40 EST
Baby conceived, delivered and sold for $6,000
http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/111200/detFOR09.asp
Guardian News Service
(San Foca)
LELIA'S PREGNANCY was smooth. She had nine months of peace and quiet at a
suburban villa, regular visits by the doctor and tenderness from the father
of
her unborn child. When the time came she was taken to a clinic, given a
private room and the best care money could buy. The result was a healthy,
blue-eyed baby boy.
Lelia watched the nurse carry him away knowing he would not return, for he
was
not hers to keep. She had conceived, delivered and sold him for $6,000.
A husband and his sterile wife had commissioned the human traffickers of
eastern Europe to find an alternative to adoption and artificial inseminati
on.
They wanted a young woman smuggled into Italy to be impregnated by the
husband. They wanted a human incubator. To be healthy, blonde, blue-eyed an
d
desperate was to be the perfect candidate, and Lelia agreed to the deal. A
new
trade, a sophisticated spin-off in people smuggling, has been spawned. Last
July, Italian police revealed that up to three dozen prostitutes had been
shipped to Germany to sell their children to wealthy western couples.
A 17-year-old prostitute from Naples, now in a witness protection programme
,
identified a clinic in Baden-W=FCrttemberg where she was made to sign docum
ents
putting her baby up for adoption. Lelia's story confirms that the trafficke
rs
have refined their methods by supplying women rather than babies to childle
ss
couples. "They said they would kill me if I ever spoke out, but it will kee
p
happening unless people know about it," she said. She lives at Regina Pacis
,
an immigrant holding centre in San Foca, on the heel of Italy.
Lelia fiddled with a cigarette and spoke in a matter-of-fact voice. At firs
t
the offer seemed irresistible. She was 25 then, and earning $10 a month as
a
nurse in Chisinau, capital of Moldova.
For the first time, her voice trembled. "It was a mistake, a huge mistake.
God, I regret it." Lelia gave her mother the money and last year returned t
o
Italy to work and be closer to her son. Now she is employed as a nurse in
Lecce, agonising over whether to start searching. "I know I won't get him
back, the couple will take good care of him, but I just want to see him, to
hear news."
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Subject: [bprlist] Turks look to amulet to ward off `evil eye'
From: Shophar_Sho_Good
Date: 11 Dec 00 12:59:28 EST
Published Sunday, December 10, 2000, in the Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/content/today/news/world/digdocs/094376.htm
Turks look to amulet to ward off `evil eye'
The evil eye is an ancient tradition that survived millenniums in Anatolia.
-- TORBEN SODE,
glass expert in Denmark
BY SELCAN HACAOGLU
Associated Press
GORECE, Turkey -- Blue amulets swing from the rearview mirror of Ozlem
Izgier's car. One hangs on her neck in a gold necklace. Dozens dangle off her
key chain. Like many Turks, she believes they protect against ``the evil
eye.''
One day, the geology engineer dropped her keys, cracking many of the blue
beads. The amulets, she says, had absorbed evil powers and protected her
against the envy of a friend who had ``jealously'' praised her beauty a few
hours earlier.
From newborn babes to cars, houses, farm animals and even submarines, almost
all that is Turkish is under the protection of mysterious staring eyes set in
blue glass beads.
Belief in the evil eye -- blamed for evils ranging from damaged property to
death -- is the strongest superstition in Turkey. Like Izgier, most Turks
believe the eye-shaped blue beads absorb evil powers just as a metal rod on a
barn attracts lightning.
``The evil eye is an ancient tradition that survived millenniums in
Anatolia,'' said Torben Sode, a glass expert at the School of Conservation in
Copenhagen, Denmark. ``It is a very strong belief which is held in a very
conservative way.''
The Turks are not alone, though. Belief in the evil eye exists around the
world.
The earliest references to the evil eye -- which is mentioned in the Old
Testament of the Bible and in the Quran, Islam's holy book -- were found on
Sumerian clay tablets dating back to 3000 B.C. in today's Iraq.
In many traditions, strangers are often accused of casting an envious or
malicious stare. One theory is that the belief emerged from the fear of being
watched by wild animals, hostile tribesmen or jealous gods.
In Africa, tribesmen believe cross-eyed people possess the power of the evil
eye. In 18th century Europe, the color red -- symbol of good health -- was
seen as a protector against the evil eye.
The superstition is extremely widespread in Turkey and the blue evil eye
beads, made near the Aegean port of Izmir, are unique to this country, Sode
said.
In the village of Gorece, bead maker Hayati Kutuk flattens melted glass,
colored blue with copper oxide, then pastes white and yellow glass in the form
of an eye. The opaque white glass is often made from melted bottles of Old
Spice after-shave or Malibu liqueur.
Nearly all Turkish bead makers are descendants of Arab bead makers who
migrated to Izmir at the end of the 18th century from the West Bank town of
Hebron, an important center for the glass industry.
Unlike their ancestors, today's bead makers are so busy meeting the huge
demand for evil eye beads they don't produce other kinds of glass products,
said Huseyin Alp, a wholesale bead merchant in Izmir who sells about 600,000
evil eye beads a month.
Although the Quran strongly discourages belief in the beads, comparing it to
idolatry, many Turks mix their religious belief with their belief in the evil
eye.
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Subject: [bprlist] We all belong to 33 clans
From: Shophar_Sho_Good
Date: 11 Dec 00 13:00:31 EST
We all belong to 33 clans
December 10, 2000
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/dna10.html
The Bible tells us Eve was mankind's first mother.
And the descendants of Eve, if you buy the news from Oxford University,
branched off over thousands of years into 33 clans. Each of us descends, on
our mother's side, from one of these clans.
Oxford researchers call the female founders of these Ice Age clans the
"Daughters of Eve." Researchers have given names to Eve's daughters and
imagined what their lives were like. Eve's daughters gave rise to every race
and ethnic group on every continent.
It's written in our genes.
Want to know who your great-great-great . . . grandmother was? Just send a
swab of cells from the inside of your cheek--and $180--to Oxford Ancestors,
Oxford, England (www.oxfordancestors.com).
The Chicago Sun-Times, which footed the bill, asked four Chicagoans to give it
a try. They were alternately amused and surprised by the results.
Tina Tchen, a Chinese-American attorney, learned she is a descendant of the
clan of Bibi, which came out of east Asia to colonize North and South
America.
Carmen Velasquez, who is Mexican and director of the Alivio Medical Center,
descends from Aiyana, founder of another one of the four clans that colonized
the Americas.
Edward Moskal, president of the Polish National Alliance, and Maria Pappas,
the Greek-American Cook County treasurer, descend from Tara, whose clan
originated in central Italy and spread through Europe.
"Whatever you think you are," Pappas marveled, "you could be something else."
Knowing your genetic ancestry gives you "a depth to your own heritage," Oxford
Ancestors geneticist Bryan Sykes told the Times of London. "And it's entirely
democratic--many people could trace their ancestry back if they were an
aristocrat, but this work has nothing to do with that. This is deep, deep
ancestry."
All of us--from Britney Spears to Saul Bellow--descend from a small ancestral
population in Africa--Eve's clan.
About 150,000 years ago, the theory goes, this population split into different
branches. Modern humans began walking out of Africa and colonizing the rest of
the world about 50,000 years ago. They replaced Neanderthals and other archaic
human species. (Not all scientists accept this view of a relatively recent
origin of modern humans. A competing theory states that humans originated 2
million years ago in African and spread across the world as a single
species.)
Oxford Ancestors analyzes fragments of DNA taken from mitochondria, cellular
structures outside the nucleus. You inherit mitochondrial DNA from your
mother, who got it from her mother. It "provides a direct and undiluted link
to our maternal ancestors," Oxford Ancestors said. "We all inherit many other
genes from many other ancestors, but only mitochondrial DNA traces this direct
maternal line."
Usually, a mother passes an exact copy of her mitochondrial DNA to her child.
Occasionally, however, DNA mutates. These mutations accumulate at a steady
pace. Think of it as the ticking of a slow molecular clock.
Two people with very similar mitochondrial DNA likely have a more recent
common ancestor than two people who have larger differences. The variation is
greatest in Africa, where humans have lived longer than anywhere else.
Oxford Ancestors has analyzed DNA from people throughout the world. Using this
data, the company has turned back the molecular clock to construct mankind's
family tree. There are 33 branches, each represented by a Daughter of Eve.
The drawback, of course, is that mitochondrial DNA does not reveal your
paternal ancestry. Moreover, Oxford Ancestors' database for non-Europeans is a
bit thin.
For example, Tchen's report was vague about the origins of her ancestor, Bibi.
"We think Bibi herself lived in eastern Asia, but we are not yet sure exactly
when or where," the report said.
Of the 33 world clans Oxford Ancestors has identified, 13 are found mostly in
Africa, 11 are in West Eurasia, eight are in East Eurasia and the Americas and
one spans Eurasia and the Americas.
Oxford Ancestors has the most detailed information about the seven Daughters
of Eve who are ancestors of most Europeans.
Ursula lived about 45,000 years ago in northern Greece. "She was slender and
graceful, in marked contrast to the thick-set Neanderthals with whom she and
her clan shared the land for another 20,000 years."
Xenia lived 25,000 years ago in the Caucasus Mountains. She ate mountain goats
and was "wary of wolves and the ferocious cave bears which competed for the
best shelters."
Helena lived 20,000 years ago near the border of France and Spain. Her
children have reached every corner of Europe. Katrine lived 10,000 years ago
on the southern slopes of the Alps. Velda lived in Spain 17,000 years ago.
Jasmine grew up on the Syrian savannah.
Tara lived in the Tuscany region of Italy 17,000 years ago. Sykes, who
descends from Tara, imagines she had brown hair, clear blue eyes and olive
skin. She was physically fit and could hunt if necessary.
The Oxford professor told a Scottish newspaper he is so taken with Tara that
he's thinking of changing his name to Bryan Tara Swain Sykes. Swain is the
medieval name for offspring.
***
His origins are Polish, DNA is Italian
Ed Moskal has fond memories of a trip he once took to Tuscany.
"The countryside of Italy is quite beautiful," he said.
But Moskal never imagined he came from Italy. He is, after all, the son of
Polish immigrants and president of the Polish National Alliance and Polish
American Congress.
But Moskal's genes tell a story that goes back much further than Poland.
Oxford Ancestors, which analyzed Moskal's DNA, reports his maternal ancestry
dates back 17,000 years to the clan of Tara. The clan originated in Tuscany
and spread through Europe.
The finding, Moskal said, "is quite surprising."
When his parents came to the United States, they left Poland behind. He knows
little about his ancestors: "I never had the slightest inclination to go back
there."
But after becoming active in Polish organizations, Moskal visited Poland in
1976. He was depressed by grim soldiers, dingy hotels and stores with long
lines and empty shelves.
He has been back 10 times since and has seen great improvements. But he's
still glad to be an American. For that he can thank his parents, who, like
Tara's clan, were not content to stay put.
***
Greek, with an Irish twist
Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas couldn't wait to tell John Daley the
news--he's family.
Daley, a county commissioner and the mayor's brother, has been a political
mentor to Pappas.
He may be Irish and she may be Greek, but, as it turns out, their ancestors
may have crossed paths in the deep past.
According to Oxford Ancestors, Pappas descends from the clan of Tara, which
spread from central Italy to France, then across the English Channel all the
way to Ireland.
"I had so much fun with this," Pappas said.
"I called John Daley and said, `Listen to this. You cannot disown me. We're
related. It's official.' "
Pappas traces both sides of her family back 400 years to the Greek island of
Crete. She speaks Greek fluently and has visited her motherland 18 times.
Her grandfather's name, Yiannis Papadakis, was changed at Ellis Island to John
Pappas.
Pappas has always considered herself a Greek American.
"But in light of Oxford's findings, I may be a diverse American," she said.
***
Maternal ties trace to Asia, not Spain
Like many people, Carmen Velasquez claims a mixed ancestry of indigenous
Mexicans and their Spanish conquerors.
She takes fierce pride in her Mexican roots. But despite her Spanish name,
Velasquez is not proud of her European side.
Velasquez, director of Alivio Medical Center in Chicago, doesn't consider
herself a Mexican American. She is, she says, a Mexican who happens to have
been born in the United States.
Velasquez's father was born in Mexico and came to America as a migrant farm
worker. Velasquez's mother was born in Iowa to Mexican parents.
According to an analysis of Velasquez's DNA by Oxford Ancestors, she appears
to be a descendant of Aiyana, founder of one of the four clans that colonized
the Americas.
Aiyana's clan moved from Asia across the land bridge that at the time joined
Alaska and Siberia. Surviving extreme cold, the clan migrated to the Great
Plains.
Velasquez was relieved her maternal ancestry did not trace back to Spain.
"It is absolutely important for an individual to take pride in the people they
came from," she said.
***
Test traces blacks' roots
Beginning sometime next year, African Americans will be able to trace their
genetic origins back to Africa with a simple blood test.
Maybe.
African Ancestry, founded by Howard University researchers, will trace
paternal and maternal ancestries for a fee.
Some customers will learn the general region of west or central Africa where
their ancestors lived before being captured as slaves.
But not everyone will trace back to Africa. About 30 percent of black men
trace their paternal ancestry to Europe, due in large part to sexual relations
between slave owners and slaves.
Howard geneticist Rick Kittles said that, according to his DNA, his maternal
ancestors came from northern Nigeria and his paternal ancestors came from
Germany.
The service won't be able to pinpoint the village in Africa--and in many
cases, not even the tribe--where a person comes from.
"But it's better than not knowing anything," he said. "The vast majority of
African Americans have no idea where in Africa they came from."
On the Web: www.african ancestry.com
***
Journey may have mirrored ancestor's
It was 1949, and the Chinese Communists were closing in on Shanghai.
A young Chinese woman planned to evacuate with her American employer. But she
didn't want to leave without her fiance.
So on the morning of her departure, she married him so they could leave
together. Peter and Lily Tchen spent their wedding night in the airport.
Tina Tchen, their Harvard-educated daughter, today is a partner in the law
firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom.
"I'm a highly Americanized Chinese American," Tchen said. "Having that depth
and richness and diversity in my background has been profoundly influential in
my own development."
Tchen's DNA has added another layer of diversity. Oxford Ancestors has traced
Tchen's ancestry to Bibi, founder of one of the four major clans that
colonized Polynesia and North and South America.
Bibi appears to have lived in eastern Asia. Her clan may have reached North
America by sailing around the coast of Siberia and Alaska. Ten thousand years
later, Peter and Lily Tchen made a similar journey to the new world in search
of a better life.
"Bibi must have been Chinese," Tchen said.
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Subject: [bprlist] AN "alternative" nativity play entitled It's a Girl!,
From: Shophar_Sho_Good
Date: 11 Dec 00 13:01:26 EST
Sunday 10 December 2000
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000579381554028&rtmo=aCaahdKJ&atmo=99999999&pg=/et/00/12/10/nativ10.html
BBC attacked for nativity gender switch
By Jonathan Petre
Joan Bakewell: The BBC, God and ratings
AN "alternative" nativity play entitled It's a Girl!, to be broadcast by the
BBC on Christmas Day, has angered Christian traditionalists.
The programme, which will be shown on BBC1 in the evening, shows Joseph
complaining that he has been blamed for the Virgin Mary's pregnancy and saying
that his "mates" had advised him to "dump her". The BBC said that the play,
which stars John Thomson of the television comedy Cold Feet, offered a "fresh
and original take" on the Christmas story and was not intended to shock.
A number of traditionalists, however, denounced it as offensive, and said it
reflected the corporation's tendency to "dumb down" religious material. In a
monologue, Joseph is portrayed as grumbling about the way that he and Mary
have been treated since the discovery that she was pregnant. He says: "Her dad
threw her out the moment he found out. Blamed me, of course. And my mother was
even worse. My mates were saying I should just dump her."
He says, however, that Mary would not even sleep with him, let alone anyone
else, before they were married. Joseph is shown carving a doll for the unborn
child, whom he believes may be a girl, based on the judgment of his sister,
Judith. "She can tell just by the shape of the bump," says Joseph.
Critics said that the play did not meet the standards they expected of the
BBC, especially during important religious festivals. Lord Alton, the Liberal
Democrat peer and a Roman Catholic, said: "It is not intelligent. It is not
entertaining. Why do it? It will only upset people."
Dr Irene Riding, a former headmistress and a member of the Church of England's
General Synod, said: "This is tosh, a missed opportunity. In an age when
people do not even know the gospel story, why on earth peddle an alternative
version which mocks the most sacred of all Christian stories. Why trivialise
the account the Bible gives us?"
Anthony Kilmister, chairman of the Prayer Book Society, said he found it
"appalling" that the BBC was planning to broadcast the play. "On a
particularly solemn day of the Christian year, when we are celebrating the
Good News, this sort of thing is offensive." The play's author, Robert Childs,
defended the programme. "It is not abrasive or tongue-in-cheek," said Mr
Childs, a documentary maker whose work includes John McCarthy's Bible
Journey.
Describing himself as a Catholic and a traditionalist, he said he did not
believe anyone would be offended by the programme once they had seen it. He
said: "It is completely orthodox. The language used by Joseph is colloquial,
but he was a chippie."
The row follows criticism of the BBC last week by the Bishop of Liverpool, the
Rt Rev James Jones. He said that the resignation of the Rev Ernest Ray as the
corporation's head of religion and ethics was a "disaster for religious
broadcasting and a triumph for the Philistines".
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Subject: [bprlist] 'We Revere the Bible . . . We Don't Read It'
From: Shophar_Sho_Good
Date: 11 Dec 00 13:04:38 EST
'We Revere the Bible . . . We Don't Read It'
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46860-2000Dec9.html
By David Gibson
Religion News Service
Saturday, December 9, 2000; Page B09
About 92 percent of Americans own at least one, and the average household has
three. Two-thirds say it holds the answers to the basic questions of life, and
the next president--whoever he is--will take a solemn oath on it, eventually.
It is the Bible, also known as "the Good Book," and it remains unrivaled as
the world's all-time bestseller. It is also widely and frequently hailed as
the underpinning of American values.
And yet even as the nation painstakingly closes the book on an election in
which the candidates quoted the Bible as often as their party platforms to woo
voters, Americans are showing themselves to be remarkably ignorant of biblical
basics.
One Gallup survey, for example, shows that fewer than half of Americans can
name the first book of the Bible (Genesis), only one-third know who delivered
the Sermon on the Mount (many named Billy Graham, not Jesus), and one-quarter
do not know what is celebrated on Easter (the Resurrection, the foundational
event of Christianity).
The Bible, it seems, is the book that everyone wants to read but few do.
"It's the real dumbing down of America, in that sense," said the Rev. Andy
Dzurovcik, of Faith Lutheran Church in Clark, N.J. Dzurovcik, a pastor for 28
years, recently made his own small effort to encourage Bible reading, posting
this adage on the church's sign: "A Bible that is falling apart usually
belongs to a person that isn't."
But such persons are growing rarer. Although polls show that a sturdy minority
of Christians, perhaps 15 percent, participate in Bible studies and that at
least 20 million Bibles are sold each year, in addition to tens of millions
that are distributed free, Bible reading is declining.
Last month, another Gallup Poll showed that the number of people who read the
Bible at least occasionally has dropped to 59 percent from 73 percent in the
1980s.
And that makes things tougher for pastors. They say that compared with a
generation ago, they have to spend far more time explaining common Bible
stories to listeners, instead of teaching about what the stories mean for
their lives.
"Biblical illiteracy is rampant even though so many people seem to be getting
into the Word," Dzurovcik said, using a popular term for the Christian
Scriptures. "The Bible is the best-selling, least read and least understood
book."
Or as George W. Gallup, the nation's foremost pollster on religion, has put
it: "We revere the Bible, but we don't read it."
Worse, Gallup said, the percentage of people with a college education has more
than tripled since 1935 "but the level of biblical knowledge appears to have
hardly budged."
The evidence from Gallup and several other surveys, many by publishing houses,
makes that clear. For example, despite the talk about how important the Ten
Commandments are to the moral health of American society, six out of 10
Americans can't name half of them, much less in order.
A 1997 Barna Organization poll found that 12 percent of Christians think
Noah's wife was Joan of Arc. The poll also found that 80 percent of born-again
Christians believe it is the Bible that says, "God helps them that help
themselves."
Actually, Ben Franklin said that. But don't feel bad if you got it wrong.
George W. Bush, who famously cited Jesus as his favorite political
philosopher, also cited Franklin's adage as the Christian basis for his policy
of "compassionate conservatism."
According to a survey by Tyndale House Publishers, 64 percent of Americans
don't read the Bible because they're too busy.
The other big obstacles seem to be the daunting size of the Bible and its
dense language.
A large majority--80 percent--say the Bible is confusing. Little wonder: Most
of the time, people read the King James Version, still the favorite Bible by a
5-to-1 ratio even though its phrasing is as impenetrable as it is gorgeous.
Even pastors find the Shakespearean-era language tough slogging. "I have a
hard time with it," Dzurovcik said.
In March, Tyndale launched an edition simply called "The Book," the fruit of a
seven-year project by 90 scholars to render the Bible into "understandable
English."
"The Book" has clear print, a single-column format and an index of basic
themes and "Great Bible Stories" to help readers get the basics quickly and
easily.
Will the simplification campaign work?
Joan Begitschke, director of marketing for Tyndale, said that in the short
time since its release, "The Book" has become the third-best-selling edition,
after the King James and the New International Version. "Hard to put down" is
one of the blurbs readers have provided.
"We made it like a novel," Begitschke said. "The layout is like a book, and it
reads like a book. The goal is so you don't have to read the same sentence
twice."
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Subject: [bprlist] "She is our comforter. We tell her our troubles and put them in her lap."
From: Shophar_Sho_Good
Date: 11 Dec 00 13:06:14 EST
AS FAITHFUL BEGIN MEXICO PILGRIMAGE, VIRGIN OF GUADALUPE BECOMES FOCUS
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/metro/chicago/printedition/article/0,2669,SAV-0012100055,FF.html
By Teresa Puente
Tribune Staff Writer
December 10, 2000
Esperanza Godinez grew up revering the Virgin of Guadalupe, patron saint of
her native Mexico. She inherited from her mother an old lithograph of the
Virgin's image, with a braided border and silk ribbons, that she keeps in a
shrine in her home.
Jean Zubek, by contrast, had been more familiar with the Polish and Croatian
Virgin Mothers. But in recent years she also has turned to the Mexican Virgin,
keeping her prayer card in a desk drawer.
Last week, Godinez and Zubek held up framed pictures of the Virgin of
Guadalupe as they marched together in a procession at a Pilsen neighborhood
church, surrounded by children waving silk flowers and women clutching rosary
beads.
And this weekend, both women are traveling to Mexico to pay respects to Our
Lady of Guadalupe, a centuries-old icon who has transcended borders and
cultures. They are among the 200 area Catholics making a pilgrimage with
Cardinal Francis George in an effort to strengthen ties between the Catholic
Archdiocese of Chicago and the one in Mexico City.
The five-day trip will include a variety of activities, such as visits to a
seminary that is training priests to serve in the United States. But a Tuesday
feast day mass at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe is expected to be the
highlight, an event especially significant because it celebrates a religious
figure who links the estimated 20 million Catholics in the Mexico City
Archdiocese with the 2.4 million Catholics in the Chicago Archdiocese.
Joined by Mexico City Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, George will be the
first U.S. prelate to celebrate the feast day mass at the basilica. As many as
13 million Catholics honor the Virgin of Guadalupe's feast day at the site of
her apparition in Mexico City, Mexican church officials say. In the Chicago
area, more than 100 churches hold novenas, or nine nights of prayer services.
Many Catholics of Mexican descent who live in the United States view the
Virgin as a lifeline home. They say she guided them safely to this country,
where many have achieved their American dream.
"She is our mother. You venerate and honor your mother as often as you can,"
said Godinez, 61, a retired secretary born in Durango, Mexico, who has images
and statues of the Virgin in every room of her home.
When Jose Jimenez left Aguascalientes, Mexico, 30 years ago, one of the few
belongings he carried was a framed picture of the Virgin given to him by his
mother, Guadalupe.
"I can't go with you, but you have your other mother to go with you," his
mother told Jimenez, 48, who founded a chain of grocery stores in Chicago.
In each store, he keeps a special shrine to the Virgin, and he married a woman
named Guadalupe.
"She is part of our lives, our everyday lives," said Guadalupe Jimenez, 41.
But it is not only Hispanics who have turned to the Virgin of Guadalupe for
guidance. Catholics of all backgrounds tell her their troubles and fears--and
many say their prayers have been answered.
"She's still the Blessed Virgin. I pray to Guadalupe and she grants me a lot
of favors," said Zubek, 67. Zubek is parish secretary at Holy Trinity Croatian
Catholic Church, where Zubek and Godinez joined in the congregation's annual
novena last week.
The pilgrimage with George is Zubek's first trip to Mexico, and she hopes it
will give her a greater understanding of the Hispanic community and of Our
Lady of Guadalupe.
"I think this will be a great spiritual trip," Zubek said.
In Des Plaines, the Mexican community has built a shrine modeled after the
basilica in Mexico City, with a framed and encased replica of the Virgin of
Guadalupe set atop a small hill made of stone. The shrine also has an
Aztec-style altar made of red bricks and fresh flowers at the foot of a
fountain.
"The Virgin of Guadalupe represents the love of God," said Joaquin Martinez,
42, a construction worker and Des Plaines resident who helped found the
shrine. "It's here for the people who can't go to Mexico."
Basilica officials in Mexico sent the replica of the Virgin to Maryville City
of Youth, a group home, and the director, Rev. John P. Smyth, supported Virgin
devotees in starting the shrine on the grounds. They are raising funds to
commission bronze statues.
According to religious tradition, the Virgin of Guadalupe appeared to a man
named Juan Diego in December 1531. A halo and the music of songbirds
surrounded her as she asked the man to tell the local bishop to build a temple
for her.
After the Virgin appeared to him for a second time, Juan Diego was finally
allowed a meeting with the bishop, who asked him for a sign. The Virgin healed
Juan Diego's gravely ill uncle, the first miracle associated with Our Lady of
Guadalupe.
She also told Juan Diego to pick Castillian garden flowers, or roses, growing
in the winter on the otherwise barren summit of Tepeyac Hill. He placed the
roses in his tilma, a cloak made of cactus fibers, and brought them to the
bishop.
As the roses fell to the ground, the image of the Virgin appeared on Juan
Diego's cloak. That cloak is preserved and on display in the Mexico City
basilica today, where the two cardinals will celebrate mass.
Over the years, the Virgin has played a powerful role in history. Reverence
for the Virgin helped unify Mexico at a time when the indigenous people were
oppressed by the Spanish governors, and her symbol was used in the struggle
for Mexican independence and in the U.S. farm worker movement.
Though a few experts and even a former abbot of the Mexico City basilica have
expressed doubt over the story of Juan Diego, the belief in the Virgin of
Guadalupe by Mexicans is stronger than ever.
Her image graces everything from key chains to T-shirts, calendars to candles.
Mexico's president, Vicente Fox, visited her basilica before his recent
swearing-in ceremony.
In Chicago, Godinez sought comfort in Our Lady of Guadalupe when her
33-year-old son, Jose Luis, was dying six months ago from a heart condition.
She hoped the Virgin Mother, who lost her son, Jesus, at about the same age,
would be compassionate. Godinez's son died quickly.
"In some way, I consider it a special favor from her," said Godinez, who is
working on a master's degree in pastoral ministry. "She is our comforter. We
tell her our troubles and put them in her lap."
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Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 14:23:27 -0500
RADIO WEBCASTERS LIABLE FOR ROYALTY FEES
The recording industry won a victory last week when the U.S. Copyright
Office ruled that webcasting by radio broadcasters constitutes a second
performance of artists' copyrighted works and does not merit the same
exemption from royalty payments accorded to traditional over-the-air
programming. "Transmissions of a broadcast signal over a digital
communications network such as the Internet are not exempt from copyright
liability," the Copyright Office wrote. Broadcasters had argued that their
webcasts were exempt because they are "nonsubscription" transmissions
licensed by the FCC that serve local communities, but the Copyright Office
rejected that argument, pointing out that, in fact, webcasts exceed "the
geographic limits established for broadcast under the FCC license." The
decision could mean millions of dollars in royalty fees that companies
like Bertelsmann, Universal and Warner Bros. would collect from
broadcasters. (Hollywood Reporter 11 Dec 2000)
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/index.asp?ee
INTEL UNVEILS WORLD'S SMALLEST TRANSISTOR ON A CHIP
Intel has taken the wraps off what it's calling the world's smallest
working transistor on a chip, an achievement that could give it a two-year
lead time over competitors, sparking a race among chipmakers and
researchers to topple Intel's lead. The tiny size should enable the
company to make microprocessors containing more than 400 million
transistors within four years. For comparison purposes, Intel's top-end
Pentium 4 has about 42 million transistors. "This is a very impressive
achievement, and a true breakthrough," says industry analyst Rick Doherty.
"But there are substantial challenges ahead to turn this into a commercial
technology." A microprocessor with smaller transistors is faster because
the electrons have a shorter path to travel, but placing several hundred
million transistors on a chip can lead to other problems, such as power
leakage and the dissipation of heat generated. "We may need new types of
chip designs, ones that are self-healing, and can automatically route
around circuit problems," says Doherty. (Financial Times 11 Dec 2000)
http://news.ft.com/news/industries/infotechnology
WEB DOMAINS PROVIDE NO DOMAIN FOR FREE SPEECH
A federal judge has ruled against plaintiffs who relied on First Amendment
rights to incorporate obscene or vulgar words in the addresses of the
"adult" Web sites. Arguing that Web names are not only to provide
addresses but also to communicate the nature of the product, their
attorney gave the example: "When you're looking for antiques, the first
thing you would put in is antiques.com." (And when you're looking for ...
) American Civil Liberties Union attorney agreed that domain names are
"more than just signposts," but the position of University of Miami law
professor Michael Froomkin is that the judge's ruling prevents individuals
from arguing that domain names are simply words in the public domain, that
can be used by anyone. (AP/San Jose Mercury News 11 Dec 2000)
http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/merc/docs/026011.htm
SECURITY ADVISOR THINKS COUNTRY NEEDS A CIO
Speaking at a computer security conference, National Security Council
member Richard Clarke told the audience that the next president of the
U.S. should appoint (and get Congressional confirmation of) a
government-wide chief information officer with authority to oversee all of
the government's security. ''What this presidential election year showed
is that statistically improbable events can occur. It may be improbable
that cyberspace can be seriously disrupted, it may be improbable that a
war in cyberspace can occur, but it could happen.'' Clarke said that
certain other nations have created information-warfare units and are
"creating technology to bring down computer networks." (AP/USA Today 8
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2000) http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/cti892.htm
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Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 14:23:27 -0500
HERE'S A NICE MESS
It was hardly the happiest of starts to the most important European summit
for a decade. As darkness fell last Thursday in the centre of Nice, the smell
of tear gas still lingered as riot police prowled the streets in search of
remaining protesters. Inside the Prefecture des Alpes-Maritime, one of
France's finest civic buildings, the prime ministers of Europe were finishing
a dinner of oysters followed by duck in mushroom sauce, a local speciality.
The food was good, the wine excellent - but the evening's host, Jacques
Chirac was angry and frustrated.
The dent to Gallic prestige caused by the riots was the least of his troubles.
More infuriating was the constant criticism that the fabled French
diplomacy had been found wanting in the preparations for what was turning
into an acrimonious and confused meeting. Worse still, the all-important
French axis with Germany seemed to be falling apart. His mood blackened
as the conversation around the dinner table exacerbated the French
embarrassments. The dramatic exchanges, supposedly private, were
disclosed to The Telegraph by diplomats, who described them yesterday as
among the most bruising clashes of any heads of government dinner.
Lionel Jospin, the French prime minister, made the first speech in which he
expressed sorrow that the French had been criticised by some of the others
for "arrogance" and mishandling the preparations. The next speaker, Goran
Persson, the Swedish prime minister, might have been expected politely to
congratulate the host nation for its efforts, but instead confirmed that many
of the smaller countries did indeed feel that the French had ridden
roughshod over them.
Mr Chirac quickly stepped in with a passionate speech designed to flatter
the Germans and repair the Paris-Berlin alliance. "The French and German
relationship has been the cornerstone of the EU from day one. The French-
German motor is still intact." His words cut little ice with Gerhard Schroder
who said bluntly: "That is not quite how we see it." In another put-down for
Mr Chirac, the Portuguese prime minister, Antonio Guterres, remarked: "It
depends on your perspective. If you look at it over a longer period, the
Anglo-German relationship has been more important in building a modern,
democratic Europe."
To Mr Chirac's relief, Mr Schroder hastily changed the subject, saying: "All
that is in the past, we want to talk about the future." It was the summit
where nobody could agree on anything - except that the French had
managed it appallingly. After 6 months of interminable discussion over the
need to reform the EU before countries such as Poland, the Czech
Republic and Hungary climbed on board, the main arguments were
completely unresolved.
Smaller countries were still in dispute with larger neighbours over how
many European commissioners they would each have. France was at
loggerheads with Germany over Mr Schroder's demand that his country
should have more votes at summits to reflect its greater population, a move
that would have ended the traditional parity between the 2 nations and
made Germany at a stroke the most powerful nation in Europe. Spain was
insisting on also getting more votes when the union is expanded to 30
countries by about 2010.
Meanwhile, every country was wrangling over different items in the French
shopping list of some 50 areas of policy where it believed the national veto
should be abolished. The French presidency of the EU was in danger of
going down in history as an ignominious failure. For Tony Blair, attending
the most important summit of his career, the disputes between big beasts
and small fry alike was a godsend. On a range of issues, he was either
isolated or in a minority, but the wider rows helped to camouflage his
problems. A week intended to illustrate a new British influence in Europe
had left Mr Blair's Government as bruised as its predecessors.
As the dinner drew to a close, Mr Chirac raised his voice for the first time
and told the leaders of Europe: "If you are serious about reform, it's time to
start negotiating and compromising using real cash instead of using your
credit cards all the time." The process was humiliating to the French. A
British insider said: "They have made a ridiculous mess. They knew our
bottom lines as far back in February and this could all have been sorted out
weeks ago." For many in the British delegation, the French setbacks were
easily the most cheering part of the talks.
Some even spoke excitedly in private about the possibility of a fundamental
shift in EU influence away from the mighty Paris-Bonn axis, although
previous hopes in past years have proved ephemeral. It was, however,
noticeable that Mr Schroder and Mr Chirac - both tactile politicians - were
coldly formal with each other at Nice. By contrast, after posing for the
leaders' "family photograph" on the first day, Mr Schroder clapped a
friendly arm around the shoulder of Mr Blair. It was an unhappy summit for
Mr Blair, who saw his relationships with other EU leaders soured - but he
was not alone. At Nice, there were no winners. (The London Telegraph)
MOLE REVEALS SADDAM PLOTS AGAINST IRAN
A recent defector from the Iraqi intelligence service has revealed that
Saddam Hussein has stepped up operations against Iran, despite public
diplomatic overtures. The defector, who worked in the Iranian office of the
mukhabarat (intelligence) headquarters in Baghdad, portrayed a Saddam
unchastened by his 1991 defeat in the Gulf war, still plotting against his
neighbours and able to import substantial weaponry despite an international
embargo.
Saddam's increased efforts to undermine Tehran include extra support for
the Mujaheddin-e Khalq, an Iranian opposition group based in Iraq. With
Iraqi training and a supply of arms and explosives, the group has mounted a
growing number of operations inside Iran. The defector said Saddam had
ordered Iraqi intelligence to encourage the Mujaheddin-e Khalq to attack
armed forces and assassinate officials. Last Sunday the group shelled
Mehran, a southern city, and in October mortar-attacked buildings in central
Tehran 2 days running. One of the targets was the headquarters of the elite
Republican Guards.
According to the defector, Saddam has also begun supporting other
opposition groups among restive minorities in Iran, where most of the
population is Persian and adheres to the Shi'ite branch of Islam. Iraqi
intelligence has been ordered to give weapons and other support to Sunni
Arabs in Baluchistan, Iranian Kurds, Turkomans in the desert north of
Tehran and Arab Shi'ites in Ahvaz, near Iraq's border in the south. The
Iraqi support for these other groups, the defector said, was not just to
undermine the regime in Tehran but to dilute the strength of the Mujaheddin-
e Khalq, the very group Saddam purports to back.
"Saddam's ultimate goal is to take back the Shatt al Arab," the defector
said, referring to the waterway that gave Saddam an outlet on the Gulf.
Outwardly Saddam has pretended to be seeking peace with Iran. In
October Kamal Kharazi became the first Iranian foreign minister to visit
Baghdad in 10 years. But behind the scenes there is no rapprochement.
"We were told, 'Ignore what you see in politics,' " the defector said. Iraq
has increased the number of intelligence officers at its embassies in
Karachi, Islamabad and Ankara as part of the campaign against Iran.
Iraq was supposed to destroy its weapons of mass destruction after the
Gulf war. However, the defector said, the mukhabarat had unlimited access
to weapons needed for an assassination and guerrilla campaign in Iran:
pistols with silencers, machine pistols, sniper rifles of low calibre, detonators
with timing mechanisms and poison that could kill with one tablet. While at
the end of the war in 1991 the army had only 200,000 guns, it was now
completely re-equipped with many times that number, he said. (The London
Times)
MICHAEL TURNER
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) Radio Analysis and Excerpts (12/9-11/00)
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 14:23:27 -0500
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Subject: Radio Analysis and Excerpts:
The Voice of Palestine-Saturday/Sunday/Monday
-Dec 9-11 2000 (PA insists on implementing
Right of Return)
Radio Analysis and Excerpts: The Voice of
Palestine-Saturday/Sunday/Monday -Dec 9-11 2000 (PA insists on implementing
Right of Return)
Radio Analysis and Excerpts: The Voice of Palestine-Saturday-Dec 9 2000
Prepared by Michael Widlanski, lecturer at the Hebrew University, doing
doctoral research at Bar Ilan on Palestinian broadcast media.
Israel Resource News Agency
Beit Agron Int'l Press Center
Jerusalem, Israel
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http://www.israelbehindthenews.com/
SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
VOP continued to focus on the heavy death toll and casualty rate from the
first "day of rage" declared by national and Islamic forces. Particular
attention was paid to the "wicked massacre" carried out by occupation forces
against Palestinian security forces in Jenin.
PA officials again painted a picture of a clumsy Israeli army using
excessive force to no avail against a brave and resourceful people resisting
aggression. Indeed, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Nabil 'Amr, in a bitingly
sarcastic interview, made fun of Israel, the United States and the West when
he noted that "what was supposed to be the outpost of Western civilization"
in the region (i.e. Israel) was "the only country now being branded for mass
murder."
Quote of the Day from Nabil 'Amr, Parliamentary Affairs Minister
"This army (the Israeli army), which was one of the world's best armies,
has become the laughingstock of world opinion.
It has used all the means of destruction provided by the United States
of America to kill Palestinian children."
DEC 9--MORNING HEADLINES:
*--"Thirteen years to the Intifada;
*--Eight martyrs, five of them in a massacre in Jenin;
*--Occupation forces strengthen their siege on the cities and arteries
of the homeland;
*--The leadership after a meeting last night declares the need for
international protection for our people;
*--Ministerial meeting tomorrow in Damascus to discuss implementation of
Arab summit decisions"
Radio Analysis/ Excerpts: The Voice of Palestine-Sunday December 10
SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
VOP gave very low-key coverage to the resignation of Israeli Prime
Minister Ehud Barak Saturday night. The late-night news broadcasts covered
the resignation in very terse, matter-of-fact style, without commentary or
analysis. (This was in keeping with the low-key response to the first
passing of the election law in late November, when Arafat and other PA
officials were careful to say that the matter was an internal Israeli
affair.)
But beginning Sunday morning VOP began covering Israeli election
developments in depth, hinting that Israeli election developments-though an
internal matter-- would definitely have an impact on the "peace process."
VOP quoted Barak saying he was trying to seek a new mandate in a
special election that would be held in 60 days.
MORNING HEADLINES:
*--"Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak officially submits his resignation
today to Israeli President Moshe Katsav, and Israeli parties hold hectic
meetings to discuss Barak's sudden annoncement;
*--Barak avoids facing Netanyahu (in election) because Basic Law says
that only members of Knesset can run for prime minister;
*--Voices in the Likud call for making a special law to enable Netanyahu
to run;
*--In reaction, the Palestinian Authority says that the Barak
resignation is an internal Israeli matter;
*--The United States says the resignation is an internal affair but is
likely to affect the peace process;
*--A child is martyred in Rafah.;
*--His Excellency President Yasser Arafat meets the Saudi King Fahd
Ben-Abdel-Aziz in Riyadh.;
*--Foreign Ministerial meeting in Damascus today in wake of Arab
summit."
Radio Analysis and Excerpts: The Voice of Palestine-Monday, Dec. 11
SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
In one of the most revealing interviews ever on VOP, Ahmad Qreia (Abu
Ala), Speaker of the PA legislature, discussed the coming Israeli elections
and their effect on the diplomatic agenda. Qreia, who has logged more
"Israeli hours" than almost anyone else inside the PA leadership underscored
the PA's main goals:
*--fulfillment of the Palestinian right of return;
*--fulfillment of the right of self determination;
*--and the establishment of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its
capital.
Qreia placed the right of return at the top of his list, and it was not
the first time that he and other PA officials have done so in the last two
months.
Indeed, Qreia made it very clear that this Palestinian demand was
unacceptable to Israel-as was the Palestinian insistence that Israel remove
every Jew and every Jewish settlement "from any square centimeter of
Palestinian land." The PA speaker took cognizance of Ehud Barak's position
that 80-percent of Israeli settlers remain in place under settlements blocs
that would be annexed to Israel-and he dismissed this position.
Qreia emphasized that the PA realized that the Israeli elections would have
an effect on the peace process and that the Palestinians were waiting for a
"historic leader" for Israel who would accept the Palestinian right of
return and the total withdrawal of Israel and any Israeli presence from the
West Bank and Gaza.
VOP continued in-depth coverage of the deaths and funerals of the martyrs
as well as those wounded in assorted attacks. The gritty descriptions of
these incidents still leads the news shows, even ahead of the announcement
of diplomatic developments involving President Yasser Arafat. VOP quoted
Arafat as saying that Israel was using internationally-banned weapons
against the Palestinian people.
Quotes from Interview with Ahmad Qreia (Abu Ala), Speaker Palestinian
Legislature: ((8 am morning news round-up))
"First I would say that what is happening in Israel is a sign of the
realization of the desires of the Palestinian people, the goal of the
Palestinian people to exercise its legitimate rights: the (right of)
return, self determination and the establishment of a Palestinian state with
Jerusalem its capital. These are the reasons Netanyahu was defeated,
because he did not realize this, and these are also the causes for the
speeding up of the fall of Barak..
They were not willing to concretize the legitimate rights of the
Palestinian people and the desire of the Palestinian people to cling to
these rights. That is why we see in Israel an unusual political
entanglement: a prime minister who cannot stay in power longer than a year
and a half, resigns, and for more than half a year is operating without a
majority in parliament. And on the other hand, the opposition is divided and
broken. Its internal formations change constantly.based on ideologies and
histories that have no foundation.
Anyone who does not realize .(the need) to recognize the just demands of
the Palestinian people, based on international legitimacy-which is the same
international legitimacy that established Israel ((i.e. the U.N.))-then this
situation will only lengthen the entanglement inside Israel..
I do not see any alternative-coming from inside Israel-- but for a strong
call to the Palestinian people to exercise (its rights), its heroism, its
sacrifices, its mighty intifada which will show Israel and the whole world
its strong desires which will not be denied..
We're not afraid of blows. A day does not go by when we don't absorb some
blow-even a light blow-from the occupation of 1967 and of course from 1948.
But our way is the way of banners (i.e. flags), sacrifices and redemption.
((Note: here Qreia used the term "fidaya" which is the root of "Fedayeen" or
"men of sacrifice and redemption"-a term used by Palestinian fighters
especially in the 1950's and 1960's.))
We are in the final hours of the realization of our victory and our
independence, God Willing. We will be steadfast. We will be steadfast..
We will continue in our way, focusing on our goals. We will continue
with our intifada. Our refusal of any occupation is clear. On the
contrary, it only gets stronger. We will continue on our path.."
Q: "Some. say that the only chance for Barak is in the hands of the
Palestinian people..What do you say?"
A: "..His chances for success are in his hands, not in those of the
Palestinian leadership. Because if he wants an agreement.. He has to face
the Israeli people on all the subjects, with complete courage and with
complete candor and say that here are the rights of the Palestinian people
which must be granted if we are to live in security and peace.
These rights are represented by the Return, for the Palestinian
refugees, self-determination, and an independent Palestinian state with
Jerusalem its capital, and the complete withdrawal from every square
centimeter of Palestinian land."
((note: he said "al-awda", only "The Return", not "the right of return"-and
this suggests strongly that Qreia and the Palestinian leadership are not
talking about even a symbolic recognition or token))
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Subject: [bprlist] Arutz-7 News (12/11/00)
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Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 14:27:31 -0500
Arutz Sheva News Service
<http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com>
Monday, Dec. 11, 2000 / Kislev 14, 5761
TODAY'S HEADLINES:
1. NETANYAHU FIGHTS HIS WAY IN
2. LAW FOR DISSOLUTION OF KNESSET DELAYED
3. ARABS TARGET JEWISH CHILDREN
4. PERES PEACE CENTER TARGETED FOR QUESTIONS
5. BROAD SUPPORT FOR ISOLATED YESHA COMMUNITIES
6. ARAB ASSAULTS ON JEWISH TARGETS CONTINUE
7. NO WATER FOR JORDAN VALLEY COMMUNITY
8. US FACT-FINDING COMMISSION COMMENCES WORK
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Arutz Sheva Radio Reports by Phone. Premiering in New York area codes
http://www.mobilee.com/cgi-bin/arutz7/arutz_entry1.pl
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1. NETANYAHU FIGHTS HIS WAY IN
Binyamin Netanyahu has been working nonstop to get Israel's parliament to
dissolve itself so that he can have a chance to become prime minister once
again. He announced on Israeli television last night that he's in the
race, but he can't legally run right now. Following Ehud Barak's
resignation, only a member of the Knesset has the right to run for prime
minister--and Netanyahu is not a member. He resigned his seat after he
lost to Ehud Barak a year and a half ago. One way Netanyahu could run is
if the Knesset voted to disband. That would mean elections not only for
prime minister but also for parliament. Right-wing parties would benefit,
since polls show them trouncing parties on the left.
Late this morning, Shinui Party leader Yosef Tommy Lapid, whose party
holds 6 Knesset seats, promised Netanyahu his faction's support for the
bill to the dissolve the Knesset, as did Yisrael B'Aliya Party leader
Natan Sharansky (4 seats). MK Shaul Yahalom of the National Religious
Party (5 seats) told Arutz Sheva's Haggai Segal that his party will also
support the bill. Netanyahu is focusing his efforts on convincing the
Shas Party (17 seats), whose support would guarantee a majority for the
bill. Observers have noted that since the focus of this campaign will be
on security and Shas' security positions are ambiguous, Shas is concerned
that it may lose seats in a Knesset race now.
Thus, Shas is supporting a special bill which will enable any party head
to run for prime minister. (Many observers expect Netanyahu to become
head of the biggest opposition party, the Likud.) The new "Netanyahu Law"
may come up for a first reading by Wednesday. Shas announced today that
if the "Netanyahu Law" fails, the party will support dissolution of the
Knesset. Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef called Ehud Barak today
a "blinded fox." When reminded that he once had applied a similar term to
Netanyahu (a blinded goat), the Rabbi commented, "At least a goat is a
ritually clean animal."
2. LAW FOR DISSOLUTION OF KNESSET DELAYED
Chairman of the Knesset Law Committee Amnon Rubenstein (Meretz)
rejected a
request by the Likud to rush the committee's deliberations on the Knesset
dissolution law which passed its first reading earlier this month. Likud
MK Limor Livnat said that her party is considering turning to the Supreme
Court to force the Law Committee to hurry its deliberations. Likud MK
Silvan Shalom, who may also submit his candidacy to head the Likud,
surmised today that the Knesset Dissolution law will indeed pass next
week, and Knesset elections will be held.
3. ARABS TARGET JEWISH CHILDREN
Children from Yitzhar in the northern Shomron have been kept home from
school for the third day today, as their parents refuse to allow them to
travel to school. In the past two days, Arabs have planted no less than
three bombs along the route of the schoolbus; IDF soldiers located and
defused the bombs.
The IDF has yet to implement measures as promised to curb the wave of
shooting attacks on roads throughout Judea, Samaria, and Gaza. Traffic
continues to flow to and from Area A (Arafat-controlled) cities, and other
promised limitations on Arab travel are not being enforced. At the Ayosh
junction north of Ramallah, for example, the IDF has placed cement blocks
on the entrance to Ramallah, but is not manning the junction to prevent
Arab traffic from driving around the obstacles. Yesterday, Jewish
residents of Mitzpeh Yericho blocked off Arab traffic from the southern
exit of Jericho. This morning Neve Tzuf residents, east of Petach Tikva,
took a similar measure, following yesterday's shooting attack on a bus in
which Chief Rabbi of the State of Israel, Yisrael Meir Lau, was traveling.
Angry Jewish demonstrators from Elon Moreh demanded today improved
security on the roads outside of Shechem.
4. PERES PEACE CENTER TARGETED FOR QUESTIONS
The government registrar overseeing Israel's non-profit organizations,
Amiram Bogat, is threatening to open an investigation into financial
irregularities of the Peres Center for Peace. Associations Registrar
Bogat wrote a letter to the Peres Peace Center saying that if the center
does not submit within three weeks a detailed accounting of a two million
dollar deposit by the center into a mysterious bank account, an official
investigation will be opened. The accountant who handles the books for
the Peres Peace Center, Boaz Gazit, has asked several times for details
about the deposit and has yet to receive an answer.
Representatives of the Peres Peace Center claimed that they deposited the
two million dollars into the account of an association called the School
of Diplomacy. This claim aroused the suspicion of the registrar, who
noted that at the time of the deposit, no such association yet existed.
Moreover, the School of Diplomacy is a joint initiative with Tel Aviv
University, and is located on campus. However, in a nationally-broadcast
conversation on Arutz Sheva radio, the Tel Aviv University switchboard
knew of no such School of Diplomacy.
Peres Peace Center spokesperson Orit Agami responded saying that they
have
nothing to hide, and that the center will submit all of the information.
Regarding the money, she said that it is reserved in a foundation for the
School of Diplomacy. The school, she said, will be established in the
near future.
5. BROAD SUPPORT FOR ISOLATED YESHA COMMUNITIES
A poll conducted by the Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research at Tel
Aviv University during the last two days of November indicates that 75% of
the Israeli public, including the Israeli Arab sector, oppose unilateral
evacuation of isolated Jewish communities in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza
"such as Netzarim, Kfar Darom, Tapuach, or Ganim." Amongst the Jewish
sector, 80% opposed unilateral evacuation of the isolated Yesha
communities.
Regarding the elections, the Yesha Council released a statement saying
that it would support any candidate who will commit himself to fight for
Israel's security without limitations, and preserve the unity of
Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, Gaza and the Jordan Valley.
6. ARAB ASSAULTS ON JEWISH TARGETS CONTINUE
Hevron Arabs opened fire into homes in the town's Jewish neighborhoods
this afternoon. In a separate incident there today, an Arab tried to
snatch the gun of an IDF soldier. The soldier subdued the attacker by
shooting him in his foot... An outpost manned by Palestinian Authority
paramilitary police opened fire upon an IDF vehicle in Gush Katif today...
In a Jerusalem Arab neighborhood, two firebombs were hurled at Border
Guard Police patrol. Near the Shomron Jewish town of Ariel, Arabs from
adjacent Haras threw a firebomb at a civilian bus... Bullets hit homes in
the Israeli community of Kfar Darom overnight, as well as in other
locations in the Gaza strip. Jewish homes in Psagot, just north of
Jerusalem, were also fired upon in the course of the night... Also last
night, Arabs near Shechem carried out a drive by shooting attack upon an
IDF vehicle. The soldiers fired back but were unsuccessful in stopping
the terrorists' car. In all of the above incidents, there were no
injuries.
7. NO WATER FOR JORDAN VALLEY COMMUNITY
The Mekorot Water Company has cut off the water supply to agricultural
areas belonging to the Jewish community of Fetzael in the Jordan Valley.
The company cited the community's failure to pay its debts as the reason
for the move. Fetzael residents say they are unable to pay, due in part
to the deteriorating security situation which has greatly inhibited the
farmers ability to farm their crops. The residents are protesting the
move on the main road in the Jordan Valley. Children from Fetzael have
not attended school for the past two days.
8. US FACT-FINDING COMMISSION COMMENCES WORK
Prime Minister Ehud Barak met this morning with former US Senator George
Mitchell who is heading the fact-finding commission formulated to
investigate the violence in the Rosh HaShanah Arab Assault. Mitchell and
his 5-member committee will meet later today with Yasser Arafat in Gaza.
Hebrew News Editor: Haggai Segal
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Subject: [bprlist] 12/12/00 TV Program:-Tesla: Master of Lightning
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Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 14:37:45 -0500
Tesla: Master of Lightning
One of the greatest inventors of the 20th century,
Nikola Tesla was a visionary genius whose radical
ideas created the technology that today connects the
world with power and information. He held more than
700 worldwide patents, having invented, developed or
imagined the technology that led to electricity, remote
control, neon and flourescent lighting, and radio
transmission. Despite his accomplishments, Tesla
remains one of history=92s most controversial and
misunderstood people.
TESLA: Master of Lightning, airing on PBS on
Tuesday, December 12, 2000, 10:00 p.m. ET (check
local listings), gives long overdue recognition to the
scientist=92s accomplishments. Exploring the
comprehensive story of Tesla=92s life and work, the
multi-media program combines dramatizations with
rare footage and photographs to weave a story filled
with science, drama, and mystery. Drawing from
autobiographical and scientific writings, actor Stacy
Keach recounts events in Tesla=92s own words.
Far from a dry story about circuits and capacitors,
TESLA: Master of Lightning presents the story of a
brilliant and charismatic Serbian immigrant who rose to
the height of wealth and celebrity and sacrificed
everything for his visions. The 90-minute program
discovers many new and unknown details of Tesla=92s
life, including the influence he had on the Strategic
Defense Initiative missile defense program.
TESLA: Master of Lightning also explores his
relationships with other notable people of his time.
The program examines his intense rivalries with and
disagreements with Thomas Edison, J. Pierpont
Morgan, Guglielmo and George Westinghouse,
showing how many of Tesla=92s achievements are still
credited to his contemporaries.
TESLA: Master of Lightning looks at his most futuristic
inventions, including AC power generation and
transmission, the tesla coil that creates high-frequency
electricity. Though Tesla gave his life to realizing his
inventions, others made money from them. He died
penniless and nearly forgotten.
Tesla is today a cult hero in some circles. Known and
respected in the scientific and engineering fields, he
also appeals to a young audience with no formal
background in science. True to his work, he led an
electrifying life filled with intense personal drama,
triumph and tragedy.
http://www.pbs.org/whatson/press/fall/tesla.html
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Subject: [bprlist] Harpazo.net news items (12/11/00)
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Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 17:54:03 -0500
Netanyahu: I'm Running For Prime Minister
Vowing to restore security, unite the nation, and give Israelis real hope for
the future, former prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced last night
that he is launching a comeback.
"I am presenting my candidacy for the leadership of the Likud movement and
for the leadership of the State of Israel," he told a news conference at
Jerusalem's King David Hotel, convened just a few hours after he returned
from a brief trip to the United States.
He accused Prime Minister Ehud Barak of trying to pull off "a transparent
trick" by calling for an election only for the premiership and not the Knesset,
a move which would prevent Netanyahu from running, because he is not an
MK. To be eligible, he would need either an amendment to the law that would
allow a non-parliamentarian to become a prime minister, or a new Knesset
election so that he could try to become a member of the House.
"When someone is afraid of a challenge, apparently he has a reason," he
said of Barak. Opinion polls have shown that Barak could defeat current
Likud chairman MK Ariel Sharon, but would lose to Netanyahu. Jerusalem
Post
Arafat Says Election Delays Peace
Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat said yesterday that peace
negotiations with Israel would have to be postponed for at least 60 days, until
the resignation of Prime Minister Ehud Barak takes effect. "It means peace
talks will stop until the elections are over, and this is not the first time the
talks and implementation are delayed," Arafat told reporters on his return to
Gaza from Saudi Arabia. "He [Barak] is famous for non-implementation and
for wasting time," Arafat said. Jerusalem Post
IDF Warns of Planned Terror Attacks
IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Shaul Mofaz said that there are fresh
intelligence reports of planned terror attacks. Mofaz said the Fatah Tanzim
were attempting to carry out attacks against Israeli targets similar to the car
bomb attack in Hadera on November 22. Mofaz made the statements in an
update at this morning's cabinet meeting. Jerusalem Post
EU Leaders Reach Agreement
European Union leaders have reached agreement on major reforms to
prepare for the accession of new members. The exhausted heads of state
and government burst into applause as they found common ground at 0430
local time (0330 GMT) after an 18-hour session to end the longest summit in
EU history. "This is a big day for Europe", said Swedish Prime Minister
Goran Persson. "We are ready for enlargement." BBC
Gore Camp Hints End Is Near
The man heading Al Gore's legal fight for the White House has hinted that
the Democratic campaign may be doomed if a crucial court hearing on
Monday does not order the resumption of hand recounts. BBC
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Subject: [bprlist] BreakingNews-Israel 3,4,5,6 ,7 (12/11/00)
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 17:55:57 -0500
1. DDM Sneh says no progress in obtaining release of POWs=09
2. =93MAG=94 stolen from IDF APC in Gaza=09
3. Two soldiers injured by gunfire=09
4. IDF vehicle attacked by gunfire on Jenin bypass road=09
5. Stone-throwing attacks in northern Jerusalem industrial area=09
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11-Dec-00 - 8:42 PM
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1. DDM Sneh says no progress in obtaining release of POWs
(BNI-DEC.11) Deputy Minister of Defense Ephraim Sneh stated on Monday
there was no progress in efforts to obtain the release of three IDF
soldiers and an IDF reserve officer kidnapped by Hizbullah in October.
The senior minister made his comments in response to reports from foreign
news agencies in Lebanon that there was significant progress in efforts
leading to their release of the four as a result of the efforts by the
government of Germany acting as an intermediary.
++++
2. =93MAG=94 stolen from IDF APC in Gaza
(BNI-DEC.11) A MAG (=93M-60) machinegun was stolen from an IDF armored
personnel carrier parked at Netzarim Junction in Gaza on Monday afternoon.
IDF soldiers who spotted what was taking place were too late to apprehend
the thieves making off with the heavy machinegun.
The area battalion commander has ordered an immediate investigation
demanding an explanation as to how such an occurrence was able to take
place.
++++
3. Two soldiers injured by gunfire
(BNI-DEC.11) Two IDF soldiers were lightly injured by gunfire directed at
a military vehicle near Chermesh, north of Jenin on Monday evening. The
source of the gunfire was not identified. Soldiers did not return fire.
++++
4. IDF vehicle attacked by gunfire on Jenin bypass road
(BNI-DEC.11) An IDF heavy vehicle was attacked by gunfire on the Jenin
bypass road. No injuries. Soldiers returned fire.
++++
5. Stone-throwing attacks in northern Jerusalem industrial area
(BNI-DEC.11) Stone-throwing attacks were reported in the Atarot northern
Jerusalem industrial zone on Monday. No reported injuries.
---------------
1. Southern Jerusalem under attack by PA gunfire
(BNI-DEC.11) The southern Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo is under attack
by gunfire originating in the PLO Authority autonomous city of Beit Jala.
There are no immediate reports of injuries.
--------------
1. IDF returning fire in Gilo=09
2. Shooting attacks in Gaza on Monday night=09
3. Car stolen from Jerusalem parking lot with toddler onboard=09
4. Two Jenin residents apprehended in Haifa car theft attempt=09
5. Two bombs detonated against bus in Hebron=09
6. Bus attacked by gunfire on Halhoul bypass road=09
7. Man moderately injured in TA stabbing attack=09
*********************
11-Dec-00 - 10:16 PM
*********************
1. IDF returning fire in Gilo
(BNI-DEC.11) IDF forces in Gilo are returning fire towards Beit Jala, the
point of origin of gunfire attacks against southern Jerusalem. Soldiers
are firing machineguns and anti-tank fire. One woman reportedly sustained
=93very light=94 neck injuries from gunfire. The woman was transported to
Hadassah Hospital in Ein Kerem, Jerusalem.
As a result of the shooting the Minharot road from southern Jerusalem to
the Gush Etzion communities is closed.
++++
2. Shooting attacks in Gaza on Monday night
(BNI-DEC.11) The Office of the IDF Spokesman reports the following attack
occurred over the past hour in Gaza. a) An IDF outpost in Kfar Darom in
southern Gaza was attacked by gunfire. Officials report fire directed at
the outpost and community homes was very heavy. b) IDF positions adjacent
to Neve Dekalim attacked by gunfire from the PA autonomous city of Khan
Yunis.
IDF troops returned fire. At least one terrorist was hit in Khan Yunis.
++++
3. Car stolen from Jerusalem parking lot with toddler onboard
(BNI-DEC.11) Police are searching for Arab men who forced a woman out of
her car in a Pisgat Ze=92ev parking lot. The three pushed her out of her ca
r
in an underground parking lot, sprayed her with teargas, and drove off
with the woman=92s 3=BD -year-old daughter in the car.
When the woman began screaming, the thieves stopped the car, pushed out
the toddler and sped off. The woman, in her 5th month of pregnancy, was
transported to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital.
++++
4. Two Jenin residents apprehended in Haifa car theft attempt
(BNI-DEC.11) Two Jenin residents were arrested by Haifa police after they
stole a car from the University of Haifa parking lot. The stolen car was
spotted by police near Nesher, leading to a police pursuit. The thieves
abandoned the car and attempted to flee to a nearby PA autonomous area
but
were apprehended.
(Jenin is a city under total control of the PLO Authority).
++++
5. Two bombs detonated against bus in Hebron
(BNI-DEC.11) Two bombs were detonated against a bus in Hebron on
Monday
evening. No injuries.
++++
6. Bus attacked by gunfire on Halhoul bypass road
(BNI-DEC.11) A bus was attacked by gunfire on the Halhoul bypass road in
Judea, near Hebron. No injuries.
++++
7. Man moderately injured in TA stabbing attack
(BNI-DEC.11) A man said to be about fifty was moderately injured in a
stabbing attack on Monday night on Tel Aviv=92s Kissufim Street. He was
transported to Ichilov Hospital. The motive for the attack is under
investigation.
-------------
1. Gilo resident in serious condition from PA gunfire=09
2. IDF: Child lightly injured by PA gunfire in Gilo=09
3. Soldier injured in grenade attack in Gaza=09
4. IDF position fired upon in Gush Etzion=09
********************
11-Dec-00 - 10:46 PM
********************
1. Gilo resident in serious condition from PA gunfire
(BNI-DEC.11) Despite reports to the contrary on Israel Radio, the
24-year-old woman injured from PA gunfire in the southern Jerusalem
neighborhood of Gilo is listed in serious condition in the trauma center
of Hadassah Hospital in Ein Kerem, Jerusalem.
According to hospital spokeswoman Yael Bosem-Levy, the woman sustained
gunshot wounds to the neck and chest and is at this time being prepared
for emergency surgery.
++++
2. IDF: Child lightly injured by PA gunfire in Gilo
(BNI-DEC.11) The Office of the IDF Spokesman reported a short time ago
that a girl sustained light injuries in the Monday night shooting attack
on Gilo by PA forces in Beit Jala. The girl was transported to a hospital.
No additional information available at this time.
++++
3. Soldier injured in grenade attack in Gaza
(BNI-DEC.11) The Office of the IDF Spokesman reports that a soldier was
lightly injured in a grenade attack on Monday night in the southern Gaza
District Coordinating Office near Neve Dekalim. The soldier was treated on
the scene.
++++
4. IDF position fired upon in Gush Etzion
(BNI-DEC.11) The IDF position near Givat HaDagan, in Gush Etzion, was
fired upon on Monday night. Soldiers returned fire. No reported injuries.
Givat HaDagan is a northern neighborhood of the Gush Etzion community of
Efrat.
-----------
1. Taxi attacked by gunfire in Jerusalem =96 no injuries
(BNI-DEC.11) Shots were fired at a taxi and possibly a second vehicle on
the Pisgat Ze=92ev Bridge in northern Jerusalem near the French Hill
section. Police are investigating. At this preliminary stage of the
investigation, it is believed that an automatic weapon was fired from Bet
Hanina, a predominately Arab section of the capital.
About two weeks ago, on a Friday afternoon, automatic gunfire from an
AK-47 assault rifle was fired at a passenger bus in the same area from Bet
Hanina. There were no injuries in that incident.
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Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 18:13:11 -0500
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Date sent: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 17:53:02 -0800
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From: MEMRI <memri@erols.com>
Subject: Palestinian Criticism of Increasing Extremism in Official
Palestinian Statements
Special Dispatch - PA
December 11, 2000
No. 163
Middle East Media and Research Institute (MEMRI)
P.O. Box 7837, Washington, DC 20038-7837
Phone: (202) 955-9070
Fax: (202) 955-9077
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[MEMRI holds copyrights on all translations. Materials may only be cited
with proper attribution.]
Palestinian Criticism of Increasing Extremism in Official Palestinian
Statements
In an article published in the Hadash [Israeli Communist] movement's
Arabic-language daily, Al-Ittihad, titled "The Glorious Intifada and the
Irresponsible Positions," Dr. Mar'i Abd Al-Rahman a PLO official in charge
of Pan - Arab and International Relations, criticized the escalation of
Palestinian rhetoric that exceeds the political program endorsed by the PLO
in Algeria in 1988:
"Several days ago, I saw a Palestinian official on the TV... declaring: 'Th
e
time has come to raise the threshold of our political goals and to demand
the implementation of the 1947 Partition Resolution.'"
"First of all, I would like to remind this Palestinian official that he doe
s
not represent himself, his family or his clan when he speaks to the
newspapers or the TV - rather he represents his political organization=85"
"Likewise, he must be reminded that in 1988 the political organization to
which he belongs recognized the Palestinian Peace Plan and the Declaration
of Independence in Algiers and he himself was among those who voted for thi
s
plan in front of the television cameras and the international press."
"We must remind him that the Palestinian Peace Plan has since stated that
our goal is the establishment of a Palestinian state on the lands occupied
in 1967 with Jerusalem as its capital, and the realization of the Right of
Return for refugees. We entered into the Madrid Conference and signed the
Oslo Accords. Ten years have past since the new strategy of the PLO was
established and subsequently [the strategy] of the Palestinian National
Authority. We recognized Israel, and the Palestinian Covenant changed
according to this new plan."
"Today, our people struggle and spill their blood for the sake of
implementing this decision and establishing its independent state on the
lands occupied in 1967. We ask the whole world to help us in realizing this
goal so that our people do not become like the [Native American-] Indians o
f
the Middle East=85 We seek a feasible justice, once we realized that seekin
g
absolute justice in the present generation and under the international and
regional circumstances would not serve the interests of the Palestinian
people=85"
"We must not play with the Intifada! Such behavior is forbidden, as it
causes great harm... to the interests of the Palestinian people. These
irresponsible positions push a significant part of the undecided in Israeli
society toward the extreme right. In addition, they furnish the extreme
right and the fundamentalists with effective weapons against our people and
our cause. These individual and irresponsible positions take on the
appearance of a powerful existential threat to the Hebrew state. The racist
[Israeli] right wing, whose philosophy and policy favor a 'Greater Israel,'
uses this pretext to crack down on our people harshly and to present us as
a
people that does not wish peace with Israel. They, the victims, have no
other choice but to bomb us with tanks and airplanes=85 because they are
defending the existence of their poor little state, while the truth is that
they have the fourth or fifth [strongest] army in the world. They do not
say: 'We want Greater Israel' but rather 'We want to protect Israel's
security.'"
"...The voices we hear through the Arab satellites calling for the
destruction of Israel and claiming that peace with Israel is impossible...
are very far from the problem of Palestine and from the Arab-Israeli
conflict. This distance is not merely geographic; it also [reflects]
distance from... understanding the Israeli enemy and the Jewish problem,
historically and contemporarily..."
"Likewise, those who advise us on a daily basis about the liberation of
Palestine in its entirety must be reminded=85 that the Palestinian people h
ave
institutions and leadership of their own. Say what you will about them, but
this leadership and institutions are the most progressive of all [similar]
institutions in the Middle East. Yasser Arafat never forced himself [on the
Palestinian people]=85 On the contrary, the Palestinian people elected him
with a resounding majority... This people knows Palestine best. It is funny
,
and sometime sad, that some of the [Arab] brothers remind us of Palestine's
geography and of where Haifa and Acre lie. They try to explain to us how th
e
peace settlement, Oslo, other agreements and the negotiations do not serve
the Palestinian people."
"We understand the citizen in the street and his sentiments when he speaks
in such a language, in particular when he sees the Israeli obstinacy and th
e
refusal of Israeli leaders to implement even the agreements which they have
already signed=85 However, this honest feeling is not sufficient for the
political leadership of the Palestinian people to base a political strategy
upon it=85"
"We also understand our [Arab] brothers who speak in such a way when they
are far from the battlefield... We understand their national and religious
sentiments, and we respect them, but we expect them to listen to the
position of the Palestinian people and try to understand the complexity of
our cause. We expect them to empathize with our more than 100 year of
struggle, throughout which we have not tired and have not lost faith in the
future=85 We are those who are fighting this enemy, every day for one hundr
ed
years, and we know it better than others do."
"As for those who spread nice but empty slogans - which are for the most
part connected neither to the homeland, the struggle nor to anything else,
and are almost entirely personal or opportunistic they will continue to
spread these slogans, but will not influence the course of life..." (1)
Endnote:
(1) Al-Itihad (Israel), December 4, 2000
The Middle East Media and Research Institute (MEMRI) is an independent,
non-profit organization providing translations of the media of the Middle
East and original analysis on developments in the region. Copies of articl
es
and documents cited, as well as background information, are available upon
request.
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