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May 17, 2000

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Subject: [BPR] - Don't play God, Charles warns scientists
From: bpr-list@philologos.org("Moza")
Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 08:42:11 -0400

Wednesday, May 17, 2000 00:59

The Prince of Wales was today due to deliver a fierce attack on the
dangers of unrestrained scientific research and the perils of tampering
with nature.

In a Reith lecture, to be broadcast on Radio 4 tonight, he warns that a
world which ignores the "essential unity" of the living and spiritual
worlds is doomed.

He also argues that it is because of humanity's "inability or refusal to
accept the existence of a guiding hand that nature has come to be regarded
as a system that can be engineered for our own convenience ... and in
which anything that happens can be fixed by technology and human
ingenuity".

He adds: "We need to rediscover a reverence for the natural world,
irrespective of its usefulness to ourselves, to become more aware of the
relationship between God, man and creation."

The forthright tone of his lecture, which also takes a swipe at
biotechnology, may also prompt a further rift between St James's Palace
and the Government, which continues to support genetically modified food.

The 2,300-word essay, extracts of which are published in several
newspapers today, was written by the Prince during his recent pilgrimage
to a remote Greek monastery.

"If literally nothing is held sacred anymore – because it is considered
synonymous with superstition or in some other way 'irrational' – what is
there to prevent us treating our entire world as some great laboratory of
life with potentially disastrous long-term consequences?" the Prince asks.

He welcomes a "precautionary approach" to scientific advances and mocks
those who portray it as a sign of weakness or an attempt to halt progress.
"I believe it to be a sign of strength and wisdom."

He counsels against reducing the natural world to a mechanical process.

"In this technology driven age, it is all too easy for us to forget that
mankind is part of nature and not apart from it and that this is why we
should seek to work with the grain of nature in everything we do."

Science, he says, should be used to understand how nature works but not to
change what it is.

"Only by rediscovering the essential unity and order of the living and
spiritual world will we avoid the disintegration of our overall
environment," he concludes.

L1 News,
http://www.lineone.net/newswire/cgibin/newswire.cgi/skynews/uk/story/2000/
5/c--2000-5-17-5n1.html

via: isml@onelist.com

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Subject: [BPR] - Russia, China, Foreign Policy Challenges of the Future
From: bpr-list@philologos.org("Moza")
Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 08:45:45 -0400

Russia, China, Foreign Policy Challenges Of The Future
WASHINGTON, May 16, 2000 -- (Agence France Presse) U.S. Secretary of
Defense William Cohen said Monday that the major foreign policy issues of the
future would be Russia and China.
"Two of the major challenges that we have are Russia and China," Cohen told a
conference on Globalization here.
"We have to try and determine whether Russia is going to follow the path of
reform and cooperation with the west, or will it become more nationalistic?
"Whether or not it can be fully integrated into the international community, and
what path it chooses to reform, will have profound impacts on global security," he
said.
Warning of a Russian brain drain to the highest bidder, Cohen stressed the
importance of maintaining tight cooperation with Russia on a wide range of issues,
from nuclear to economic.
On China, Cohen said the question was, "Can it open its doors to these hurricane
winds of change that it finds beneficial while at the same time trying to slam the
doors on issues involving human rights and religious expression?"
Referring to the ongoing heated debate in the U.S. Congress on whether or not to
grant China Permanent Normal Trading Relations, Cohen insisted integration was
better than isolation.
"Trying to contain China would be an act of folly," he stated. "The international
community has an opportunity to help shape its future in ways that will be
beneficial to peace and stability."
He warned that rejecting Beijing's bid for PNTR would jeopardize relations
between the two countries.
"From a strategic point of view, for us to reject PNTR seems to me would say to
the Chinese that we are treating you as an adversary."
Cohen added that he planned to visit China in summer to re-establish military to
military contacts as well as boost cooperation along humanitarian and
peacekeeping lines.
"Basically, trying to reduce tension which could lead to confrontation between our
two countries," he said. ((c) 2000 Agence France Presse)
http://www.insidechina.com/news.php3?id=159687&text

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Subject: [BPR] - Meretz bill would put Arab areas outside Jerusalem
From: bpr-list@philologos.org("Moza")
Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 08:50:46 -0400

Meretz bill would put Arab areas outside Jerusalem
By Gideon Alon
Ha'aretz Knesset Correspondent

Responding to a Likud bill seeking to safeguard the current city limits of Jerusalem, Meretz MK Mussi Raz has proposed a bill that would exclude a number of Arab areas from the city's municipal jurisdiction. Raz's proposal would affect 130,000 people and 44,000 dunams.

The proposed bill would exclude the areas of Kafr Aqab, Atarot, Beit Hanina, Shu'afat, Isawiye, A-Tur, Wadi Joz, Sheikh Jarra, Silwan, Ras al-Amud, Jabal Mukkaber, Sur Baher, and small parts of Abu Dis and Azzariye from the Jerusalem city limits.

The Likud bill, initiated by Likud MK Yehoshua Matza, calls for safeguarding the current Jerusalem city limits as part of the basic law.

According to Matza, the bill currently enjoys the support of 60 Knesset members. Shas, Shinui, United Torah Judaism and Yisrael b'Aliyah have promised their support for the bill, as have all the right-wing parties.

Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef has asked Labor and Social Affairs Minister Eli Yishai to order the party's 17 Knesset members to support the bill safeguarding Jerusalem.

Matza called on Prime Minister Ehud Barak last night to support his bill as a show of his support for his declarations to safeguard a united Jerusalem.

The Knesset member said that if Barak supports his bill prior to his departure for Washington, the pressure on the prime minister to make concessions on Jerusalem will ease.

Raz's bill was received with hostility, both by the opposition and his fellow coalition partners.

Coalition Chair Ophir Pines-Paz said that now was the right time to combine forces in the fight over a united Jerusalem.

He added that it was unfortunate that at the moment that the government was trying to protect the city's unity, Raz's was attempting to turn Jewish neighborhoods such as Pisgat Ze'ev and Neveh Ya'akov into isolated areas that would be attached to Jerusalem only by a narrow strip of road. Pines-Paz called on Meretz to reject Raz's proposal.

http://www3.haaretz.co.il/eng/scripts/article.asp?mador=14&datee=05/17/00&id =78454

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Subject: [BPR] - What's New at BPR?
From: bpr-list@philologos.org
Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 10:25:08 -0500

Bible Prophecy Research
Additions and updates made since April 28, 2000
Issue #45
May 17, 2000
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Hi folks,

Several new items and a couple of updates, so let's get to
it:

> Added: The Legends of the Jews: Volume 4 by Louis Ginzberg
http://philologos.org/__eb-lotj

The fourth volume of this work has been prepared and
placed online. Although the complete work of "The Legends
of the Jews" involves six volumes, Moza and I do not have
any plans at this time of converting the final two volumes
for online viewing.

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> Added: Measure for Measure
http://philologos.org/bpr/files/m006.htm

The rabbinic doctrine of punishment and reward, or "middah
keneged middah" ("measure for measure") is a well-known
theme throughout the Tenach (Old Testament) as well as the
New Testament. The Talmud and various midrashic material
are also full of examples of belief in this doctrine.

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> Added: "For all the law is fulfilled in one word..."
http://philologos.org/bpr/files/l007.htm

(Gal 5:14) For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even
in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

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> Added: Daniel 12:11-12 and End Time Events
http://philologos.org/bpr/files/Misc_Studies/ms062.htm

"And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken
away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up,
there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand
three hundred and five and thirty days."

Notes and commentary from one of our list members, Charles
Baker.

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> Added: The Guests of Matthew 22
http://philologos.org/bpr/files/Misc_Studies/ms063.htm

Another interesting one by Charles where he comments on
the "who, what, when, where, and how" of Matthew 22.

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> Updated: "...say they are Jews, and are not..."
http://philologos.org/bpr/files/j002.htm

> Updated: Mark
http://philologos.org/bpr/files/m002a.htm

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BOOK RECOMMENDATION

[Members of the BPR mailing list will recognize the
first book recommendation as we posted it through
the list several days ago. The recommendation is
repeated here, however, for our BPR members that
only receive this newsletter.]

Both of these booklets are free (free postage included)
from Chapel Library at http://www.mountzion.org. Send email to
chapel@mountzion.org.

The Holocaust - Where was God
by Arthur Katz

Excerpt:

"I had the privilege once to meet Elie Wiesel, a Romanian Jew and
winner of a Nobel prize for peace. He himself is a survivor of the
Holocaust and is probably one of the greatest authorities on the
subject of the Holocaust. He is the most beautifully eloquent man and
if there was no God, then he is a picture of Jewish nobility and
ethical and moral sensitivity that would be the admiration of anyone.
If there is a God, however, that very thing that we would otherwise
be impressed by becomes questionable in the light of God's indictment
on the condition of mankind.

"I asked him privately: 'Mr. Wiesel, to what degree would you be
willing to acknowledge that the sufferings that we have experienced
as Jews, in all of the calamities of our history and including the
Holocaust, are the fulfillment of God's judgments forewarned
prophetically in the concluding chapters of the books of Leviticus
and Deuteronomy?' He looked at me for a moment in that kind of
stunned silence and then answered: 'I refuse to consider that.'" End
of excerpt.

We've been looking at the Holocaust through secular eyes and this
little booklet refocuses our attention. The updated version can be
read/acquired at http://www.benisrael.org/HolCover.htm which is the
author's own website. My copy is an older edition (40 pages).

-- Moza (moza@butterfly.mv.com)

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Christian Modesty and the
Public Undressing of America
by Jeff Pollard

The title says it all. This is a 46 page booklet.

Excerpt:

"Excess and sensuality -- both of these bear on modesty...If
[Christian women] are modest, they will not draw attention to
themselves in the wrong way. Their dress will not say 'SEX!' or
'PRIDE!' or 'MONEY!' but 'purity,' 'humility,' and 'moderation.'"

"Christian modesty is the inner self-government, rooted in a proper
understanding of one's self before God, which outwardly displays
itself in humility and purity from a genuine love for Jesus Christ,
rather than in self-glorification or self-advertisement. Christian
modesty then will not publicly expose itself in sinful nakedness."

"Please note: this is NOT an argument for a return to the mode of
dress worn in Biblical times. The examples cited only suggest the
purpose and function of clothing and the approximate area of the body
that clothes were designed to cover."

-- Moza (moza@butterfly.mv.com)

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Upcoming Events

18 Iyyar (May 23, 2000) - Lag B'Omer
33rd Day of the Omer
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28 Iyyar 5727 - Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Unification day).
Prior to the 6-Day War, Israel had sent repeated requests to King
Hussein of Jordan appealing to him remain outside the conflict
(trying, therefore, to prevent a three-front war). Due to Arab League
pressure, Jordan began to shell Jerusalem on June 5. When the
Jordanian force crossed the cease-fire line at Government House,
Israel retaliated. General Uzi Narkis brought in Colonel Motta Gur to
lead the attack in Eastern Jerusalem. On June 7, 1967 at 10:15, with
the radio confirmation, "The Temple Mount is in our hands," the
Israeli flag was raised above the Western wall.

28 Iyyar 2884 (May 14 876 BCE): This is the traditional date of death
of Samuel, prophet and priest (born 2832). Samuel was given to the
High Priest, Eli, to raise by his parents Hannah and Elkanah as part
of Hannah's promise to God after having trouble in conceiving. As the
first prophet following the period of the Judges, he anointed both
Saul and David as Kings, despite his reluctance to establish a
monarchy.

6 Sivan (Jun 9, 2000) - Shavuot
(Feast of Weeks/Pentecost)

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Subject: [BPR] - (Fwd) Arutz-7 News: Wednesday, May 17, 2000
From: bpr-list@philologos.org("Moza")
Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 14:30:42 -0400

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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
  1. FEISAL HUSSEINI: PALESTINIANS TO BESIEGE YESHA
  2. THREE DAYS OF VIOLENCE
  3. WORRISOME REPORTS FROM STOCKHOLM FOR JORDAN VALLEY RESIDENTS
  4. LIFE UNDER FIRE IN THE NORTH
  5. JEWISH-IRANIAN DEFENDANT PLEADS 'NOT GUILTY'
  6. KNESSET VOTES
  7. HEBREW U ARAB RALLY
  8. GREEKS REFUSE TO MEET ARAFAT IN JERUSALEM

1. FEISAL HUSSEINI: PALESTINIANS TO BESIEGE YESHA
Leading PLO official Feisal Husseini confirmed yesterday that not only
will the Palestinian Authority declare a state "on all its lands" on
September 13, but that the next day, the Palestinians living in refugee
camps will "march" towards Israeli cities and villages. So reports the
Lebanese Foundation for Peace. Husseini admitted that violence during
such a march would be likely, and that it could lead to a Palestinian
'conquest' of Jewish towns in Yesha: "The Palestinians will be prepared
for a confrontation. If the Israelis intercept the marches or cut the
roads, the Palestinians will cut the roads connecting Israel to the Jewish
settlements in the Palestinian areas, no matter what happens."

2. THREE DAYS OF VIOLENCE
Today marked the third straight day of Palestinian violence in various
locations in Judea and Samaria. The riots spread to Jerusalem and other
locations as well. Shots were exchanged between Israeli and Palestinian
forces near the Arab village of Kfar Kalil in Samaria. In Jerusalem,
HaKol MeHashetach news agency reports that Arabs hurled a large rock
through a bus window and injured two young Israelis early this afternoon.
The incident occurred on Sultan Suleiman Street, near the Old City's
Damascus Gate. Not far from there, Border Guard policeman confiscated two
wagons full of tires that were about to be ignited. Other
Palestinian-thrown rocks injured a young Israeli traveling on the Ramallah
by-pass road.

Rioting, stone-throwing, and firebombing have died down at the Netzarim
junction in Gush Katif, but have intensified in Tulkarm. Arabs shot at
soldiers near Psagot and outside Jenin, and the entrance to Kalkilye was
closed for a short time because of the disturbances there. At the Od
Yosef Chai yeshiva in Shechem, several dozen Arabs tried to reach the
yeshiva compound, but were repelled by the Palestine Liberation Army. New
General Security Service head Avi Dichter met with Yasser Arafat last
night, and the two agreed that the violence would be toned down; in at
least some of the hot spots, however, the Palestinian police did not
intervene.

Hundreds of Arabs from Calandia, north of Jerusalem, attacked the Atarot
airport for the second consecutive night last night. They broke through
the fences, threw firebombs, and filled the runway with rocks. The Arabs
uprooted some 20-30 meters of fence, but were prevented from actually
entering the airport by IDF forces.

3. WORRISOME REPORTS FROM STOCKHOLM FOR JORDAN VALLEY RESIDENTS
Ma'ariv reports today that Israeli negotiators in Stockholm, led by Public
Security Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami, plan to offer a final-status arrangement
that will give the Palestinian Authority up to 90% of Judea and Samaria.
Some of the territory would be turned over after a "trial period" of a few
years. Most of the Jordan Valley is expected to come under Palestinian
control, according to this proposal. Prime Minister Barak's office did
not deny the reports, but said only that they are "speculations."

The Jordan Valley Regional Council announced today that, together with the
Dead Sea area communities, it is beginning a public campaign against the
above intentions. Council head David Levy said today, "Every Prime
Minister until now always prevented any Palestinian attempt to raise
territorial demands in the Jordan Valley - for the simple reason that
there is no Arab population in this area, and because the settlement
enterprise here provides strategic depth for the State of Israel. In
addition, Prime Minister Barak himself promised us only a year ago, when
he came here, that he would not give away this area and that he would
strengthen it." A Council statement noted that despite repeated requests,
"the Prime Minister refuses to meet Jordan Valley leaders."

Benny Tzadok, Secretary of the Jordan Valley's Kibbutz Gilgal, told
Arutz-7 today that local residents are overwhelmed and "near despair" by
the news that the Barak government is planning to forfeit the Jordan
Valley to the Palestinians: "We don't know where to go next or what to
do... We have many plans, but investors and developers are now hesitating
to go ahead with the projects because of the uncertainty... Many of us
here are in our 40's or 50's, and we can't deal with this situation, where
they say one year this way and then we'll try a trial period of a few
years the other way - we can't play games. We have to know where we are
going to spend the rest of our lives, and we're not planning to wait and
allow ourselves to become pawns."

Tzadok described the intention to give away the Jordan Valley as
"insanity, pure and simple... Basically, the government is taking a place
where no Arabs live, a beautiful green and flowering region, and giving it
away along with the major settlement and agricultural enterprise that has
been built here over the last decades - and wiping it out as if it never
existed." Asked why he was surprised by the left-wing government's plans,
Tzadok said, "Perhaps in my naivete, I wanted to rely on that which I
heard Mr. Barak say on many occasions. I heard him, in person, lavish
praise on our area and say that he will ensure that its population grows
and that its employment situation and factories thrive. But we now see
that he cannot withstand the pressures, not those coming from the
Americans, Palestinians, or those emanating from his own government."

4. LIFE UNDER FIRE IN THE NORTH
�Israel's withdrawal preparations in southern Lebanon continue under
Hizbullah fire. Hizbullah continued shelling IDF and SLA outposts in the
western sector of the security zone throughout the day. Israel is
concerned at the desertion of 13 SLA soldiers over the past two weeks.
Three SLA soldiers deserted to the Amal terrorist group today.

Orah Chatan, of the northern moshav of Shtulah, told Arutz-7 what it was
like to be so close to the Hizbullah shelling: "It's become almost a
daily ritual. A bombardment started around 4:30 PM, and the tractor
workers ran away totally frightened... The shells were falling on the
outpost only 200 meters from our homes! It continued for about 2 hours on
and off, then resumed again at 8:30 PM. The sounds of the bombs come
closer and closer, and it is truly terrifying." She told of her fears for
the future: "We have been chosen by the Ministry of Tourism to be one of
five tourism spots here, and I have investors lined up, but they are now
wondering if they should continue. Even the 1.6 billion shekels that the
government approved today for us [see below] are worth nothing if tourists
are too scared to come!" She then said that the real fear is not of
katyushas - "It's hard to say this, but the fact is that we are so close
to the border that they simply pass over our heads" - but of terrorist
infiltrations. She mentioned in this regard the 22 children who were
slaughtered on their way to school when terrorists attacked what became
known as the Avivim school bus.

Prime Minister Ehud Barak held a press conference today to explain the
government's new plans and allocations for the strengthening of the
northern confrontation line communities. Barak said that the purpose of
the 1.65 billion shekel package is "to support the socio-economic and
security situations of the communities, especially Kiryat Shmonah and
border moshavim and kibbutzim," and that the plan is a "key pillar of the
preparations for the withdrawal from Lebanon."

Metullah Mayor Yaakov Katz welcomed the decision to allocate 1.65 billion
shekels to the front-line communities. "This is not mercy money, or a
favor, but money that these places deserve, jut like any other town in
central Israel… The main thing, though, is still security, which is the
key to continued normal life in the area." Katz expressed disappointment
that Barak has still not visited Metullah. Representatives of the
northern communities are not satisfied with the plan, however, nor is
Kiryat Shmonah Mayor Chaim Barbivai.

5. JEWISH-IRANIAN DEFENDANT PLEADS 'NOT GUILTY'
A second defendant in the trial of the 13 Iranian Jews has refused to
confess to the charges of espionage. Although at least six other
defendants have been forced to "confess," the lawyer of David Bentiachtov,
a 30-year-old shoe salesman, said that his client admitted only to having
been a member of a social organization.

6. KNESSET VOTES
The Knesset passed two important Likud-sponsored bills today, both by wide
margins. Likud MK Yehoshua Matza's Jerusalem bill, which prevents the
altering of Jerusalem's municipal borders, passed by a vote of 68-21.
Shortly afterwards, 66 Knesset Members supported MK Yisrael Katz's bill
forbidding the settling of Palestinian refugees in pre-1967 Israel; only
22 Knesset Members voted against. Most One Israel MKs absented themselves
from the two votes.

Matza's Jerusalem bill is an attempt to improve on the current "Basic Law:
Jerusalem," which does not specifically designate the capital's borders.
Should the current proposal pass its second and third readings, a special
majority of 61 MKs will be needed to legally alter Jerusalem's present
boundaries. Likud MK Yuval Shteinitz noted today that the bill also
states that responsibility for municipal functions and services cannot be
delivered into foreign hands with less than a 61-MK majority.

The fate of the Jerusalem proposal of former Peace Now chairman and
current Meretz MK Mossi Raz is now uncertain. Raz had planned to submit a
bill removing all the city's Arab neighborhoods from its official borders,
leaving Pisgat Ze'ev and N'vei Yaakov detached from the capital. Many
Labor MKs have criticized the proposal.

MK Katz explained that his refugee bill states that only 100 cases a year
of Arabs who claim to have lived here before 1948 and who wish to be
accepted as citizens will be accepted, and only after the requests have
been studied by the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and approved by
the Defense Minister. This bill, too, must also pass in second and third
readings. Arutz-7's Ron Meir asked MK Shteinitz today if perhaps this
bill may prompt a crisis in the Israel-PA talks. "I hope that the two
sides came to an agreement," Shteinitz said. "But if a 'crisis' does take
place, then it will be a desirable one, because a Palestinian 'right of
return' would mean, de facto, the end of the State of Israel."

The original formulation of the bills called for a special 80-MK majority,
but Katz explained that in order to obtain the support of Shinui MKs, he
agreed to reduce it to 61. He said that the Shinui party, which supported
the bill, did not want to agree to a proposal that would render
"irrelevant" the Arab votes.

The preliminary reading of another law passed today - that of the
Religious Town Councils. By a slim 22-21 margin, the Knesset voted to
dismantle the councils, to the dismay of the religious MKs.

7. HEBREW U ARAB RALLY
A demonstration of 150 Arab students in Hebrew University in Jerusalem
ended peacefully this afternoon, after they continuously chanted "With
blood and fire we will redeem Palestine!" Several Jewish students stood
opposite them, and spoke out in favor of Jewish rights to Eretz Yisrael.
One of the latter said that the atmosphere in the university between Jews
and Arabs is very tense - "although there has not yet been violence, like
in Haifa University, because the Arabs are still too small a minority."

The police forbade Kach activists from entering the Israeli-Arab town of
Um-el Fahm today, despite their tour of the town having been approved
earlier this month. Speaking to Arutz-7 from outside the Arab town, Noam
Federman said, "Trying to explain to me why we would not be allowed in to
examine the 15,000 illegal buildings constructed here, the local police
chief said to me: 'This is not like Hevron - here you need a bullet-proof
vest.' I'm not afraid, but I guess the police are."

8. GREEKS REFUSE TO MEET ARAFAT IN JERUSALEM
Greek President Constantinos Stephanopoulos and Greek Foreign Minister
Yeoryios Papandreou have cut short their visit to the Palestinian
Authority, after refusing to meet with PA officials in Jerusalem. The
guests met with Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert
in Jerusalem at the beginning of their visit. The Greek leaders said that
they did not wish to take a stand on an issue that has been a topic of
controversy between Israel and the Palestinians. Orient House officials
expressed indignation at the Greek decision.

Hebrew News Editor: Ariel Kahane
English News Editor: Hillel Fendel and Ron Meir

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Subject: [BPR] - May 18, 2000 TV Programs
From: bpr-list@philologos.org("Moza")
Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 18:12:19 -0400

8:00 PM Eastern

HIST - SODOM & GOMORRAH - Near the Dead Sea,
archaeologists find the ruins of two ancient
cities.(CC)(TVPG)

9:00

DISC - SCIENCE MYSTERIES - "Miracles of Faith" - Scientific
debate seeks to explain religious miracles, including the
Shroud of Turin.(CC)(TVG)

HIST - HITLER'S GENERALS - "Erich von Manstein: The
Strategist" - Erich von Manstein is considered the Third
Reich's most capable strategist.(CC)(TVPG)

10:00

HIST - HITLER'S GENERALS - "Wilhelm Canaris: The Master Spy"
- The head of counterintelligence secretly strives for the
fuhrer's elimination.(CC)(TVPG)

TLC - MOUNT ST. HELENS' FURY - Two decades have passed
   since the volcano erupted for the first time in a century,
   killing 57 people and devastating hundreds of square
          miles.(CC)(TVPG)

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