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Subject: Re: [bprlist] Re: We all belong to 33 clans
From: tracy
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 00:49:41 -0500

I don't recall that the bible says all of the people in the world would
be decedents. History tells us that a catastrophe drove all of mankind
to almost extinction. Down to around 10,000 people. The catastrophe
melted the glaciers and flooded major parts of the world. Then out of
nowhere Indians in North America sprang up.

Remember when Cain killed Able that he was forced to wander the Earth.
He was afraid that he would be killed by the others. God told that he
would put a mark on his forehead and if anyone else killed him he would
be avenged seven fold. Now that brings up a question. WHAT OTHERS?
There should only be Adam Eve and Cain. But cain is worried about
anyone killing him. The point is, if cain is worried about "anybody"
killing him as he wanders the Earth then obviously there were other
people developing in other areas. Adam and Eve may be Gods attempt at
making "his" people. So we read about Adam and Eve because GOD wanted us
to know about them.

After Noah it doesn't say that there were not other placements of people
around the world. Maybe it is just not important.

John Brough wrote:
>
> I wonder how well people who write this stuff read their Bibles.
>
> It is clear that, no matter how many children Eve had, they all were
> destroyed by the flood and all of humankind was subsequently descended from
> Noah and his Sons and their wives.
>
> It is surprising how much absolute twaddle is pushed around the Christian
> world.
>
> John in NZ\

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Subject: Re: [bprlist] (Fwd) update: War appears eminent on Lebanon and Syrian front
From: tracy
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 00:26:51 -0500

I think it is important to point out that If a nuclear strike takes
place,
nuclear retaliation from Russia is almost certain. I think that with
all of the quakes and volcanic activity lately a natural phenomenon also
could wipe out Damascus.
>
> Isaiah 17 prophesies that Damascus will no longer be a city and will
> become a ruinous heap. A couple of strikes from a nuclear submarine
> could easily make that a certainty and draw other Arab nations into a
> regional conflict with Israel.
>

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Subject: [bprlist] NASA space technology shines new light on healing
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 18:01:31 -0500

RELEASE: 00-197

NASA SPACE TECHNOLOGY SHINES NEW LIGHT ON HEALING

     Doctors at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee have
discovered the healing power of light with the help of technology
developed for NASA's space shuttle. Using powerful light-emitting
diodes, or LEDs, originally designed for commercial plant-growth
research in space, scientists have found a way to help patients
here on Earth.

Doctors are examining how this special lighting technology helps
hard-to-heal wounds, such as diabetic skin ulcers, serious burns,
and severe oral sores caused by chemotherapy and radiation. The
project, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and
funded by a NASA Small Business Innovation Research contract
through the Technology Transfer Department at NASA's Marshall
Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL, includes laboratory
and human trials.

"So far, what we've seen in patients and what we've seen in
laboratory cell cultures, all point to one conclusion," said Dr.
Harry Whelan, professor of pediatric neurology and director of
hyperbaric medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin. "The
near-infrared light emitted by these LEDs seems to be perfect for
increasing energy inside cells. This means whether you're on Earth
in a hospital, working in a submarine under the sea or on your way
to Mars inside a spaceship, the LEDs boost energy to the cells and
accelerate healing."

Dr. Whelan's findings will be summarized in upcoming issues of
Space Technology and Applications International Forum 2001 and in
The Journal of Clinical Laser Medicine and Surgery. Other related
peer-reviewed journals have published articles on Whelan's medical
research with light-emitting diodes.

Dr. Whelan's NASA-funded research has already seen remarkable
results using the light-emitting diodes to promote healing of
painful mouth ulcers caused by cancer therapies such as radiation
and chemotherapy. The treatment is quick and painless.

The wound-healing device is a small, 3.5-inch by 4.5-inch (89-
millimeter by 114-millimeter), portable, flat array of LEDs,
arranged in rows on the top of a small box. A nurse practitioner
places the box of LEDs on the outside of the patient's cheek about
one minute each day. The red light penetrates to the inside of the
mouth, where it seems to promote wound healing and prevent further
sores in the patient's mouth.

"Some children who probably would have had to be fed intravenously
because of the severe sores in their mouths have been able to eat
solid food, " said Dr. David Margolis, an assistant professor of
pediatrics at the Medical College of Wisconsin and an oncologist
at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. Dr. Margolis continued,
"Preventing oral mucositis improves the patients' ability to eat
and drink and also may reduce the risk of infections in patients
with compromised immune systems."

Dr. Whelan's collaboration with NASA began when Ronald Ignatius,
owner of Quantum Devices Inc. in Barneveld, WI, learned about Dr.
Whelan's brain cancer surgery technique using drugs stimulated by
laser lights. Laser-light surgical probes are costly and
cumbersome in the operating room because they are heavy, with
refrigerator-size optical, electrical and cooling systems.

Ignatius originally designed the lights for plant growth
experiments through the Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and
Robotics, a NASA commercial space center at the University of
Wisconsin in Madison.

"The LEDs needed to grow plants in space produced the same
wavelengths of light the doctor needed to remove brain tumors,"
said Ignatius. "Plus, when we developed the LEDs for NASA, they
had to be lightweight to fly aboard the shuttle and have small
cooling systems. These traits make the LED surgery probes easier
to use in the operating room and thousands of dollars cheaper than
laser systems."

Quantum Devices altered the surgical probe to emit longer
wavelengths of red light that stimulate a photodynamic drug called
Benzoporphyrin Derivative_. Doctors at the Children's Hospital of
Wisconsin recently completed the first-ever surgery with the
improved probe and medicine. The drug also has fewer side effects
after surgery. The ongoing brain surgery study is described in a
1999 peer-reviewed journal article in Pediatric Neurosurgery.

The LED research project will continue for the next 18 months,
with doctors studying 100 patients at two major teaching
affiliates of the Medical College of Wisconsin. Researchers will
continue to examine the influence of LEDs on cells grown in the
laboratory, and will explore the benefits that LEDs might provide
to counteract possible cell damage caused by exposure to harmful
radiation and weightlessness during long space missions.

                           - end -

NASANews@hq.nasa.gov

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Subject: [bprlist] Daily World Affairs Report items (12/17/00)
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 18:01:31 -0500

CHURCH BACKS ST. NICHOLAS IN MOVE TO GIVE SANTA THE
SACK

Church leaders have launched a campaign to end what they call "the cult of
Father Christmas" and restore St Nicholas as the symbol of the festive
season. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey, and other senior
members of the Church of England are backing the move, which aims to
put the 4th-century saint at the heart of Christmas. Dr Carey said: "I
applaud the notion of restoring the historical identity of the great gift-giver
who was the bishop St Nicholas. He and his legend epitomise Christian
sacrifice, generosity and compassion."

The campaign has been prompted by a growing awareness that many
children now regard Father Christmas rather than Jesus Christ as the
central character in the celebration. The newly established St Nicholas
Society, based in the Diocese of London, wants Britain to fall into line with
nations such as Belgium, Holland and Russia, which give the religious figure
priority over Father Christmas.

Campaigners believe that a revitalised St Nicholas, who is the patron saint
of gift-giving and children, will increase awareness of the festival's
Christian roots. The society plans to send out educational materials to
schools across Britain and to forge links with the 450 British churches
named after the saint. It has already established an internet site and has
made contact with like-minded groups overseas.

Jim Rosenthal, the director of communication for the Worldwide Anglican
Communion and the society's founder, said: "We want St Nicholas to
replace Father Christmas as the face of Christmas. For centuries, St
Nicholas, who wore bishop's robes and carried a mitre, was at the centre of
the celebration. He was the very reason why people gave gifts. We now
feel it is time for Father Christmas to get out of his elf's costume and back
into his religious robes." The society will not tackle what some see as the
over-commercialisation of Christmas. Instead, it wants to show that the
tradition of buying gifts has its roots deep within the Christian tradition.

Mr Rosenthal, an American who has lived in London for almost 11 years,
believes that in many parts of his homeland, Christmas is now treated as a
secular event. He fears that Britain will experience a similar trend unless
action is taken quickly. "The cult of Father Christmas is now so strongly
established that there are children who actually think that he is the central
figure in the Christmas story. That is a very sad state of affairs. By putting
St Nicholas back at the centre of the story we are re-affirming the
Christian nature of the celebration. People need to realise that the Father
Christmas we have now is a largely American invention and a secular one
at that."

Initially, campaigners want the Feast of St Nicholas, which falls on
December 6, to receive more widespread recognition. Eventually, however,
they hope that the saint will reclaim his place at the centre of the main
celebration. A children's book produced by the society has already become
a best seller in some churches. St Nicholas, who was a bishop in the
Turkish town of Myra, was renowned for his generosity. After his death,
the feast of St Nicholas was celebrated on December 6, the date he died.
Eventually, Church leaders decided to bring the festival in line with the
celebrations to mark the birth of Christ.

The Reformation of the 16th century led to his abolition in a number of
European countries. Dutch settlers, however, took the legend of St Nicholas
- or Sante Klaas in their dialect - with them when they went to America.
This mutated to Santa Claus and, over time, the character developed into a
largely secular figure. He owes his current incarnation to the Coca-Cola
company who redesigned him in the '40s for a drinks commercial. (The
London Telegraph)

BUSH AIDES LAUNCH ASSAULT ON EURO ARMY

A top aide to President-elect George W Bush has warned that French
proposals for the EU defence force are "a dagger pointed at NATO's
heart". John Bolton, a security expert tipped to become Bush's deputy
secretary of state, said America would have to deny Britain intelligence
unless NATO and the EU force worked together. "We would have to pose
the stark question (to Britain): are you with us or with them?"

The president-elect, who named General Colin Powell as secretary of state,
is being urged by advisers to prevent the EU defence force from
threatening the future of NATO and America's special relationship with
Britain. Bolton's comments gave the first indication of how the Bush
administration will handle a growing crisis over whether the Pentagon will
be excluded from EU military planning.

The remarks followed America's failure at a meeting of alliance foreign
ministers in Brussels on Friday to lock the Euro army into NATO's
structures.Bolton and other Bush advisers were even more appalled when
France promoted European intelligence gathering at the EU summit in Nice
last weekend in a way that would undercut NATO. Jon Kyl, an Arizona
senator and close friend of Bush, also fears for the special relationship with
London unless the dispute is resolved. "This force cannot exist outside
NATO," he said, adding that Bush would make that clear. (The London
Times)

ISRAEL BRACED FOR WAR WITH SYRIA

The Israeli prime minister, Ehud Barak, faces a gruelling 2 months. While
desperately trying to secure a deal with the Palestinians, which he believes
is the only way to win forthcoming elections, he has been told by his
generals to prepare for war if peace talks fail. The Israeli Defence Force
(IDF) fears the current conflict with the Palestinians could spread beyond
Israel's borders to involve Syria. This would risk triggering a spiral of
confrontation in the volatile region.

Military sources said Israel was taking the danger so seriously that it had
sent a warning to Damascus earlier this month to try to head off a clash.
The message said Israel would go on the offensive against Syrian army
positions in Lebanon if Hezbollah, the Syrian-backed Lebanese militia,
launched attacks across the border. The army believes Hezbollah could
decide to support the latest uprising that erupted nearly 3 months ago.

Alongside the warning to Damascus, the IDF has begun preparations for a
"worst-case" outcome. Ten days ago, an armoured division received an
emergency order that moved it to the Golan Heights, on the border with
Syria, to reinforce troops based there. Israel also placed its submarine
flotilla on high alert. Military sources said 3 German-built submarines - the
Tekuma, Dolphin and Leviathan -- had started a 21-day shift in the Persian
Gulf. The submarines are believed to be equipped with nuclear warheads,
but would only come into play in the event of an all-out regional war, which
remains an unlikely prospect.

It is Hezbollah's co-operation with Syria in Lebanon that is causing the
Israelis the gravest concern. Since Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon last
May, Hezbollah is thought to have doubled its military might. The militia,
which controls southern Lebanon, has acquired anti-tank missiles and long-
range Katyusha rockets from Iran. Israel blames the Syrians for
transporting Iranian weapons through Damascus airport. Hezbollah has also
built about 30 military posts on the Lebanese side of the border with Israel,
creating a new frontline. There are about 1,000 fighters there, and a further
5,000 in other bases.

The Israeli army is still building an electronic fence, and needs to lay
minefields. "Nobody in Israel wants to say this, but Hezbollah could walk
into northern Israel tomorrow," said one military source. Israeli intelligence
has warned the army that the young President Bashar Assad, who has had
close links with Hezbollah, is influenced by General Asef Shawqat and
Bahajat Suleiman, the head of intelligence. Both men believe the Israeli
withdrawal from Lebanon and the latest uprising are signs that Israel has
grown weak. The IDF is taking no chances. It is training to defend the
Jordan Valley from the east, in the unlikely event that Iraqi tanks cross
Jordan. (The London Times)

MICHAEL TURNER 
(mykelturner@airmail.net)

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Subject: [bprlist] Arutz-7 News (12/18/00)
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 18:01:31 -0500

Arutz Sheva News Service
  <http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com>
Monday, Dec. 18, 2000 / Kislev 21, 5761

TODAY'S HEADLINES:
   1. ISRAELI OFFER NEARS PALESTINIAN DEMANDS
   2. PRESIDENT KATZAV: BARAK HAS LOST MANDATE TO MAKE
AGREEMENTS
   3. POLITICAL TURMOIL
   4. YESHA NEAR-VICTIM: ARMY IS SUPERFLUOUS
   5. ANOTHER MYSTERY
   6. DAHLAN ADMITS; "SO WHAT?"
   7. RABBIS SPEAK OUT
   8. THREE UNDER ARREST
   9. GUSH KATIF KIDS IN KNESSET

1. ISRAELI OFFER NEARS PALESTINIAN DEMANDS
While the war continues at home, Israel's delegation for the resumption of
the negotiations with the Palestinians will depart for Washington tonight.
 The Israeli offer as of now apparently includes: * control of the entire
Temple Mount; * 95% of Judea and Samaria; * all of Gaza; * and thousands
of square kilometers in Halutza (southeast of Gaza) in exchange for
settlement blocs in Shomron, Gush Etzion, and around Jerusalem.

Israel will also be mentioned in the agreement, according to the Israeli
proposal, as having "a historical bond with the Temple Mount." The
remaining points of dispute continue to be the refugees and the
Palestinian demand for full sovereignty over the Temple Mount. Prime
Minister Barak, who agreed at Camp David to allow 100,000 refugees to
enter Israel, is now reported to be leaning towards an increase of that
number.

2. PRESIDENT KATZAV: BARAK HAS LOST MANDATE TO MAKE
AGREEMENTS
President Moshe Katzav's statement of yesterday about the Barak
transition-government's attempts to reach an agreement has been largely
ignored by the Israeli media. The President said that he is in favor of
Israeli-Palestinian diplomatic contacts that will help stabilize the
situation and stop the violence and bloodshed. However, he said,
"regarding negotiations on a final-status agreement or other diplomatic
agreements that will obligate the State of Israel - the responsibility for
such ostensibly passes [from the present government] to the citizens of
Israel, who are to make their opinion known [in the upcoming elections].
I also don't think that their opinion will be the same as it was a year
and a half ago."

3. POLITICAL TURMOIL
The Shas Council of Torah Sages, headed by Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef, decided
today to object to the bill to dissolve the Knesset. It is now almost
certain that their 17 MKs will tip the scales against the passage of the
bill - which will be submitted for final readings this afternoon.
However, the Likud still has one card left to play in order to force Shas
to change its mind: a vote against the "Netanyahu bill."

To explain: Netanyahu is leading Barak in the polls by a wide margin, and
Shas is in fact very much in favor of Netanyahu becoming Prime Minister.
This can only happen, however, in one of two ways:
 * If the special "Netanyahu bill" is passed, enabling a non-MK (such as
Netanyahu) to run in the special Prime Ministerial election; or
 * if the Knesset is dissolved today, leading to general Knesset elections

in which even a non-MK can run for Prime Minister.
Shas seems to have effectively vetoed the second option; but if the Likud
vetoes the first option - by voting against the "Netanyahu bill," as it
announced it will do - Shas may rethink its position and decide to vote in
favor of dissolving the Knesset.

Shas leader MK Eli Yeshai countered the above Likud threat by announcing
that if the "Netanyahu bill" does not pass, Shas will support Ariel Sharon
for Prime Minister. It is not certain, however, that Shas would in fact
be happy with Sharon, who has shown willingness to compromise on
religious
matters.

If the Knesset is not dissolved, there will be no general Knesset
elections, and a special election for Prime Minister, necessitated by
Prime Minister Barak's resignation last week, will be held on February
6th.

Shas' current decision places Binyamin Netanyahu in an awkward
situation. Netanyahu threatened last week that he would not run if the
Knesset were not also dissolved. The former Prime Minister fears that if
he wins the Prime Ministerial election, as is expected, he will not be
able to function with a right-wing bloc of only 58-60 out of 120 MKs.
Netanyahu is scheduled to hold a press conference later this afternoon.

Israel's political establishment now awaits, with baited breath, the
following three developments scheduled to occur today in as-yet
undetermined order:
 - the fate of the bill to dissolve the Knesset;=09
 - the fate of the Netanyahu bill;
 - a final decision by Netanyahu as to whether he will run or not.

4. YESHA NEAR-VICTIM: ARMY IS SUPERFLUOUS
"The army is superfluous here in the Shomron." So says Avidan Kalfa, a
resident of the Jewish community of Rechelim (near Shilo), after he was
shot at this morning while driving his wife to work; the two were unhurt.
"The army is not around when we need it," he continued. "I traveled the
road near Hawara [the site of much recent Palestinian violence] today, and
I didn't see even one jeep - not even one. The soldiers are not
protecting us, but rather themselves. They sit in their jeeps with
bullet-proof jackets, while we drive around unprotected, most of us
without any weapons - literally not knowing if we will return home that
day or not."

Contrary to the misconception of some, Palestinian violence has not slowed
down. There were 15 Palestinian terrorist attacks and attempted attacks
in Yesha yesterday, and 11 the day before. The more recent attacks
include the "moderate" wounding of a motorist near Mevo Dotan last night,
two grenades at an army jeep near Rafiach, shooting at a bus near Ofrah,
and intensive shooting at the Jewish homes of Hevron.

Today: Palestinian terrorists opened fire at a private minibus on the
Jericho bypass road near Elisha. Two passengers were hurt by shrapnel and
were treated at a local infirmary=85 In Hevron, Arabs opened fire at Jewish
homes; IDF soldiers returned fire=85 Palestinians threw large stones at a
firetruck near Kfar Saba, causing damage; the Arabs escaped to the
PA-controlled city of Kalkilye=85

5. ANOTHER MYSTERY
The chief operations officer of the PA para-military police force in Gaza,
Abdul Muhati Sabawi, was killed this afternoon in a mysterious explosion.
Sabawi was one of the close aides of Gaza Police Chief Razi Jabali, who is
wanted in Israel for terrorist crimes. The explosion occurred in a police
building in northern Gaza. Arutz-7 correspondent Haggai Huberman reports
that he was the 12th Palestinian terrorist leader to be killed under
mysterious circumstances in recent weeks.

6. DAHLAN ADMITS; "SO WHAT?"
Muhammad Dahlan, head of the PA's Preventive Security organization in
Gaza, confirmed today that he was responsible for the murder of two
soldiers near Kfar Darom. Dahlan told a Yediot Acharonot reporter today,
"Yes, the attacker was connected with my organization. So what?"
St.-Sgt. Baruch Snir Flum and Sgt. Shimon Shitubi were killed by one of
Dahlan's agents exactly one month ago. Dahlan said that the Palestinian
violence would not cease until Israel meets all the Palestinian demands.
He estimates that an agreement will be signed within a month.

7. RABBIS SPEAK OUT
Former Chief Rabbis Avraham Shapira and Mordechai Eliyahu released a
statement today condemning any talk of concessions in Jerusalem and
especially on the Temple Mount. The rabbis made clear their opinion that
any such concession is opposed to the Torah; Chief Sephardic Rabbi
Bakshi-Doron recently said that concessions in Jerusalem would be
acceptable for peace. Rabbis Shapira and Eliyahu said that talk along
these lines strengthens the enemies of Israel and places all worshippers
at the Western Wall in danger of their lives.

8. THREE UNDER ARREST
A Kiryat Arba resident says that the bullet he shot ten days ago, and that
wounded a Palestinian youth, was shot in the air and in self-defense.
Despite this, he was charged yesterday with aggravated assault. The
prosecution claims that he shot at a group of rock-throwers atop a hill.

Two residents of N'vei Tzuf were arrested over the night, in connection
with the death of a Palestinian whose body was found near the Arab village
of Aboud yesterday. The two reported last night that they had shot in the
air near Aboud yesterday after they were attacked with large stones. The
police have not yet decided if they will ask for an extension of their
custody. Binyamin Regional Council head Pinchas Wallerstein reacted:
 "Unfortunately, the police decided again today to take a political stand,

and arrest two men who were attempting to defend their lives on their way
home. It should be noted that exactly in the same area, one of the two
was shot in the foot by Palestinians ten days ago; he was hospitalized,
and was just recently released... The Israel Police only arrives in these
areas in a bullet-proof vehicle, escorted by two jeeps - while we, the
residents, have to travel those same roads freely. But when the police
judge us, they relate to us as enemies, as dangerous, as people who have
to be remanded until the end of the proceedings, whether or not we were
just defending our lives..."

9. GUSH KATIF KIDS IN KNESSET
The children of Gush Katif were hosted in the Knesset today, where they
distributed a letter to the Knesset Members. The letter asked that the
government cease all negotiations with the Palestinian Authority while
shooting is being rained on them. The school and community center in N'vei
Dekalim, as well as many other places in the vicinity, have been the
target of Palestinian fire over the past few days.

Hebrew News Editor: Haggai Segal
English News Editor: Hillel Fendel

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Subject: [bprlist] Cheney shatters Clinton push for peace in Israel
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 18:05:47 -0500

December 18, 2000

Cheney shatters Clinton push for peace in Israel
By Patrick Bishop in Jerusalem

AN attempt to salvage a Middle East peace deal in the dying days of the
Clinton presidency appeared seriously undermined last night as the incoming
administration said recent American diplomacy had hindered a settlement.

Israeli and Palestinian delegations are expected to go to Washington this
week to try to find common ground that could pave the way for a peace
summit. Both sides are due to hold separate talks with American officials in
the first serious attempt to resume negotations, which have been in
abeyance since the Palestinian uprising erupted in the West Bank and Gaza
Strip at the end of September.

The already slim chances of success were reduced further yesterday when
Vice-President-elect Dick Cheney voiced the incoming administration's
"concerns that the way the Clinton administration operated in the [last] year
or so in the Middle East has made it more difficult to reach a settlement".

He singled out the decision to put the future of Jerusalem, one of the most
intractable of the many issues under negotiation, at the centre of the failed
summit at Camp David last July. He made it clear that the Bush presidency
had its own ideas about how to "regenerate" the peace process, which he
said had now broken down.

On the face of it, the parties have an interest in reaching agreements before
President Clinton steps down on January 20. Ehud Barak was eager to strike
a deal that would allow him to show substantial progress in building peace
with the Palestinians in advance of an election for prime minister in early
February which on current form he is expected to lose.

Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader, had the choice of doing business with
Mr Barak or waiting until after the poll, which in the absence of a peace
breakthrough seems certain to result in a hardliner at the Israeli helm.
Yesterday he said he was willing to meet Mr Barak to talk peace.

Mr Clinton was anxious to see some results from a process which had
absorbed much of his energy since he decided to try to forge a solid Middle
East settlement as his lasting presidential legacy. That hope would now
seem to be unrealistic following Mr Cheney's intervention.

Despite the peace rumblings blood continued to flow yesterday with Israeli
soldiers shooting dead Iyad Daoud, 27, and Ahmed Al-Kassas, 38, in the
Gaza Strip near the border with Egypt. Palestinians said they had been
going to the rescue of another man who had been shot and wounded. The
army said they had returned fire after coming under attack.

A leader of Mr Arafat's Fatah group was killed in a mysterious explosion at
the Kalandiya refugee camp near Jerusalem. Fatah officials said Sami Mala'b
eh, 28, was the latest victim of an Israeli assassination campaign against
activists. The army had no official comment about the incident.

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=99999999&pg=/et/00/12/18/wmid18.html

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Subject: [bprlist] Ursid Meteor Surprise
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 18:08:36 -0500

NASA Science News for December 18, 2000

The normally meek Ursid meteor shower could surprise sky watchers with a
powerful outburst on Dec 22nd when Earth passes through a dust stream
from periodic comet Tuttle.

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast18dec_1.htm?list110823

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Subject: Re: [bprlist] Ursid Meteor Surprise
From: tracy
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 01:12:38 -0500

First see the attachment about the upcomming meteor shower. It shows
the location to look for the shower. I see that the shower will be by
the tail of Draco. It reminded me of this verse from Revelations.

 12:3-5 His tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung
them to the earth.

This is a interesting Christmas. The actual change of the millennium,
Ring of Fire has been quaking BIG TIME. Volcano is starting to smoke.
Actually there have been around 100 volcanic events in the past six
months alone. Now a surprise meteor shower..... By the Dragons tail.

To see the Earthquake activity goto:
http://www.iris.washington.edu/seismic/60_2040_1_4.html

Notice all of the purple dots. Those are quakes 15 to 30 days old.
They cover most of the under water mountain ranges. Seems like a LOT of
activity to me. But maybe this is normal.

Tracy

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>
> NASA Science News for December 18, 2000
>
> The normally meek Ursid meteor shower could surprise sky watchers with a
> powerful outburst on Dec 22nd when Earth passes through a dust stream
> from periodic comet Tuttle.
>
> FULL STORY at
>
> http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast18dec_1.htm?list110823
>
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) "The Jewish Personality and the Israeli Actions"
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 18:13:51 -0500

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Date sent: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 17:48:32 -0800
To: memri@erols.com
From: MEMRI <memri@erols.com>
Subject: "The Jewish Personality and the Israeli Actions"

Special Dispatch - Egypt
December 19, 2000
No. 166

Middle East Media and Research Institute (MEMRI)
P.O. Box 7837, Washington, DC 20038-7837
Phone: (202) 955-9070
Fax: (202) 955-9077
E-mail: MEMRI@erols.com
Website: www.memri.org

[MEMRI holds copyrights on all translations. Materials may only be cited
with proper attribution.]

"The Jewish Personality and the Israeli Actions"

With the renewed violence between Israel and the Palestinians, and followin g
the withdrawal of Egypt's ambassador to Israel, anti-Semitic articles have
recently increased in the government-sponsored Egyptian press.

A recent example is the two-part series in the weekly October titled "The
Jewish personality and the Israeli Action.," The author, Gen. (Res.) Hassan
Sweilem discusses at length the "Jewish personality." Following are excerpt s
from the series:

"Historians, race-studies professors and sociologists agree that humanity,
throughout its long history, has never known a race such as the Jewish race  in
which so many bad qualities base and loathsome have been gathered."

"The Jews had a quality which distinguished them from others: whenever they
gathered in a particular place and felt comfortable there, they turned the
place into a den of evil, corruption, incitement to internal strife and the
spreading of wars. The Jews took advantage of the lack of attention by the
people and rulers to the plots and traps designed by the Jews."

Ancient History

"When the peoples felt endangered by the Jews' plots and traps, they took
revenge and punished them in different ways, like annihilation, expulsion,
captivity and exile. The situation came to a point where Diaspora became a
characteristic of Jewish history to this very day. This can be clearly
seen in
ancient history from the punishments meted out to the Jews by the Babylonia ns,
the Assyrians, the Ancient Egyptians, the Romans, the Greeks and the Persia ns
since the 8th century BC, let alone what came to be known as 'the Babylonia n
Exile,' which lasted one hundred years."

The Middle Ages

"In the Middle Ages this phenomenon reoccurred, when the Jews tried to cont rol
the Byzantine State, and in the year of 483, Caesar Justinianus committed
many
massacres of Jews throughout the Empire."

The Modern Age

"The phenomenon reoccurred in Europe: the king of France expelled the Jews to
England in 1253, when he discovered their dangerous plots against France. I n
England, the Jews built an immense financial empire that controlled the
British
economy, but when King Edward I understood the danger in this situation, he
enacted 'special laws' for the Jews in order to limit their influence. The y
rebelled against these rules and he had to expel them. In 1306 all Europea n
countries, without exception, followed suit. This came to be known as 'The
great exile of the Jews of Europe.' In 1492, Spanish courts of Inquisition
were established to try the Jews."

"When the Jews returned to Europe in the fifteenth century, they resumed th eir
plots and attempts to take control of these countries' economies. In 1744,  a
decision was made to expel them once again. They gathered in the Baltic
region=85 As for the Jews who remained in the European states, the local
authorities gathered them into special ghettos to protect themselves from t he
Jews' bad conduct."

"A reexamination of the Crusades reveals that the crusader-armies that
advanced
along the basin of the Rhine River, searched for Jewish communities and
exterminated them (to become closer to God). When they entered Jerusalem on
July 14, 1099, the first thing they did was to gather the Jews of Jerusalem  in
one of the churches and burn them. When the Muslims, headed by Omar Ibn
Al-Khattab, conquered Jerusalem in 636, the Patriarch Sofronius asked only one
thing from our master Ibn Al-Khattab: that no Jews remain in Jerusalem and
that
none enter the city. The Caliph Omar fulfilled this request, and it entere d
history as 'The Pact of Omar.'"

US Jewry

"The first American presidents warned against the danger of Jewish hegemony
over American life. First and foremost was President George Washington who
warned in 1788: 'It is troubling that the [American] nation has not purifie d
its land from these pests. The Jews are the enemies of America's well-bein g
and the corrupters of its prosperity.' Further, [President] Washington writ es
about the Jews: 'They operate against us in a way much more effective than the
enemy's armies. They endanger our liberty and our interests one hundred ti mes
more than the enemy. It is most troubling that the states have not begun lo ng
ago to follow them, because they are a plague [threatening] society.'"

"American President Benjamin Franklin [sic], said in his speech to the 1789
Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia: 'A great danger threatens the
United
States the Jewish danger. When the Jews settle down [in the US), we will
discover that they are weakening the determination of the people, shaking u p
the ethics of trade and establishing a government within a government=85 W hen
they meet resistance, they will suffocate the nation economically.'"

"Thus, Franklin pointed to the attempts by the Jewish money-lenders to
subjugate the Bank of America to the Bank of England, that was directed by
Meir
Rothschild. Later, Franklin continued his warnings to members of the
Convention: 'If constitutional law does not deny the Jews the right to
immigrate to the US, they will, in less than one hundred years, pour into t he
nation in immense numbers, like locusts. They will take control and destro y
us=85 In less than 200 years, our sons will be made field-workers in order to
provide food for the Jews, who will sit in their mansions and rub their han ds
with glee.' Franklin recalled an important fact, that the Jews' morals and
character cannot be changed: 'Their mentality will continue to be different
from ours even if they live among us for ten generations. A leopard cannot
change its spots. They are a danger to this country, and they must be remo ved
through this Constitutional Convention.'"

Colonialist Judaism

In the second part of the series, Sweilem wrote: "Many are the bad and
loathsome traits in the Jewish personality. There is no difference between
yesterday's Jew and those of today, or between the Jewish and the Israeli
personality, as some claim. This is because Israel, as a state, is nothing
but
a receiving vessel for all of the Jews in the world=85 Zionism is the poli tical
and colonialist aspect of the Jewish faith. Therefore, an investigation of
the
traits of the Jewish personality, in order to defend ourselves from it, is a
fundamental step in our war against it, in the defense of our existence, an d
for future generations=85"

Jewish Holocaust Lies

Sweilem delineates in his articles a list of "Jewish characteristics," such  as
"violation of agreements," "constant paranoia" and more. When he gets to the
characteristic of "reliance on lies as a means to achieving goals," for
example, he writes: "One of the characteristics that is deeply-rooted in th e
Jewish personality is manifested in the rule 'lie, lie and lie again, until
people believe you, and then you will believe it yourself.'"

"This characteristic is revealed in their lie regarding the Holocaust, whic h
they claim was carried out by Nazi Germans during WWII against six million
Jews. This is a huge lie which they managed to market around the world.
Through this lie, they extorted most of the world's countries, even though
many
have proved that [the Holocaust] was not practically possible=85 Today, no body
in Europe may doubt the Holocaust or accuse the Jews of extortion, without
finding himself in jail, according to the law that was imposed by the Zioni st
organizations=85"

Endnotes:

(1) October (Egypt), December 3, 2000.
(2) October (Egypt), December 10, 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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Subject: [bprlist] Dec 19, 2000 TV Programs
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 18:37:02 -0500

8:00 PM

HIST History's Mysteries Cults 60 min.
An examination of cults. Included: the Greek cult of Dionysus, early
Christians, Church of Satan, People's Temple, Branch Davidians, Heaven's
Gate and millennial enthusiasts. Host: Arthur Kent.

TLC The Pyramid of Doom: An Ancient Murder Mystery 60 min.
An archaeological team digs at an ancient pyramid in Peru, where they
discover over 70 skeletons in grotesquely contorted positions, buried acros s
a plaza.

9:00

HIST Modern Marvels Line of Defense 120 min.
An examination of historic defense systems includes the North American
Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD); the Maginot Line in France; and
the Atlantic Wall, built by Germany during World War II.

10:00

PBS Frontline From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians 60 min.
Spirited commentary from an array of academics drives this intriguing four-
part examination of the life and death of Jesus and the rise of Christianit y.

Part 1 places Jesus in the context of His times, arguing that He was born i n
Nazareth---not Bethlehem. The filmmakers contend that Jesus' home,
Galilee, was not a rural backwater but a cosmopolitan area seething with
political and social unrest. The hour also paints Jesus as a provocateur, o ne
of many Judean =93radicals=94 the Romans dealt with harshly around the year  30
A.D. =93Jesus,=94 says Holland Lee Hendrix of the Union Theological Seminar y,
was simply =93a blip on the screen of Pontius Pilate.=94

TLC Life After Death 60 min.
Researchers seek evidence of an afterlife, based on the accounts of
terminally ill patients.

11:00

PBS Frontline From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians, Part 2 60 min.
Part 2 of "From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians" follows the rise of the
"Jesus movement" in the years immediately after His death. Examined: the
roles of St. Paul and Jesus' brother James; the controversy over whether
gentiles could join the movement.

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Subject: [bprlist] Lord's Witnesses book
From: "Elphick, David (WS)"
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 14:26:53 +1030

I have been looking at that Lord's Witnesses book and my initial interest
waxed exceedingly when the author(s) mentioned that we become angels when
resurrected(!) and then began discussing the trinity as being errant and
Michael as Jesus. Very JW I thought to myself.

As an example:
The second horseman of the apocalypse, Michael (Jesus) starts riding in
2000Elul (August/September 2000 AD).

A scroll through the 'Our History' page indicates some JW interaction.

I find it hard to take in much when such divergent theology is a part of the
foundation for the author's writings. I have downloaded their book (before
knowing their theology) and will peruse it, but it will be somewhat
guardedly.

A thought struck me (ow!) as I was considering the Triune God. The Holy
Spirit did not arrive until after Jesus had ascended. Jesus will not return
until after the Holy Spirit has ascended. Maybe they can't be on the earth
at the same time? Maybe this supports the trinity doctrine in that they, and
the Father, are one and the same and therefore can not co-exist in this
physical universe according to the laws that God has established for it.

David

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Subject: Re: [bprlist] Lord's Witnesses book
From: jbonner101
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 10:44:07 EST

What about when Jesus blew on his disciples and said, Receive the Holy Spirit?

JaneB

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Subject: RE: [bprlist] Lord's Witnesses book
From: "Norman Andrews"
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 16:03:26 -0800

Perhaps I missed something but what does "JW" mean? Please explain. Thanks

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I have been looking at that Lord's Witnesses book and my initial interest
waxed exceedingly when the author(s) mentioned that we become angels when
resurrected(!) and then began discussing the trinity as being errant and
Michael as Jesus. Very JW I thought to myself.

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