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Subject: RE: [bprlist] (Fwd) Matthew
From: sky
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 00:57:36 -0500 (EST)
Hi All,
Wow, what an awesome God we serve. What an awesome testimony of healing, love, mercy and grace towards Matthew and his family. Did I mention love? What love He has to manifest His presence of deliverance and healing,way cool, will continue to be in prayer for this little one who belongs to the Lord and for his family.
Blessings,
Sky
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Subject: [bprlist] Two women consecrated publicly in Brooklyn
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 08:44:34 -0500
TWO WOMEN CONSECRATED PUBLICLY IN BROOKLYN
First Rite of Its Kind in 148-Year History of Diocese
NEW YORK, JAN. 29, 2001 http://www.zenit.org"(Zenit.org).-
Bishop Thomas Daily of Brooklyn made history Sunday by presiding over the
consecration of Christian virgins, in the first rite of its kind in the 148-year
history of the diocese.
Bishop Daily conducted rituals for two women, Junette Romero of Flatbush
and Angela Scannapieco of Williamsburg, who dedicated themselves
publicly to a life of chastity.
The ceremony, called the Solemn Rite of Consecration of Virgins for Women
Living in the World, took place at St. James' Cathedral Basilica in downtown
Brooklyn. The rite was revitalized and updated by Paul VI in 1970.
The chastity of women living in the world -- they do not belong to religious
congregations -- goes back to the early days of Christianity. Women like
deacon Philip's four daughters, who were virgins and prophesied (Acts 21:8-
10), were bearers of the news of the Gospel message.
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Subject: Re: [bprlist] Two women consecrated publicly in Brooklyn
From: tracy
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 13:08:50 -0500
research-bpr wrote:
>
> TWO WOMEN CONSECRATED PUBLICLY IN BROOKLYN
> First Rite of Its Kind in 148-Year History of Diocese
>
> Bishop Daily conducted rituals for two women, Junette Romero of Flatbush
> and Angela Scannapieco of Williamsburg, who dedicated themselves
> publicly to a life of chastity.
>
Why? I am confused as two why the catholic church seems to thing
that there is something
special about virgins and chastity.
I can't think of any quote from GOD or Jesus that says Sex is frowned
upon. I know I have not
seen anything that says there is some special glorification if you
die a virgin.
Seems to me that all of the anti sex energy would be better spent in
famine relief, world peace,
talking to a trouble person, stopping violence.
But that is just it. Some how two people who are at the height of
ecstasy (to fill with rapture or enthusiasm) when making love
is vile. But if Arnold Schwarzeneggerd unloads a couple of clips from
there uzi into someone well that is just fine. In fact we may even
cheer. We can put that on prime time.
Show commercials from McDonalds and the new Happy meal toy.
Raising kids to think that bad nutrition and violence are good and
that intimacy is bad is a very dangerous
thing. Sex is a basic survival instinct amongst off of GOD
creatures. It insure survival of the species as
as the individuals Genetics. Surprising sexual desire in the manner
that we do, that is by saying that it bad creates twice the problem.
You see since violent movies and tv are the way many people find their
release. So you have a society that not only represses sex, but
tells you it is bad. So not only do you
mounting frustration but you feel like a bad person because you have
these desires. Mixed with a subconscious understanding that
violence is a good release.
I know that what your thinking, people know better. The coherent
person would not cross those line. I agree. But when something
slips and pressure and self condemnation get to a certain point lines
blur. If you follow your feelings because your just too
emotional, you feelings could betray you. Because your thinking of
Arnold Schwarzenegger blasting and the crowed cheering.
Any way I think too much. Guess that is what happens when you
feeling your self slipping 8^)
Praise GOD and Peace be with you.
Tracy
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Subject: [bprlist] First space war game alarms Pentagon
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 08:52:04 -0500
First space war game alarms Pentagon
By Ben Fenton in Washington
THE Pentagon has held its first war games in space and discovered that it
could be vulnerable to a serious defeat, military planners said yesterday. The
five-day exercise, aimed at finding out how to defend America's satellites and
destroy those of a potential enemy, is thought to have had alarming results.
Set in 2017, the deadly serious game - acted out in Colorado - involved two
countries, codenamed Red and Blue, but obviously representing China and
the United States.
Maj Gen William Looney III, commander of US air force space operations,
said: "We don't normally play space. The purpose of this game was to focus
on how we really would act in space."
The military has been reluctant to talk about the results of the war game, but
it is believed both sides used "cyberattacks" - efforts to disable each other's
mainframe computers. The "Chinese" side also tried a pre-emptive strike by
buying up all the commercial satellites it could find, blocking a vital source of
support that the Pentagon has come to rely on.
Unexpected side-effects of the war game are thought to have included the
new tactic of hijacking an opponent's satellites and using it to broadcast
propaganda.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=001851641145319&rtmo=psQ1p4Ne&atmo
=99999999&pg=/et/01/1/30/wswar30.html
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Subject: [bprlist] Arafat: 'Sharon had other peace plan at Wye'
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 08:57:22 -0500
Tuesday, January 30, 2001
Arafat: 'Sharon had other peace plan at Wye'
Mubarak: 'Stop talking war'
Ha'aretz Staff
Yasser Arafat said last night that at the Wye Plantation talks with former
U.S. President Bill Clinton, Ariel Sharon had presented a "very different plan"
for peace than the one the Likud candidate for prime minister had been
presenting to the public in the current election campaign.
In a comprehensive interview with Channel Two, immediately followed by the
same station's interview with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, the
Palestinian leader emphasized his respect for Jewish rights to the Western
Wall, which he said he remembered well from his childhood while living with
an uncle and aunt in the Mugrabi Quarter of the Old City. He did, however,
also emphasize - and Mubarak later reiterated the same - that the Islamic
world could not relinquish sovereignty over Haram el Sharif. According to
Arafat, he had read in the Israeli press that the Temple Mount was a
Crusader term, "not a Jewish one."
Both Arafat and Mubarak refused to comment on either candidate in Israel's
election campaign, though Mubarak made clear he had a good ties with
Barak ("with whom I speak often"), but had only met Sharon once, in the
early 1980s, and had otherwise "read interviews and heard stories, like Sabra
and Chatila."
Mubarak said that he had never heard of any attempt by Sharon to make
contact with him, but added that if Sharon were elected prime minister and
were to request a meeting "for the sake of stability in the region," then he
would welcome him. "But not merely for the sake of meeting with him,"
Mubarak said.
Mubarak spoke out sharply against the "talk of war" in the Israeli election
campaign, specifically citing the threats by Sharon's ally, Avigdor Lieberman,
to "bomb the Aswan dam" if the region were to descend into war.
"Who is talking about war? We aren't; it's not in our interest. We are
interested in stability, not war," the Egyptian president said.
The interview with Arafat took place in Davos, Switzerland, where only a day
earlier, the Palestinian leader had attacked Israel's "fascistic" war on the
Palestinians and had claimed that the Israel Defense Forces was using
bullets made with "depleted uranium."
As a result of Arafat's angry remarks, Prime Minister Ehud Barak canceled a
planned trip to meet Arafat as a follow-up to the Taba talks.
On Taba, Arafat rejected the claim by his own minister, Yasser Abed Rabbo,
that the agreement reached there was "harta barta," a slang term signifying
meaningless talk.
"Taba," Arafat said, "was not harta barta; we accept that what we achieved
there was not all that we are looking for, not all you are looking for, but it was
a step forward and the most important thing is we [agreed] to continue."
Indeed, throughout the interview, while emphasizing Palestinian casualties in
the last four months, Arafat also insisted he had never cut off talks with the
Israelis.
As for the Western Wall and Jewish prayer rights there, Arafat said, "I
respect this; I respect this completely." He cited the 1932 Shaw
Commission of Inquiry by the British Mandate authorities, which delineated
the Western Wall as a Jewish holy site and raised memories of it as a child
when his uncle would meet him at the Wall to take him home. "I spent hours
there, watching the Jews pray," he said.
There was a conciliatory tone in Arafat's entire manner during the interview,
which included a condemnation of shooting attacks on Israeli civilians in the
territories and a vow that he had never told his negotiators to stop talks with
Israel.
When Barak appeared live on TV right after the interviews in the same
special news broadcast, the prime minister said that Arafat's "change in tone
and the condemnation of the terror" might yet pave the way for a pre-election
meeting with the Palestinian leader.
But during the interview, Arafat also reiterated his claim from the day before
that the IDF was using depleted uranium bullets, a charge that Barak
rejected vociferously.
Arafat and Mubarak both claimed that peace was within reach. Mubarak said
if Israel would understand that the Muslims could not give up Haram el Sharif
and were to "stop complicating things" by talking about "above the haram,
below the haram." On the refugee issue, Mubarak said that few Palestinians,
if given the right of return, would actually seek out their old homes.
"The problem is you still don't understand the psychology of the
Palestinians," the Egyptian president said, telling the interviewer: "Arafat is
the only one who understands the Palestinians;" and "You should take the
opportunity to make peace with him. Don't wait for [the person] who comes
after him."
As for Syria, the West Bank and Gaza, Mubarak said that if Israel were to
return the land it took in the 1967 war, peace would be possible. He said that
Israel's refusal to give back the Golan - all the way to the Kinneret, "where
Hafez Assad told you he used to swim" - was preventing the entire region of
Israel, Jordan, Syria and Palestine from prospering.
Twice during his interview, Arafat mentioned what he termed "the 65 percent
of Israeli people who, according to the polls, are with the peace process,"
emphasizing that he would respect whoever was elected on February 6 as
the Israeli leader, but adding that he was convinced that the Israeli public
wanted peace - and that the Palestinians did as well.
Asked if he believed Sharon's announced plan - a united Jerusalem, 42
percent of the West Bank made into a Palestinian state, and the Jordan
Valley remaining in Israeli hands - Arafat answered with a question: "If this is
his plan, why didn't he mention it at the Wye River Plantation talks," where
Sharon joined then prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to negotiate the
withdrawal from most of Hebron.
Asked if that meant Sharon had presented other plans for peace at Wye,
Arafat said with a smile, "Don't ask me, you can ask President Clinton."
Unlike Barak, who appeared live on the TV station right after the interviews
and used the opportunity to press forward his campaign, Sharon refused to
appear live, but did offer two comments.
Sharon laughed off Arafat's allusion to a different peace plan at Wye, saying
"Who do you believe, me or Arafat?" And as for Mubarak, Sharon said, "He
doesn't have to worry; I have no plans to contact him.".
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Subject: [bprlist] Daily World Affairs Report items (1/29/01)
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 09:06:16 -0500
POPE NAMES 7 MORE CARDINALS=20
In a surprising and unprecedented postscript to the record number of 37=20
new cardinals named a week ago, Pope John Paul II named 7 additional=20
cardinals on Sunday, three of them in countries that were once part of the=
=20
Soviet bloc. The pope cited the suffering of Roman Catholics under=20
Communist oppression as a motive for elevating 3 of their leaders. But the=
=20
selections also reflect his desire to defend Catholicism in areas where it=
=20
was once persecuted by the Soviet system but is now deeply resented by=20
Orthodox churches, which view it as more of an enemy than a sister church.
Although the pope said he had "various reasons" for not including the lates=
t=20
names in his announcement last Sunday, he did not divulge any. John Paul=20
has now increased the number of voting cardinals well above the limit of=20
120 set by Pope Paul VI, raising it from 128 a week ago to 135. That could=
=20
be a sign that at 81 the ailing pope wants to take every opportunity left t=
o=20
him to shape the college of cardinals, the institution that will one day el=
ect=20
his successor.
Two Germans, a Bolivian, and a South African will be among the many=20
clerics who will receive a cardinal's red hat during a consistory on Feb. 2=
1.=20
Two will be from Ukraine, a predominantly Orthodox country where the=20
main Orthodox church, which is subordinate to Moscow, has asked the=20
pope to postpone a contested visit in June. Another is from Latvia, where=20
the Roman Catholic minority has had uneasy relations with both the=20
Lutheran and Orthodox Churches.=20
Marian Jaworski, 74, the Polish-born Roman Catholic archbishop in Lviv,=20
near the Polish border, and Janis Pujats, 70, the archbishop of the Latvian=
=20
city of Riga, were made cardinals in 1998 but their names kept secret, or "=
in=20
pectore" (within the breast), a practice used for prelates who serve in=20
regions where their elevation to cardinal could prove harmful. The very fac=
t=20
that 3 years ago, the pope felt it prudent to keep their elevations a secre=
t=20
suggests the tensions between Rome and Eastern Orthodoxy that flourished=20
after Communism collapsed.=20
Like his trip to Ukraine, the nominations reflected a new kind of=20
brinkmanship in the aging pope's strategy towards the East after decades of=
=20
gentle coaxing to mend a schism that dates to 1054. Since Communism fell,=20
Eastern Orthodox leaders have accused the Vatican of using its wealth and=20
influence to convert Orthodox believers to Catholicism. The pope, who tried=
=20
to break the impasse with a historic visit to Romania in 1999, had long sai=
d=20
he would only visit countries such as Russia and Ukraine if the Orthodox=20
church leaders there invited him. Perhaps tired of waiting, the pope decide=
d=20
to minister to Catholics in Ukraine despite the highly vocal objections of=
=20
Orthodox church leaders.
It is most likely that the pope did not want to elevate Ukraine's Greek-
Catholic leader before his local synod had officially named him archbishop=
=20
on Friday, but it is less clear why the pope also decided to tack on so man=
y=20
additional names to the college of cardinals. Usually, new cardinals are=20
named every 3 years in a consistory, a formal ceremony at St. Peter's. The=
=20
last one was held in 1998. "This is a pope who has a sense that things ough=
t=20
to be done, and that the rules can be adjusted," said George Weigel, a=20
biographer of John Paul II. Pressure to reward loyal aides and pay homage=20
to important dioceses is intense, particularly in the twilight of a papacy.=
=20
Germany, which contributes more money to the Holy See than any other=20
country (the U.S. is 2nd), got 2 more cardinals, Johannes Joachim=20
Degenhard, 74, archbishop of Paderborn, and Karl Lehmann, 64, bishop of=20
Mainz and the head of the German Bishop's council. Bishop Lehmann=20
made headlines last year by suggesting that the pope might retire if his=20
health drastically declined, but those comments do not appear to have=20
harmed his reputation in the Vatican. On Feb. 21, Germany will have 7=20
cardinals eligible to vote in a conclave, the largest number in Europe afte=
r=20
Italy, which has 24. (Int'l Herald Tribune)=20
NERVOUS FRENCH WARN BERLIN=20
France, nervous about Tony Blair=92s visit to Berlin today, has issued a st=
ern=20
ultimatum to Germany that Gerhard Schr=F6der should not seek to replace the=
=20
ailing Berlin-Paris axis by siding with the British. The warning came from=
=20
Pierre Moscovici, the Minister for Europe, who urged Germany not to fly=20
solo, which, he added, would be a catastrophe for France, Germany and=20
Europe. As for the British, the minister said, they could not make up their=
=20
minds on Europe and were no substitute for the French.=20
=93It is completely unthinkable,=94 M Moscovici said, =93to enter into chan=
ging=20
allegiances, for example with the British, who still have a rather limited=
=20
conception of the construction of Europe in certain areas.=94 M Moscovici=20
was speaking to Der Spiegel magazine before a Franco-German meeting on=20
Wednesday in Strasbourg. This was always likely to be edgy after the=20
fractious conference in Nice last month, when President Chirac crudely=20
thwarted German ambitions to gain more voting muscle in a future enlarged=20
Europe. The atmosphere has, if anything, worsened since Nice. (The=20
London Times)=20
* Franco-German relations do not need to be redefined, as is sometimes=20
said. They are based on firm foundations that have been consolidated over=20
the course of decades. Any attempt to alter them essentially would amount=20
to demolition and impede any kind of reconstruction. That does not mean=20
that relations between France and Germany are without their problems. A=20
debate on the future of Franco-German relations has been overdue since=20
the end of the East-West divide and German unification changed the face=20
of Europe.=20
Now, as in the past, this means that the momentum for bilateral ties must=20
grow from shared ideas on European policy. The construction site known=20
as the European Union will remain in the 21st century a major project in=20
which France and Germany have a vital interest. The half-year of France's=20
EU presidency, culminating in the "showdown" in Nice, tells what a hard=20
time the sides are having of it.=20
French President Jacques Chirac, Prime Minister Lionel Jospin and Foreign=20
Minister Hubert Vedrine will at their meeting in Strasbourg with Chancellor=
=20
Schr=F6der and Foreign Minister Joseph Fischer on Wednesday find no magic=20
formula to dispel bilateral problems or differences on European policy. Mr.=
=20
Fischer's speech last year on his vision of Europe aroused more displeasure=
=20
in France than was officially acknowledged. Mr. Fischer's relationship with=
=20
Mr. Vedrine has cooled perceptibly. France's ruling Socialists dismissed=20
Mr. Chirac's speech to the German parliament as personal opinion. The=20
reasons for this may lie mainly in French domestic politics, but it was sti=
ll a=20
rude awakening for Mr. Chirac's German hosts.=20
It would be a bad thing if the Strasbourg meeting were to end up a photo op=
=20
without consequences. French politics is geared with increasing=20
nervousness to this year's local elections and to the presidential and=20
parliamentary elections in 2002. The issue of Europe, which has a divisive=
=20
rather than unifying effect on both the left and right, is played down as f=
ar=20
as possible. That does not augur well for the necessary debate between=20
Berlin and Paris, which ought above all to give shape and direction to the=
=20
post-Nice process. They will probably postpone it to the second half of=20
2002 and then be under pressure of time to reach a conclusion before the=20
EU's next inter-governmental conference in 2004. Still, it would be=20
unfortunate if the discussion were not just postponed but avoided entirely=
=20
because it is potentially explosive.=20
Even when the elections are over and power relations have been clarified, i=
t=20
will not be easy to get anywhere with France on matters European.=20
Stereotypes stand in the way and are widespread among la classe=20
politique in Paris. This includes not only politicians in the narrow sense =
but=20
also senior government officials and diplomats and stretches into the realm=
=20
of the intellectuals and the media. As a closed society in this regard, the=
=20
political class is primarily preoccupied with itself. What is more, at leas=
t as=20
far as foreign policy is concerned, it lives in a system of fixed fundament=
al=20
beliefs. Here, the differences between left and right, leaving aside the=20
extremes, differ only in shades of pastel.=20
Vastly simplified, what this means for Germany and Europe can be=20
summarized thus: The unchangeable rivalry between Germany and France=20
has found in European integration a context within which it can be resolved=
=20
peacefully. But it still exists, and France's most important goal must be t=
o=20
strive for precedence over Germany or at least to maintain equal status=20
with it. There is no other explanation for the absurd insistence on equal=20
voting rights in the EU Council of Ministers.=20
Leading German politicians know that, of course, but it does not make their=
=20
task any easier. In relation to France, German politicians are always in=20
danger of being misunderstood. If they speak emphatically of a federal=20
Europe, Paris fears that the ancient, great French nation is to be dissolve=
d=20
into an alliance in which the Germans (or German-speaking countries)=20
would have the upper hand for demographic reasons alone.=20
Yet if Germans argue for a deconstruction of integration (as Edmund=20
Stoiber did), or if they delete from their program the goal of a "United=20
States of Europe" (as the CDU did in Helmut Kohl's day), fears arise=20
among the French that Germany wants to pull out altogether because it=20
feels strong enough, perhaps in combination with the United States of=20
America or Russia, to force its will on Europe. If no European policy=20
initiatives emerge from Berlin, it is criticized as lack of interest. Yet w=
hen=20
the chancellor expresses a will to lead, Paris feels left out, shows=20
annoyance and switches to a minimum program.=20
There is no ideal way out of this dilemma other than tedious detail work. I=
n=20
Strasbourg, or after the meeting, a list of differences between Berlin and=
=20
Paris must be drawn up and then dealt with point by point. It will be a tou=
gh=20
process, complete with arguments and setbacks. Yet productive argument=20
is always better than trying to hide differences of opinion by obscuring th=
em=20
with symbolic gestures and clouds of incense. (Frankfurter Allgemeine=20
Zeitung - Opinion)=20
* France risked opening a diplomatic rift with Tony Blair's Government last=
=20
night after its Minister for Europe described Britain as having "narrow=20
ideas" about the future development of the EU. The comments by Pierre=20
Moscovici, on the eve of a visit by Mr Blair to Berlin today, were part of =
a=20
campaign by Paris to prevent Germany downgrading the Franco-German=20
alliance in favour of closer links with London.=20
Mr Blair flies to Berlin tonight for a private dinner with Chancellor Gerha=
rd=20
Schroder amid clear signs that the Germans are seeking new partners in=20
Europe. Their search for fresh allies follows the acrimonious EU summit in=
=20
Nice last month at which France staunchly defended its national interests,=
=20
leaving the Germans to make sacrifices in the name of European=20
integration. (The London Telegraph)
THE WORLD NEEDS THE E.U. TO PLAY A BIGGER ROLE=20
Some 70 European leaders gathered recently in Berlin under the auspices=20
of the Bertelsmann Foundation to discuss "Europe without borders." The=20
picture that emerged from the debate was encouraging: an ambitious=20
Europe with busy years ahead as it moves from the tasks of its own=20
construction to the assumption of greater responsibilities as a global lead=
er.=20
This busy period will come mostly from 3 major tasks.=20
First, the enlargement process will take Europe on a path of difficult poli=
cy=20
reforms required to make the now clearly engaged enlargement process=20
financially viable. Second, the Europeans will be rethinking their security=
=20
and peacekeeping setup and how it will dovetail with NATO, facing an=20
entirely new U.S. administration. Third, in the lead-up to yet another=20
intergovernmental conference in 2004, the EU will have to firm up the=20
choices between integration models and intergovernmental models for the=20
Union - with the accession candidates, which will now participate in the=20
discussion, leaning toward the former, as the conference debates showed.
Why should Europe impose all these difficult tasks upon itself? Again and=20
again the basic explanation was that it must increase its profile as a play=
er=20
on the international scene. And indeed, this is where it is heading: eventu=
ally=20
27 or more countries with 500mn inhabitants, forming a core of stability=20
over a much larger area and able to radiate its prosperity and peace more=20
broadly across its neighborhood, including in the Euro-Mediterranean area.=
=20
From that base it will be able dramatically to increase its role in interna=
tional=20
affairs, for the good of all.=20
But the construction of this wider and deeper EU will take time, maybe the=
=20
better part of this decade. Can we wait that long for Europe to take on an=
=20
expanded role in international affairs? From a global standpoint, the answe=
r=20
is "no." Europe can and must start acting now as an activist global player,=
in=20
one large and urgent area: global problem solving. Problem-solving means=20
getting down to work on the issues that cannot be solved outside a=20
framework of global action. Many of them are so urgent that before the=20
decade is over they must be well on their way to being solved.=20
Global warming is more urgent than ever after the collapse of talks in The=
=20
Hague last year. World fishing capacity now exceeds sustainable fishing=20
levels by 40%. Tropical forests, already shrunk by 25% during this=20
generation, are still receding by 1% a year. Almost 3bn people live on less=
=20
than $2 a day, with 2bn more people coming in the next 20 years, virtually=
=20
all in poor countries that are receiving declining aid levels. Shortages of=
=20
fresh water loom in some 50 countries.=20
There are unsolved issues such as how and where to tax incomes in the=20
coming age of elusive e-commerce and electronic money. And the list goes=20
on. The current international setup has been slow and in some areas=20
ineffective in coming up with solutions for these issues. This is where the=
=20
EU can and must step in. And there is no need to wait. In partnership with=
=20
others, including the new U.S. administration, the EU could immediately=20
become one of the world's most activist global players. It has 3 natural=20
advantages.=20
First, by coordinating its actions, it could exert a much larger influence =
in=20
most international organizations than it currently has. This would only be=
=20
fair, given the large stakeholder position that EU members collectively=20
possess. Second, the EU - which provides almost 66% of the world's total=20
official development assistance and has contributed significantly to the=20
recent efforts to improve its effectiveness - is morally and practically we=
ll=20
placed to expand the concepts and the reach of aid programs into the=20
direction of global problem-solving, helping poor countries participate=20
meaningfully in the process. Third, the solidarity concept that is at the h=
eart=20
of European identity is precisely the concept that can inspire new=20
approaches to global problem-solving.
In sum, Europe is well placed to lead others into experimenting with new=20
approaches to issues management that can accelerate the pace of global=20
problem-solving. A deepened and widened EU will be able to be a major=20
global player, maybe a decade from now, but in a world threatened by=20
unsolved global issues, we all need Europe to exert its global leadership=20
now. (Int'l Herald Tribune - Opinion by the vice-president for Europe of th=
e=20
World Bank)
MICHAEL TURNER =0F
(mykelturner@airmail.net)
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Subject: [bprlist] TV: Nightline: Presidential Pardons
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 13:58:47 -0500
TONIGHT'S SUBJECT: The furor over the last-minute pardons by President
Clinton, especially the case of Marc Rich, who had remained a fugitive
overseas and was on a most-wanted list.
Tuesday, January 30, 2001
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Subject: [bprlist] The US and the UE.
From: Pam Baker
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 16:04:39 -0500
The ‘Opinion by the vice-president for Europe of the World Bank´, on
the need for the EU to become a major global power, was most
interesting. It appears obvious this is on the agenda and the thing
that caught my eye, and mind, was the following statement: "In
partnership with others, including the new U.S. administration, the EU
could immediately become one of the world's most activist global
players." (Activists stir things up.)
This statement, I think, is the key to understanding what is going to
occur on the world scene in the near future. The ‘opinion´ given above,
by the ‘VP for Europe of the World Bank´, indicates to me this is the
intent of the World Bank or, more specifically, those who are directing
the World Bank. I think they are the ´10 kings´, under the direction of
the UN, but I wonder, who is the VP for America of the World Bank?
A recession in the US would make it easier for the EU to be ‘deepened
and widened´ so it ‘will be able to be a major global player´ and I
think the media hype about a recession in the US was started to prepare
us for the ‘planned´ closings and layoffs, including the Chrysler plant
closings, announced by its European partner, Daimler, and the
nation-wide closings of stores of a number of major retailers, such as
the 117 stores of Heilig Meyers. It all lends credence to the ‘talk´ of
recession and I think it will have the desired effect, a planned
recession. This, of course, would open the door for the EU to become
‘the´ major global player, with the help of the new US administration.
(White man still speak with forked tongue.)
What will happen in near future, I think, is an event that will
completely disrupt all the present manmade plans and the end result will
be exactly as prophesied in the Bible. The event will be the departure
of a multitude of Christians from the world scene and it will be
followed by the beginning of Daniel´s 70th week. The disruption of the
present manmade plans will become painfully apparent as the 10 kings
prepare to use their ‘power as kings for one hour with the beast´ (Rev.
17:12), during the second half of the 7 years. Praise the Lord!
God Bless you. Charlie Baker.
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Subject: [bprlist] Good web sites
From: "Barbara Alford"
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 13:54:35 -0800
Howdy friends,
I don't know if I've told you all about these websites before, but they are
very good:
"Concentration Camps in America"
http://www.guncontrolvictories.com/k_campslist.html
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/camps.html
http://gulagamerika.homestead.com/index~ie4.html
http://iresist.com
http://www.disastercenter.com/laworder/laworder.htm
http://www.king.igs.net/~wacoppin/camps2.htm
The New World Order/UN
http://www.un.org/esa/agenda21/natlinfo/countr/usa/natur.htm
http://www.trufax.org
http://williamcooper.com/commy.htm
http://www.thefarm.org
http://unwatch.com
http://www.mikenew.com
http://www.cuttingede.org
http://www.earthpulse.com
http://www.ncinter.net/~ejt/maitreya.htm
http://www.marxwatch.com
http://www.illuminati-news.com
Prophecy
http://www.bible-prophecy.com
http://www.harpazo.net
Apostasy in the Church
http://www.thebereancall.com
http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com
American sites
http://www.geocities.com/totalresistance/militia.html
http://www.radical-conservative.org
http://www.watchwashington.com
Anyway, I hope this helps. Some of the stuff you might agree with, some you
might not, but at least you can see for yourself.
God bless,
Barb
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Subject: Re: [bprlist] Good web sites
From: "Kimberly Lamach"
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 21:24:23 -0800
I, too, have run across these sites. I found some sites with pictures and the next time you try to go to them and show someone, the pictures have been removed.........hmmmmm
Kimberly <><
"And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord;
and great shall be the peace of thy children."
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Subject: [bprlist] Arutz-7 News (1/30/01)
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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 18:43:26 -0500
Arutz Sheva News Service
<http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com>
Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2001 / Sh'vat 6, 5761
Arutz Sheva's <http://NewsFromIsrael.com>
All English News Updates & Interviews
TODAY'S HEADLINES:
1. DONKEY-AND-WAGON BOMB ATTACK THWARTED
2. TERRORISM VICTIM BURIED TODAY
3. YESHA RABBIS DEMAND
4. BARAK NOW WANTS TO MEET ARAFAT
5. SCARE-TACTICS IN BARAK CAMPAIGN
6. AN EVENT FOR THE DEAF
7. HISTADRUT STRIKE MAY END
8. JEWISH COMMERCIAL PRESENCE IN MOSLEM QUARTER
9. MEIMAD: NO POSITION ON BARAK
10. SAFETY EQUIPMENT DONATED TO YESHA
11. THE MINISTER AND THE POLICEMAN
12. ELECTION DAY ACTIVITY
1. DONKEY-AND-WAGON BOMB ATTACK THWARTED
Another major terrorist bombing near Netzarim was thwarted early this=20
morning. Soldiers stationed near the Netzarim junction noticed a=20
suspicious wagon hitched to a donkey; they shot at the wagon and it=20
exploded. A bit later this morning, another explosive blew up near the=20
security fence south of the Kisufim crossing. No one was hurt in either=20
incident.
A soldier was hit in the face by an Arab-hurled rock in Hevron=20
today. Another Israeli was similarly injured when large rocks were thrown=
=20
at Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem.
2. TERRORISM VICTIM BURIED TODAY
Aryeh Hershkovitz of Ofrah, who was murdered last night by Palestinian=20
terrorists, was buried this afternoon. He is survived by his wife, five=20
children, and four grandchildren. The funeral passed by the murder site -=
=20
on the Ramallah by-pass highway, near the A-Ram junction in northern=20
Jerusalem - on its way from Ofrah to the Segulah cemetery in Petach=20
Tikvah. Mateh Binyamin Regional Council head Pinchas Wallerstein said=20
today, "Based on the information we currently have, the murderers are=20
members of Yasser Arafat's personal Force 17."
Yonatan Ben-Ami of Beit El, who was in the car with Hershkovitz last night,=
=20
recounted that about 150 meters east of the A-Ram turnoff to Binyamin, a=20
car overtook them and fired the fatal shots. "I was hurt by shrapnel," he=
=20
told Arutz-7, "but miraculously nothing more than that - even though the=20
car swerved off the road into a ditch. I tried to call for help, but there=
=20
was no cell-phone reception there. Several Arabs stopped and helped me=20
remove him from the car, and one of them tried to revive him, but it was=20
too late."
Ofrah's Rabbi Avi Gisser was first to speak at the funeral, and said,=20
"Again we are gathered here for yet another funeral, and we no longer have=
=20
strength for more eulogies=85 He was a family man, a man of action, a man=
=20
who served in the IDF for many years, a man who believed in G-d, in his=20
people, who awaited Redemption=85" The victim's daughter and 11-year-old=20
son=20
also spoke.
3. YESHA RABBIS DEMAND
The Yesha Rabbis Council called on Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Sha'ul Mofaz to=
=20
forbid Palestinian traffic throughout Yesha, in order to prevent further=20
murders of Jews. Council head Rabbi Zalman Melamed said that the Chief of=
=20
Staff and his Deputy, Maj.-Gen. Moshe Yaalon, must resign if the=20
government=20
does not allow them to carry out this measure - "for if not, they will bear=
=20
the responsibility for the continued murders on the highways."
Newly-appointed Binyamin Commander Col. Ilan Paz called on Jewish=20
residents=20
of the area to continue traveling as usual, and gave his guarantee that the=
=20
army will do all it can to maintain their safety. As of late this=20
afternoon, however, the army had not yet begun to implement the measures,=20
and traffic continued almost as usual to and from Ramallah, even along the=
=20
road on which Aryeh Hershkovitz was murdered last night.
Kokhav HaShachar and Rimonim inhabitants blocked the Alon Highway this=20
morning to Arab traffic, in response to the murder. Beit El residents=20
blocked a different highway - from the T Junction to the Ayosh Junction -=20
to Palestinian traffic. This is the section leading from the=20
Jerusalem-Ofrah highway to Beit El and Ramallah.
4. BARAK NOW WANTS TO MEET ARAFAT
Prime Minister Ehud Barak, who has changed his mind on several issues=20
during his term in office, has done it again: He is now willing to meet=20
Yasser Arafat before the election. He had announced two days ago that he=20
would not meet with him, in light of Arafat's incendiary speech against=20
Israel in Davos. Barak's Office head Gilad Sher confirmed this morning that=
=20
European leaders were mediating in efforts to set a time and place for the=
=20
meeting. He said, "Barak is not fickle; on the contrary, he is consistent=
=20
in his pursuit of peace." Palestinian sources said today that a=20
Barak-Arafat summit was likely to take place later this week.
Political analysts assume that the goal of such a meeting would be a=20
dramatic announcement that would help close the gap between Barak and=20
Ariel=20
Sharon in the Prime Ministerial campaign. Possibly in preparation for such=
=20
a development, Zalman Shoval - head of Sharon's international campaign -=20
said today that Minister Ben-Ami had deceived the public when he claimed=20
after the Taba talks that "Israel and the Palestinians were never closer to=
=20
an agreement than today." Shoval said that the Palestinian view of the=20
talks was more accurate, and quoted chief PA negotiator Abu Ala as saying,=
=20
"The gap in the positions of both sides has never been more obvious," while=
=20
negotiator Saeb Erekat said, "the negotiations in Taba emphasized the size=
=20
of the gap between the two sides' positions and the depth of the=20
disagreements."
As if to emphasize this point, a senior Fatah official in Jerusalem said=20
today that the Taba talks had proven that there is no point in talking with=
=20
Israel - "not with Barak, not with Sharon, and not with anyone else" - and=
=20
that the only solution was "armed struggle" against Israel. The official=20
added that the Judea-Samaria Fatah leadership voted unanimously today to=20
escalate its violence against Israeli targets, in light of Israel's arrest=
=20
of a Force 17 officer yesterday.
The IDF Intelligence Chief told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense=20
Committee today that the PA had come to the Taba talks not to reach an=20
agreement, but only to squeeze out more concessions from the Israeli=20
negotiators.
5. SCARE-TACTICS IN BARAK CAMPAIGN
Another dramatic campaign gimmick by the Barak team may have backfired.=20
It=20
sent out 600,000 envelopes very similar to those in which emergency=20
military orders are usually sent; before the recipients could recover from=
=20
the shock at ostensibly being "called up" for unlimited army service, they=
=20
opened the envelope to find campaign literature explaining that Sharon's=20
election would increase the chances of war - and their reception of=20
emergency orders.
However, Arutz-7 has learned that secret army databases were apparently=20
used for the mailing; Capt. (res.) Ya'ir Perchik said that his "orders"=20
were sent to a secondary address that he supplied only to the army. Late=
=20
this afternoon, Elections Committee Chairman Hon. Mishael Heshin issued a=20
restraining order forbidding One Israel to continue sending the mock "order=
s."
Likud Prime Ministerial candidate Ariel Sharon will be busy with something=
=20
in addition to the election next week. He will be attending the brit milah=
=20
- ritual circumcision ceremony - of his twin grandsons who were born to his=
=20
son Gilad this afternoon. If all goes well, the ceremony will take place=20
on their eighth day of life, namely, next Tuesday, Election Day.
6. AN EVENT FOR THE DEAF
The Orthodox Union's Jewish Deaf Singles Registry will hold its annual=20
winter singles event on February 18, 2001, in Philadelphia. The event,=20
including lunch and entertainment, provides an opportunity for deaf singles=
=20
to meet each other and learn that "there really are other Jewish deaf=20
singles out there." The JDSR links Jewish deaf around the world, and=20
provides an anonymous database "community" for them to meet. In the=20
past,=20
the singles event has attracted participants from around the world,=20
including from Israel, Australia, and France. Organizers Samuel and=20
Rachelle Landau "<samuellandau@juno.com>" explain that their aim is to=20
combat the increasing rate of intermarriage among deaf Jews "not by=20
preaching to young people to marry Jewish, but by helping them to marry=20
Jewish."
7. HISTADRUT STRIKE MAY END
The Histadrut Labor Union strike appears to be in its last throes. An=20
agreement was reached this morning on a 3.6% wage increase - the Labor=20
Union had originally demanded more than 15% - and it will be signed this=20
evening at 9 PM. Port workers have already returned to work, and have=20
begun to load and unload 63 cargo ships that have been stuck in the harbor,=
=20
some of them for the full eight days of the strike.
8. JEWISH COMMERCIAL PRESENCE IN MOSLEM QUARTER
Another Jewish presence was launched in the Moslem Quarter of=20
Jerusalem's=20
Old City last night: a store. A small group of Peace Now demonstrators=20
attempted, unsuccessfully, to disrupt the dedication ceremony. The store=20
is to be a small grocery and snack stop for the benefit of soldiers and=20
visitors on their way to the Western Wall. It is being sponsored by the=20
"Life (Chaim) in Jerusalem" organization, which was founded in memory of=20
Chaim Kerman, a student of the Quarter's Yeshivat Ateret Cohanim and a=20
local resident who was murdered there two years ago. Jewish tenants are=20
also scheduled to take up residence in a nearby apartment soon.
9. MEIMAD: NO POSITION ON BARAK
The left-wing religious Zionist party Meimad - a partner in the One Israel=
=20
coalition - decided last night to refrain from a public endorsement of Ehud=
=20
Barak. The compromise decision may have prevented a split in the party;=20
Rabbi Yehuda Gilad had threatened to join the National Religious Party if=20
Barak had received Meimad's endorsement. Party leader Rabbi Yehuda=20
Amital=20
said, "The partnership between Meimad and One Israel is dead;" the final=20
straw was apparently Barak's recent campaign ad in which he promised=20
public=20
transportation on Sabbath, civil marriages, and the like. Government=20
Minister Rabbi Michael Melchior, on the other hand, said that Meimad must=20
not make a decision that would help Sharon get elected.
10. SAFETY EQUIPMENT DONATED TO YESHA
A New York State Assemblyman will deliver the last of $120,000 worth of=20
bulletproof vests and helmets to the Security Coordinator of Gush Etzion=20
tomorrow morning. The equipment will be used to help protect teachers and=
=20
medics living in embattled Judea and Samaria communities; several Yesha=20
teachers have been killed in terrorist attacks in recent months as they=20
traveled to and from school. NY Assemblyman Dov Hikind, who organized=20
the=20
drive, will deliver the state-of-the-art equipment tomorrow. Among the=20
contributors was New York Governor George Pataki. Hikind said, "We want=20
to=20
try to make sure that innocent people can go about their lives without=20
threat of injury."
11. THE MINISTER AND THE POLICEMAN
Immigration Minister Yuli Tamir has called for Northern Region Police Chief=
=20
Alik Ron to be fired. She said that his criticism of Prime Minister=20
Barak's almost-apology to the Israeli-Arab sector was unacceptable, and=20
that his words "show once again that he is a politician and not a=20
policeman." Ron has been criticized before for his harsh words about the=20
dangers from the Israeli-Arabs. Thirteen Israeli-Arabs were killed in=20
violent clashes with the police during the riots and violence that arose=20
concurrently with the Palestinian Authority's Rosh HaShanah Arab=20
Assault. The Northern Command refused to comment on Tamir's words.
12. ELECTION DAY ACTIVITY
A grass-roots organization named Israel Action Alliance, concerned over=20
incidents of suspected voting irregularities in the last elections, has=20
issued a call for volunteers to poll-watch on Election Day, Feb.=20
6. Specifically, the organization bitterly remembers that "left-wing=20
election supervisors hassled voters in religious areas by examining their=20
documents to an unreasonable extent, among other tactics, [leading to]=20
some=20
citizens returning home without voting." The group also decries the=20
"little or no Jewish supervision" in polls in Arab villages, and wishes to=
=20
enlist volunteers for supervisory work at voting booths in Israeli-Arab=20
areas, kibbutzim, moshavim, and religious areas. For further information,=
=20
see Section 3 of <"http://www.egroups.com/files/hasbara-leumit/faq.html">.
Hebrew News Editor: Haggai Segal and Ariel Kahane
English News Editor: Hillel Fendel
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Subject: [bprlist] Weekend News Today items (1/30/01)
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 18:55:05 -0500
Dalai Lama plans to transfer political power=20=20
Weekend News Today=20
Lead: Leo=20
Source: TheAge.com=20
Tue Jan 30,2001 -- The Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual and secular ruler o=
f=20
Tibet, has decided to bequeath his political authority to an elected leader=
,=20
who may be chosen as soon as this year. His religious role will be handed t=
o=20
an infant identified as his reincarnation, in line with Tibetan tradition. =
=20
The Dalai Lama, who is 65, fears a power vacuum after his death, when=20
China and the exiled Tibetan leadership are likely to identify rival infant=
s as=20
the one "true" reincarnation of Tibet's god-king. The Dalai Lama was the=20
absolute ruler of Tibet, as well as its spiritual leader, before the countr=
y was=20
overrun by communist troops in 1949. Despite four decades of exile and an=20
unceasing hate campaign emanating from Beijing, his authority and prestige=
=20
among the different factions of the Tibetan community remain unchallenged. =
=20
A foiled Israeli attempt to annex sites in Jerusalem=20=20
Weekend News Today=20
Lead: Kelly=20
Source: Arabic News=20
Tue Jan 30,2001 -- Egypt and the Arab countries, with South Africa's full=20
support, managed to foil an Israeli scheme tailored to affirm its sovereign=
ty=20
on Jerusalem and some parts of the occupied Palestinian territories. "This=
=20
took place during the meeting recently held by the world heritage committee=
=20
and hosted by Australia," said Ambassador Soliman Awad, Assistant=20
Foreign Minister for Multi-international relations. He added that the Egypt=
ian-
Arab supported Palestinian endeavor has managed to foil the Israeli bid to=
=20
annex some 28 archeological sites, including East Jerusalem, which Israel=20
sought to include in its cultural possessions as a world heritage.=20=20
He expounded that many contacts were made with several UNESCO=20
permanent members and the world heritage center to turn out the Israeli lis=
t.=20
Ambassador Awad said that the Egyptian move came in view of its=20
distinguished position in the membership of the committee, adding that=20
Egypt has coordinated stances with several countries in order to reject the=
=20
Israeli list through technical discussion. Awad ascribed the success of the=
=20
Egyptian, Arab and Palestinian efforts in blocking the discussion of the=20
Israeli list to the fact that such list contradicts the United Nation resol=
utions=20
on Jerusalem. It is note-worthy that the world heritage committee is affili=
ated=20
to the UNESCO and was set up in 1970.=20=20
King Mohammed meets supreme commander of allied forces in Europe=20=20
Weekend News Today=20
Lead: Kelly=20
Source: Arabic News=20
Tue Jan 30,2001 -- Morocco's King Mohammed VI received in Tangier this=20
Tuesday noon lieutenant-general Joseph Ralston, supreme commander of=20
the allied forces in Europe. Lieutenant-general Ralston was accompanied by=
=20
his assistant, Colonel Michel Kuzell, the US ambassador in Morocco,=20
Edward Gabriel, and the military attach=E9 at the US embassy, Colonel=20
Stephen Woods.=20=20
Jewish broker told to wear Nazi uniform=20=20
Weekend News Today=20
Lead: Leo=20
Source: ThisIsLondon.com=20
Tue Jan 30,2001 -- A Jewish City broker whose grandmother was murdered=20
at Auschwitz was told to wear a Nazi uniform at work for being late. Lauren=
t=20
Weinberger, 33, who was called "Yiddo" and "Jewboy" by colleagues at=20
Tullett and Tokyo Liberty, is suing the firm for racial discrimination and =
unfair=20
dismissal. He claims an attempt was then made to demote him after six=20
years with the firm.=20=20
The company, which has offered to pay =A350,000 to a Jewish charity if Mr=20
Weinberger drops the case, denies the claim and says the uniform incident=20
and the name-calling were part of an office culture in which he participate=
d.=20
"If any employee was late in to work on Friday morning they would be given =
a=20
costume to wear as a forfeit. The practice was a light-hearted one," it say=
s in=20
a statement to an employment tribunal hearing to start tomorrow. Mr=20
Weinberger refused to wear the Nazi uniform he was given on May 12 last=20
year. He was told to move sections and take a pay cut a week later because=
=20
his desk was performing poorly, the company says. He resigned from the=20
=A3125,000-a-year job a week later.=20=20
Those involved in the uniform incident have received written warnings and t=
he=20
practice of Friday costumes has been ended, the company adds.=20=20
Moussa in Madrid discusses bilateral relations, ME peace process=20=20
Weekend News Today=20
Lead: Kelly=20
Source: Arabic News=20
Tue Jan 30,2001 -- The Egyptian foreign minister Amr Moussa today holds=20
official talks during his visit to Spain with the Spanish foreign minister =
Jose=20
Peket dealing with bilateral relations, the developments of the ME peace=20
process and international issues of joint interest. Talks will also deal wi=
th the=20
possibility of signing a cooperation agreement between Egypt and Spain in=20
the area of transport and communications. This is, however, an ambitious=20
agreement which covers the air, land and sea transport and cooperation in=20
the field of the railways.=20=20
Aznar's talks in Cairo will deal with current developments in the ME peace=
=20
process, developments concerning the Euro-Mediterranean co-operation as=20
well as co-operation between the two sides in the area of revitalizing the=
=20
decisions of the Euro-African summit resolutions which were held in Cairo i=
n=20
April, 2000 as well as strengthening bilateral relations in the economic fi=
eld.=20=20
U.S. launches new Global Positioning Satellite=20=20
Weekend News Today=20
Lead: Leo=20
Source: CNN/Reuters=20
Tue Jan 30,2001 -- A U.S. Air Force Delta 2 rocket carried a new NAVSTAR=20
Global Positioning Satellite into space on Tuesday in the first launch of 2=
001=20
from Cape Canaveral. Liftoff came at 2:55 a.m. EST (0755 GMT) and by 3:20=20
a.m. EST (0820 GMT) a Boeing Co. official reported the two-stage rocket had=
=20
completed its work, inserting the two-ton satellite into a constellation of=
27=20
GPS satellites 11,000 miles (17,700 km) above Earth, providing a world-wide=
=20
positioning system for aviation, shipping and even hikers.=20=20
Using signals emitted from the array of satellites, a GPS user can accurate=
ly=20
determine location, time and velocity. This newest GPS satellite was one of=
=20
seven now in orbit as a replacement for an earlier generation of the satell=
ite.=20=20
American political advisors join Israeli campaigns=20=20
Weekend News Today=20
Lead: Leo=20
Source: Nando Times/AP=20
Tue Jan 30,2001 -- After lending a hand in 1996 and 1999, the same=20
American political advisers have traveled to Israel to help again in an ele=
ction=20
for prime minister. But the political landscape is drastically different fr=
om two=20
years ago.=20=20
Arthur Finkelstein, the Republican political consultant advising Gen. Ariel=
=20
Sharon, is engaged more in warm and fuzzy image-making these days than=20
the pointed, repetitive negative advertising that has marked many past=20
campaigns of the GOP pollster from New York. Democratic pollster Stan=20
Greenberg and image maker Bob Shrum, who work with the campaign of=20
Prime Minister Ehud Barak, have had more experience over the last decade=20
selling a candidate's skills with the economy. That strategy worked well fo=
r=20
former President Clinton and later for Barak in 1999, but this campaign is=
=20
focused more on the dangers of war if Barak loses.=20=20
The use of American consultants in Israel grew popular in the mid 1980s and=
=20
gained an even higher profile in the past five years. In 1999, Labor Party=
=20
candidate Barak hired Greenberg, Shrum and Democratic strategist James=20
Carville, who ran his campaign on the economy so effectively that security=
=20
concerns, usually the top issue in Israel, virtually vanished from the deba=
te.=20
Carville didn't join Greenberg and Shrum in Israel this time. The Barak=20
campaign is run by the Israelis, who are advised by Greenberg and Shrum.=20
The Israeli election is set for Feb. 6 and Sharon has had a double-digit le=
ad=20
in the polls.=20=20
=20
Cloned human planned by 2003=20
Weekend News Today=20
Lead: Leo=20
Source: BBC NEWS=20
Tue Jan 30,2001 -- A private consortium of scientists plans to clone a huma=
n=20
being within the next two years. The group says it will use the technique o=
nly=20
for helping infertile couples with no other opportunity to become parents. =
=20
It says the technology will resemble that used to clone animals, and will b=
e=20
made widely available. One member said the group hoped to produce the=20
world's first baby clone within 12 to 24 months. It was founded by an Itali=
an=20
physician, Dr Severino Antinori, whose work includes trying to help post-
menopausal women to become pregnant.=20=20
A spokesman for the group is Panos Zavos, professor of reproductive=20
physiology at the University of Kentucky. Professor Zavos said he was well=
=20
aware of the ethical dimensions of the project. "The world has to come to=20
grips [with the fact] that the cloning technology is almost here," he said.=
=20
"The irony about it is that there are so many people that are attempting to=
do=20
it, and they could be doing it (cloning) in their garages even as we speak.=
=20=20
Audit: California utility reaped $4.8 billion dividend before power crisis =
=20
Weekend News Today=20
Lead: Leo=20
Source: CNN=20
Tue Jan 30,2001 -- A newly released audit shows one of California's largest=
=20
electricity utilities reaped $4.8 billion in dividends in the years leading=
up to=20
the state's energy crisis, prompting critics to say the company "took the=20
money and ran."=20=20
The company, Southern California Edison, transferred the dividends to its=20
corporate parent, Edison International, between January 1, 1996, and=20
November 30, 2000. Critics said the money would have covered the massive=20
bill it has run up since May as it has paid soaring prices for wholesale=20
electricity during a time of near-constant shortages.=20=20
"Basically they took the money and ran," Senate President Pro Tem John=20
Burton, D-San Francisco, said late Monday night. "Had they not done that=20
they would not be in the financial problem they are in. If ratepayers bail =
them=20
out, ratepayers should get something in return, like power lines or=20
something."=20=20
''Grotesque'' report on body parts fuels fury in Britain=20=20
Weekend News Today=20
Tue Jan 30,2001 -- Source: CBC News=20
URL: http://cbc.ca/cgi-
bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2001/01/30/report_010130=20=20
The British government has pledged to tighten the laws about keeping body=20
parts for research after two gruesome reports found evidence of the practic=
e=20
at several hospitals. The reports, to be released today, found that tens of=
=20
thousands of organs were kept from dead patients without the consent of=20
their relatives over a period of several decades. In some cases the organs=
=20
were sold to pharmaceutical companies. After reading an advance copy of=20
one of the reports Health Secretary Alan Milburn called it "grotesque" and=
=20
one of the most shocking he has ever read.=20=20
The pathologist at the centre of the scandal worked at Alder Hey Children's=
=20
Hospital in Liverpool. Professor Dick van Velzen reportedly kept a child's=
=20
head preserved in a jar. Canadian authorities also want to talk to him afte=
r a=20
stash of childrens' organs were found in a warehouse in Nova Scotia. Van=20
Velzen worked there after leaving Liverpool in 1995. Canadian authorities=20
have issued a warrant for his arrest and have started extradition proceedin=
gs.=20
Fatah: Heighten intifada before elections=20=20
Weekend News Today=20
Lead: Kelly=20
Source: Jerusalem Post=20
Tue Jan 30,2001 -- The leadership of the Fatah decided yesterday to=20
intensify intifada activity leading up to the premiership elections next=20
Tuesday. Fatah heads said at the meeting that the negotiations between=20
Israel and the Palestinian Authority has reached an impasse and that it was=
=20
irrelevant at this point who was elected to the office, according to Israel=
=20
Radio and media reports.=20=20
PA cuts security ties with Israel=20=20
Weekend News Today=20
Lead: Kelly=20
Source: Jerusalem Post=20
Tue Jan 30,2001 -- Palestinian Authority negotiator Nabil Shaath said today=
=20
that the PA is cutting off security coordination with Israeli security agen=
cies=20
in response to the refusal by Prime Minister Ehud Barak to meet with PA=20
Chairman Yasser Arafat. Shaath said the cancellation of security=20
cooperation was also tied to the lack of diplomatic progress between Israel=
=20
and the Palestinians. A source at the Prime Minister's Office said they wer=
e=20
not entirely ruling out a possible meeting between Barak and Arafat despite=
=20
the decision not to meet before next Tuesday's elections.=20=20
Iraqi general: Artillery can hit Israel if based near border=20=20
Weekend News Today=20
Lead: Kelly=20
Source: Reuters=20
Tue Jan 30,2001 -- A senior Iraqi army general, ratcheting up his country's=
=20
propaganda assault on Israel, has said Iraqi artillery units could hit targ=
ets=20
deep inside Israel if they were moved to a site near the Jewish state's bor=
der.=20
Lieutenant-General Yassin Taha Mohammed, head of artillery units, said that=
=20
Iraq was able to upgrade its mortars and missile launchers to give them a=20
range of about 40 km (24 miles), which would not violate U.N. arms control=
=20
restrictions. President Saddam Hussein has called on Arab countries=20
bordering Israel to give his troops a piece of land close enough to attack=
=20
Israel with his artillery. He has also said Iraq is ready to put an end to =
Israel.=20=20
=20
Libya, Syria and Turkey to join electricity network with Egypt; regional gr=
id=20
eventually extending to Europe=20=20
Weekend News Today=20
Lead: Kelly=20
Source: Middle East Newsline=20
Tue Jan 30,2001 -- Egypt plans to link its electricity network to nations=20
throughout the region. Already, Egypt has linked its energy grid with that =
of=20
Jordan. Egyptian Energy Minister Ali Saidi has presented the government's=20
policy over the coming year. Saidi said Egypt plans to exploit its rising=20
electricity capacity to sell power to other nations. This includes Libya, S=
yria=20
and Turkey.=20=20
Saidi said Egypt's experience with Jordan has encouraged Cairo to link=20
electricity grids with other countries. Libya, Syria and Turkey will join a=
=20
regional grid that will eventually extend to Europe, the minister said. In =
a=20
meeting with energy officials, Saidi said Egypt's electricity capacity has=
=20
soared over the last 20 years. In 1981, the nation's generation capacity wa=
s=20
4,900 megawatts. Today, it is more than 15,150 megawatts.=20=20
=20
Israel seeks new theater missile defense programs with U.S.=20=20
Weekend News Today=20
Lead: Kelly=20
Source: Middle East Newsline=20
Tue Jan 30,2001 -- Israel hopes that the Bush administration will agree to=
=20
new joint theater missile defense programs meant to destroy enemy missile=20
batteries. Israeli officials said they plan to renew requests to the White=
=20
House and Defense Department for funding and technology transfer to=20
develop programs that can destroy missiles in enemy territory. They said=20
they hope that the Bush support for a national missile defense system will=
=20
result in approval for what they term as more effective means of stopping a=
n=20
enemy missile attack.=20=20
So far, Israel and the United States are completing the Arrow-2 anti-missil=
e=20
system. The missile is meant to destroy incoming enemy missiles when=20
they reenter the atmosphere. But Israeli officials said such a system is=20
insufficient to provide the country with an anti-missile umbrella. Instead,=
the=20
Defense Ministry wants to urge Bush and Defense Secretary Donald=20
Rumsfeld to approve joint development of systems that can destroy missiles=
=20
within enemy territory. This could include eventual Israeli participation i=
n the=20
current airborne laser system.=20=20
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) SPECIAL EDITION (PA shifts
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 08:43:11 -0500
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Subject: SPECIAL EDITION (PA shifts
to prepare for Barak-Arafat summit)
Radio Analysis and Excerpts:
The Voice of Palestine-January 31, 2001
SPECIAL EDITION (PA shifts to prepare for Barak-Arafat summit)-Radio
Analysis and Excerpts: The Voice of Palestine-January 31, 2001
Prepared by Michael Widlanski. Michael Widlanski lectures at the Rothberg
School of the Hebrew University and is doing doctoral research at Bar Ilan
on Palestinian broadcast media.
Israel Resource News Agency
Beit Agron Int'l Press Center
Jerusalem, Israel
tel. (+972-2) 623-6368 or cellphone (+972-53) 710-737
http://www.israelbehindthenews.com/
SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
VOP and the Palestinian Authority dramatically changed their approach to
Ehud Barak within the last 18 hours in the following ways:
*--switching from attention to a growing rift between Yasser Arafat and
Barak, following Arafat's Davos speech condemning Israel, to downplaying
the Arafat-Barak differences;
*--highlighting the "extreme" nature of Ariel Sharon and some of his
backers such as the "extreme" Avigdor Lieberman ((NOTE: some of the Israeli
Labor Party's campaign advertisements on Jan. 29/30 were almost identical to
some of these and earlier texts on VOP));
*--and ANNOUNCING THE LIKELIHOOD OF A BARAK-ARAFAT SUMMIT, after talking
about NO CONTACTS UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTIONS, and, also, after talking,
until Tuesday afternoon, about Barak's media "campaign" against the PA.
In Short, both VOP and the PA now seem to be joining the campaign
against Ariel Sharon, even though an 8:18 am studio-read VOP analysis
Wednesday morning laid out the near certainty of a Barak loss to Sharon.
The PA analysis was sophisticated and unemotional, stressing the
following points:
*--SHARON'S ELECTION IS IMMINENT, BUT HE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FORM A BROAD
GOVERNMENT;
*--SHARON'S NARROW PARLIAMENTARY BASE-ONLY 19 LIKUD SEATS OUT OF 120-WILL
MAKE SERIOUS NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE PA VERY UNLIKELY;
*--AND THE HIGH LIKELIHOOD THAT ISRAEL WILL AGAIN GO TO ELECTIONS WITHIN
SIX MONTHS, THUS SIGNALING A PERIOD OF DEEP INSTABILITY IN ISRAEL.
In a morning interview, PA Information Minister Yasser Abd-Rabbo denied
categorically a report in the Israeli daily Ma'ariv that the PA and Israel
had agreed to put of discussions on Jerusalem for five years.
Elsewhere, VOP continued to shepherd the Iraqi normalization process,
featuring a long studio-read analysis by senior announcer Khaled Sukar
detailing Iraq's return to the fold, i.e. the Arab world's renewed embrace
of Saddam Hussein.
MORNING ROUND-UP HEADLINES:
*--"Efforts by UN Secretary General Kofi Anan and European officials
pushing hard for a continuing Palestinian-Israeli summit, but a site and a
time for the summit are not yet decided;
*--It is likely to be in a European capital, but time pressure is a
problem;
*--The extremist and rightist Likud candidate for the prime ministry
Ariel Sharon is vainly contriving to (reconstruct) his past vis a vis the
Palestinian Leadership and to convince by putting on new clothes (to
distract from) the ugly truth;
*--Supporters of Sharon tell the e-mail edition of Yediot Aharonot that
there is NO danger of acceptance of the plans of the extremist Avigdor
Lieberman who threatened striking against the Aswan High Dam in Egypt and at
Teheran;
*--The Israeli government refuses to meet the Palestinian side about
transferring sums to the Palestinian side and regarding the financial
difficulties of the (Palestinian) National Authority, and Muhammd Zuhdi
Nashashibi (PA finance official) condemns this Israeli step."
((FULL HEADLINES, QUOTES AND INTERVIEW TO BE FILED LATER WEDNESDAY))
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) Ha'aretz: Barak's staff working to arrange meeting
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 08:43:11 -0500
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Subject: Ha'aretz: Barak's staff
working to arrange meeting with Arafat before poll
Ha'aretz: Barak's staff working to arrange meeting with Arafat before poll
Ha'aretz Correspondent By Aluf Benn Ha'aretz 31 January 2001
The prime minister's staff is working on preparations for a meeting between
Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, before the February 6
elections next week.
Although Barak said after the Taba talks he was suspending contact with the
Palestinians, following a conciliatory television interview Arafat gave
Channel 2 on Monday night, the possibility of a Barak-Arafat summit was
raised again.
But this time, say sources in Jerusalem, any meeting will require
comprehensive groundwork to avoid the failure of previous meetings between
the two. Barak will not want to use the summit for a joint statement
detailing agreements reached so far with the Palestinians, in case such a
statement is used to showcase Israeli concessions.
Several countries have been named as possible hosts for the summit. Barak
prefers a nearby state so he is not out of Israel for very long - Turkey,
Cyprus, and Italy have been named as possible venues. Egypt has offered
Sharm el Sheikh, but there is concern a summit on Arab territory might be
seen as intervention in Israeli politics.
One question still to be resolved is who else would participate if a summit
is called. UN Secretary General Kofi Anan has expressed interest in meeting
Barak and Arafat to find out how much progress has really been made in the
peace process. There is no talk of American involvement.
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) Ha'aretz: IDF predicting upsurge of violence
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 08:43:12 -0500
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Subject: Ha'aretz: IDF predicting upsurge
of violence in near future
Ha'aretz: IDF predicting upsurge of violence in near future
By Amos Harel Ha'aretz Military Correspondent 31 January 2001
The Israel Defense Forces is predicting a serious escalation of violence in
the territories in the near future. Though no one says so explicitly, "the
near future" apparently means after the election for prime minister.
Already, there has been a sharp rise in the number of shooting and bombing
incidents in the Gaza Strip. Yesterday for the first time, a mortar shell
was fired at a Gaza settlement. The shell caused no injuries in Netzarim but
damaged a house.
Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Shaul Mofaz, speaking to soldiers near
Bethlehem yesterday, said he expects some escalation in the near future.
"It has already happened in Gaza, and the escalation in the Strip will
spread to Judea and Samaria. There are now no diplomatic negotiations, so
the Palestinians have no incentives to foil terrorist attacks. In effect,
there is no Palestinian [terror] prevention - period. This is a recipe for
escalation, though it could take two or three weeks."
Mofaz has ordered IDF commanders to prepare for more frequent terrorist
attacks and a greater involvement of Palestinian police in the fighting.
Should the conflict worsen, Mofaz predicts there will be Palestinian
attempts to attack settlements.
"Netzarim, Morag, Kfar Darom - these places [in Gaza] have become symbols
for [the Palestinians]." Mofaz was speaking to soldiers at Netzarim Junction
a few hours before the mortar attack. "These settlements are magnets for
terrorists and should the situation worsen, they will make every effort to
attack them - including attempts to overrun a settlement or to injure
settlers in their houses."
In another incident early yesterday morning, a booby-trapped cart was sent
rolling toward soldiers at Netzarim Junction. The soldiers fired at the
wagon and exploded the bomb before it reached them and no one was injured.
Another bomb exploded in Gaza close to the Green Line.
There were around 20 shooting incidents in Gaza during Monday night - a
sharp rise compared to the level of shooting while the Taba talks were in
progress.
The West Bank has remained relatively quiet, except around Ramallah. But
despite the drop in the number of incidents, the number of fatalities has
been high. Six Israelis have been killed in the territories over the last
two and a half weeks, five of them in the West Bank.
Despite his predictions of escalation, Mofaz has ordered officers to react
to incidents with restraint. "We must not be the ones who cause the
situation to worsen," he said.
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Subject: [bprlist] BNI.Priority News 1,2 (1/31/01)
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 08:48:08 -0500
1. No injuries in AM shooting attack=09
2. Netzarim home attacked with mortars=09
3. Histadrut strike continues=09
4. Infant injured in stone-throwing attack=09
5. Soldier moderately injured in stone-throwing attack=09
6. Pressure continues to mount on PM Barak to bow out of election race=20
7. Pregnant woman injured by gunfire in Petah Tikvah=09
8. No injuries in donkey bomb blast in Gaza on Tuesday morning=09
9. Jewish grocery store in Moslem Quarter of Jerusalem=09
10. Stone-throwing attacks in Jerusalem near Rockefeller Museum=09
11. NY State Assemblyman Hikind to donate protective vests=09
12. More gunfire attacks throughout Gaza=09
13. Bezeq base attacked by gunfire=09
14. IDF patrol attacked near Neve Tzuf=09
15. Hizbullah: Unlikely that deal will be reached for release of hostages
before elections=09
***********************
31-JAN-01 =96 8:57am=20=20
***********************
1. No injuries in AM shooting attack
(BNI-JAN.31) An Israeli motorist was attacked by gunfire on Wednesday
morning at 6:40am while traveling on Route 60, north of Ofra, in the
Benjamin Regional Council district of Samaria. Two bullets hit the vehicle
but there were no injuries.=20
Military officials report the gunfire came from the nearby Israeli village
of Silwad.=20
++++
2. Netzarim home attacked with mortars
(BNI-JAN.31) In what senior military commanders are calling a marked
escalation in warfare, a home in the Jewish community of Netzarim, in
Gaza, was attacked on Tuesday night with a mortar shell that penetrated
the ceramic roof tile but was stopped by the cement floor of the attic.
IDF officials report the mortar round was fired from Gaza City.
There was damage to the roof of the home of the Nahum family but there
were no injuries. The members of the family were downstairs when the home
was attacked.
Although mortars have already been used in attacks in Gaza against
military targets, the Tuesday night attack marks the first time that a
community was targeted with the ballistic warfare. IDF commanders and
intelligence community officials are predicting a continued increase in
violence and attacks until the February 6 election for prime minister,
explaining the PA and terrorist organization are sending a =91warning
message=92 to MK Ariel Sharon, the candidate expected to win the race.=20=20
++++
3. Histadrut strike continues
(BNI-JAN.31) The euphoria of Tuesday has diminished in the Prime
Minister=92s Office as it is now clear that although officials quickly
announced a settlement in the ongoing Histadrut strike had been reached on
Tuesday, strikers are not returning to their jobs; explaining an agreement
has not been signed.
Finance Minister Avraham Shohat was quick to announce that he has=20
secured
an agreement that guarantees there would be no threats of future strikes
for at least six months, during which time negotiations would continue to
reach a long-term agreement. The proposed agreement that was reached to
end the strike is only an interim accord that is expected to be signed in
the coming hours. The agreement provides a one-time payment of NIS 1,250
for public sector employees as well as a 3.6 percent wage increase.
Immediately following Shohat=92s announced, Adi Eldar, the head of the Unio=
n
of Local Authorities announced he was unable to sign any such agreement
since local treasuries lacked the funding to pay the increase agreed to in
the accord. Eldar stated that the problem once again returns to the office
of Minister Shohat who was responsible to provide local municipalities
with the funding to make good on the salary increases.
For the time being, strikers are not returning to work and the trash
continues to mount while essential services remain shutdown.=20=20
++++
4. Infant injured in stone-throwing attack
(BNI-JAN.31) A three-month-old infant was injured lightly on Tuesday night
in a stone-throwing attack on the Trans-Samaria Highway east of Ariel. The
infant was transported to Beilinson Hospital.=20=20
++++
5. Soldier moderately injured in stone-throwing attack
(BNI-JAN.31) An IDF soldier sustained moderate injuries on Tuesday in a
stone-throwing attack in Hebron. He was transported to a Jerusalem
hospital for treatment.=20=20
++++
6. Pressure continues to mount on PM Barak to bow out of election race
(BNI-JAN.31) Prime Minister Ehud Barak insists that he will not relinquish
his position as the One Israel prime ministerial candidate in the upcoming
election race despite mounting pressure against him to do so.=20
According to the most recent pre-election polls, Barak trails the
contender, Likud candidate Ariel Sharon, by 17-22 percentage points, one
week before Election Day. Barak insists the polls have erred in the past
and he remains confident that he will be reelected to office and thereby
have achieved a referendum from the nation supporting his continued Oslo
process policies.
Despite Barak=92s reassurances, persons close to the prime minister are
urging him to bow out of the race to permit Minister Shimon Peres to run
as the party=92s candidate. Polls place Peres within 1-2 percentage points
from Sharon and many One Israel supporters feel that Peres is the party=92s
only hope for a victory at the polls.
According to the election law, Peres may replace Barak until Friday and
this can only be done if Barak voluntarily steps out of the race and party
officials may not order him out.=20=20
++++
7. Pregnant woman injured by gunfire in Petah Tikvah
(BNI-JAN.31) A 35-year-old Petah Tikvah resident, in her ninth month of
pregnancy, was hit in her abdomen by a stray bullet while she stood on her
balcony on Tuesday. The woman was transported to Beilinson Hospital where
she is reported to be in light condition.=20
Police are investigating in the hope of locating the origin of the stray
bullet.
++++
8. No injuries in donkey bomb blast in Gaza on Tuesday morning
(BNI-JAN.31) There were no injuries to IDF troops or Israeli civilians in
a thwarted attack in Gaza, near Netzarim, on Tuesday morning. A cart being
pulled by a donkey was loaded with explosives and terrorists were working
to bring it close to the Jewish community and adjacent IDF position.
Soldiers opened fire on the cart, detonating the explosives and killing
the donkey.=20=20=20
++++
9. Jewish grocery store in Moslem Quarter of Jerusalem
(BNI-JAN.31) A new grocery store/snack bar was dedicated in the so-called
Moslem Quarter of Jerusalem=92s Old City on Tuesday night. The new store
will serve persons making there way to the Western Wall via the Moslem
Quarter and it was established due to the efforts of the =93Life in
Jerusalem=94 organization founded in memory of Moslem Quarter resident Haim
Kerman, who was stabbed to death by Islamic terrorists as he made his way
to the Western Wall for prayer services on May 6, 1998.
The opening of the grocery store represents a continuation in an ongoing
effort to legally acquire properties in the area and refurbish them
towards the goal of increasing the Jewish presence in the Old City.=20=20
++++
10. Stone-throwing attacks in Jerusalem near Rockefeller Museum
(BNI-JAN.31) One Israeli was injured on Tuesday in stone-throwing attacks
in Jerusalem near the Rockefeller Museum. The extent of the injuries
remains unknown.=20=20
++++
11. NY State Assemblyman Hikind to donate protective vests
(BNI-JAN.31) New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind will on Wednesday
morning visit the Mofet Etzion ballistics factory to officially =91purchase=
=92
$120,000 worth of bulletproof vests to be distributed to teachers and
emergency medical personnel in Yesha. Assemblyman Hikind will try on one
of the heavy-duty vests and watch a ballistics test.
Mofet Etzion, part of Kibbutz Kfar Etzion in Judea, is a leading
manufacturer of body armor and other bulletproof materials and is a
supplier of US armed forces.
=20=20
Money has poured into the office of Assemblyman Hikind from politicians
and constituents since the New York politician returned from a visit to
Israel last month. Hikind collected $120,000 to purchase the bulletproof
vests and helmets to help protect teachers and medics living in Jewish
communities throughout Judea, Samaria and Gaza.=20
Contributors include NY State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, Assembly
Speaker Sheldon Silver, State Comptroller Carl McCall, Congressman
Edolphus Towns, Bronx Borough president Fernando Ferrer, Brooklyn=20
Borough
president Howard Golden and others.
Several teachers have been killed in terrorist attacks in recent months as
they traveled to and from school in the Judea and Samaria.
"It's the least we could do to help," says Hikind. "My colleagues in New
York want to try to make sure that innocent people can go about their
lives without threat of injury," he added.=20=20
++++
12. More gunfire attacks throughout Gaza
(BNI-JAN.31) Shooting attacks continued in Gaza in the areas of Gush Katif
and northern Gaza throughout the night. There were no reports of injuries
to IDF troops or Israeli civilians. Soldiers returned fire.=20=20
++++
13. Bezeq base attacked by gunfire
(BNI-JAN.31) The IDF=92s Bezeq base near Jenin, in Samaria, was attacked by
gunfire on Tuesday night. There were no injuries. Soldiers did not return
fire.=20=20
++++
14. IDF patrol attacked near Neve Tzuf
(BNI-JAN.31) An IDF patrol operating in Samaria, near Neve Tzuf, was
attacked by gunfire late Tuesday night. There were no reported injuries to
IDF forces that returned fire.=20=20
++++
15. Hizbullah: Unlikely that deal will be reached for release of hostages
before elections
(BNI-JAN.31) Officials of the Hizbullah terror organization on Tuesday
stated that there was almost no hope of a deal being reached with Israel
for the release of Israeli soldiers being held hostage since October, when
they were abducted while on patrol in northern Israel in the Har Dov
region.
Talks for their release have been ongoing via German intermediaries but a
terrorist official told Lebanese TV on Tuesday that Israel is unwilling to
meet demands and terms for the release of terrorists that would lead to
the release of the soldiers.
On October 7, 2000, Hizbullah took Sergeant Adi Avitan, Staff-Sergeant
Avraham Binyamin, and Staff-Sergeant Omer Suaed captive. In a separate
incident, Hizbullah also abducted reserve Colonel Elchanan Tanenbaum, a
businessman. Hizbullah is demanding the release of an unspecified number
of prisoners being held in Israel as well as the release of an unspecified
number of bodies of terrorists in exchange for the four.=20=20
------------------
1. No injuries in Gaza bombing attack=09
2. Barak to visit Yesha communities=09
3. Jerusalem Manufacturers Assoc. concerned over future of Atarot
4. Ben-Eliezer says he will run in party primaries=09
5. Ross blames Arafat for failure to reach an agreement=09
6. UN decides to reduce international force in southern Lebanon=09
7. Barak calls for withdrawal of troops from Judea and Samaria=09
8. Shai police arrest two el-Hader residents=09
9. Egypt opts to continue cold relations=09
10. Field hospital established in India=09
11. PA: Taba talks a bid to save Barak election campaign=09
***************************
31-JAN-01 =96 10:00am
***************************
1. No injuries in Gaza bombing attack
(BNI-JAN.31) A bomb was detonated shortly after 9:00am local time near the
Kissufim Crossing in southern Gaza. The explosion was intended to hit an
IDF patrol operating near the border fence. There were no reports of
injuries.
++++
2. Barak to visit Yesha communities
(BNI-JAN.31) Prime Minister/Defense Minister Ehud Barak will on=20
Wednesday
visit the Yesha communities of Ofra, Kadim and Ganim, in Samaria.
The visit to Ofra would include a condolence visit to the Hirschkowitz
family following the murder of Aryeh Hirschkowitz in a terrorist attack on
Monday night. The visits are also being labeled part of Mr. Barak=92s
re-election campaign.=20
Yesha Council officials have expressed their objection to the planned
visits to Yesha communities as part of Barak=92s re-election campaign,
condemning Mr. Barak=92s attempt at capitalizing on the condolence visit
which in reality they explain is only a campaign stunt. Yesha leaders have
announced the visits to the communities would be boycotted and as a
result, may result in the cancelation by Mr. Barak=92s staff.=20=20
=20=20
++++
3. Jerusalem Manufacturers Assoc. concerned over future of Atarot
(BNI-JAN.31) The head of the Jerusalem=92s Manufacturer=92s Association, Mo=
ti
Tepeberg, on Wednesday stated that he was concerned over the future of the
capital=92s northern Atarot Industrial Park.
According to Tepeberg, recent terrorist attacks in and around Atarot have
led to losses of NIS 300 million and many businesses have already closed
their doors while others may follow suit in the immediate future if the
government does not take action.
One of the major problems plaguing employers is the reality that workers
are too scared to report to work in light of the increasing number of
shooting attack in Atarot and on the roads leading to the industrial park.
At present, the industrial park employs some 4,000 workers.
++++
4. Ben-Eliezer says he will run in party primaries
(BNI-JAN.31) Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, a veteran member of the Labor
Party, stated on Wednesday morning that if the party holds internal
primaries following the Feb. 6 election for prime minister, he would be a
contender in the race.
The announcement comes as pre-election polls place opposition leader MK
Ariel Sharon ahead of the incumbent, Prime Minister Ehud Barak, by between
16-22 percentage points.
It is believed that if Barak loses the election, the Labor Party will hold
primaries to elect a new party leader who would represent Labor=92s interes=
t
in national unity coalition negotiations with a Likud government.=20=20
++++
=20=20
5. Ross blames Arafat for failure to reach an agreement
(BNI-JAN.31) Former US special envoy to the Oslo process, Dennis Ross,
stated that PA Chairman Yassir Arafat was to blame for the failure of the
two sides to reach an agreement based on the bridging proposals put
forward during the last days of the Clinton administration.
According to statements made by Ross, who stepped down from his position
when President Bush took office, the PA took the same position that the
Arabs adopted in 1948, opposing the United Nations partition plan that led
to the establishment of the State of Israel.=20=20
++++
6. UN decides to reduce international force in southern Lebanon
(BNI-JAN.31) The United Nations has decided to reduce the size of its
international peacekeeping force operating in southern Lebanon, on
Israel=92s northern border. The peacekeeping force took up position after
Israel unilaterally withdrew from southern Lebanon last year and totally
complied with UN resolutions calling for an Israeli pullback to the
international border.
The UN Security Council decided to reduce the force to 4,500 from its
present 5,800.=20=20=20
++++
7. Barak calls for withdrawal of troops from Judea and Samaria
(BNI-JAN.31) Prime Minister/Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Tuesday vowed
to create a total separation between areas under Israel=92s and PA control
if reelected on February 6. Barak stated that just as he was successful in
executing the IDF troop withdrawal from the former security zone of
southern Lebanon and bringing the recession in Israel to an end, he would
accomplish a troop withdrawal from Judea and Samaria.=20
Mr. Barak made his statements at an election assembly held in the
Jerusalem Convention Center.
Responding to Barak=92s remarks was Benny Kashriel, the executive director
of the Council of Jewish Communities in Judea, Samaria & Gaza, stating
that Barak has not only fallen short of his promise to be the =93prime
minister of everyone,=94 he has managed to divide the nation and instill
fear in the country due to his policies which resulted in increased daily
terrorism.
Kashriel added that the nation would not permit Barak to =93sell out Jews a=
s
he did the Christians in Lebanon.=94=20=20
Barak opponents explained that Israel did not execute a troop withdrawal
from southern Lebanon as a result of a bilateral agreement as promised,
but IDF forces ran under the cover of darkness in Barak=92s unilateral
withdrawal, while abandoning Israel=92s longtime allies, the members of the
Southern Lebanese Army and their families.
++++
8. Shai police arrest two el-Hader residents
(BNI-JAN.31) Police of the Shai District early Wednesday morning arrested
two residents of the Arab village of el-Hader, in the Gush Etzion area of
Judea. The two are suspected of leading many of the recent attacks against
Israelis on the Jerusalem/Hebron road.=20=20
++++
9. Egypt opts to continue cold relations
(BNI-JAN.31) Officials in Cairo have announced the cancellation of planned
visit on Wednesday by members of Prime Minister Ehud Barak=92s staff to
Cairo who were to brief President Hosni Mubarak on the Oslo process with
the PA.
Although Egyptian officials explained the cancellation was due to
=93technical reasons,=94 analysts believe it is another sign of the continu=
ed
strained relations between Egypt and Israel. As a result of the ongoing
Intifada in Israel, Egypt has recalled its ambassador from Israel,
explaining it was unable to standby while Israeli forces continues using
unjustifiable force against =93innocent Palestinians=94.=20=20
++++
10. Field hospital established in India
(BNI-JAN.31) The Israeli humanitarian delegation dispatched to India
following the earthquake has established a field hospital that is expected
to be operational in the coming hours. Officials participating in the
delegation explain they hope that once operational, the field hospital
will treat some 1,000 victims daily.=20
The medical personnel accompanying the team will enable the hospital to
establish gynecological, surgical, and orthopedic departments as well as
x-ray capabilities and operating suites.
In a related matter, officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have
confirmed that two Israelis reported missing in the quake have been
accounted for on Wednesday morning local time and are reportedly in good
health.=20=20
++++
11. PA: Taba talks a bid to save Barak election campaign
(BNI-JAN.31) According to the head of the PA=92s Palestine Legislative
Council (PNC), the marathon peace negotiations between Israel and the PA
in the Red Sea resort city of Taba were a last effort to save the ailing
election campaign of Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
PLC head Riyad Za=92noun stated the talks were a failure and despite effort=
s
by Barak to achieve some type of agreement prior to the elections in
Israel, he failed to do so.=20=20
++++
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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 10:14:08 -0500
BUSH PUTS FAITH-BASED ORGANISATIONS AT CENTRE OF=20
POLICY=20
Religion is being brought back to the centre of American government by=20
President Bush, who cites his Christianity as the underpinning of his own=20
brand of "compassionate conservatism". Announcing that religious and=20
community organisations would be eligible for billions of dollars in=20
government funding yesterday, Mr Bush gathered 35 Roman Catholic,=20
Protestant, Jewish, Muslim and secular leaders at the White House. They=20
were all people, he said, who had "heard the universal call to love a=20
neighbour like they'd like to be loved themselves, who exist and work hard,=
=20
not out of love of money, but out of the love of their fellow human beings"=
.=20
Mr Bush said a White House office would be established to distribute the=20
money to groups that dealt each day with the "deep needs and real=20
suffering in the shadow of America's affluence", including problems of=20
addiction, gang violence and homelessness. It would be called the White=20
House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives and be headed by=20
John DiIulio, a Catholic. Scott Goldsmith, a Jew and former mayor of=20
Indianapolis, would act as presidential adviser.=20
Although Mr Bush was careful to say he would not fund the religious=20
activities of any group, his initiative provoked criticism from some on the=
=20
Left who said it violated the constitutional separation of church and state=
. In=20
the early days of his presidency, Mr Bush has made it clear that his=20
personal religious faith is almost inseparable from his political philosoph=
y.=20
His inauguration speech contained several biblical references and his=20
education plan unveiled last week allows parents to use government money=20
to send children to religious schools.=20
"He believes faith is a powerful tool to change lives," said Scott McClella=
n,=20
a White House spokesman. Some critics said Mr Bush was foisting religion=20
on Americans without any proof that it could do a better job than=20
government. Others feared that he could be planning to cut spending by=20
curtailing government initiatives. Steve Benen, of Americans United for=20
Separation of Church and State, said a legal challenge might be mounted.=20
"It's a misguided public policy and from a constitutional perspective it's =
a=20
nightmare."=20
But Mr Bush's advisers have calculated that his proposals will find favour=
=20
with a majority of Americans and draw bipartisan support in Congress.=20
Surveys show that around a half of Americans go to church at least twice a=
=20
month. Senator Joe Lieberman, an orthodox Jew who ran for vice-
president, has frequently spoken of the need for the government to promote=
=20
faith-based groups.
Mr Bush renewed his commitment to Christianity at about the age of 40=20
with the help of Billy Graham, the evangelical preacher, and gave up=20
drinking. A Methodist, he reads the Bible every day and attends church at=20
least once a week. His belief in the value of faith-based organisations gre=
w=20
from discussions with Marvin Olasky, one of the first proponents of=20
"compassionate conservatism". Mr Bush hopes that his support for faith-
based initiatives will help him to build bridges with black voters, only 9%=
of=20
whom voted for him in November's election. (The London Telegraph)=20
SYMPATHETIC SIGNALS FROM PRESIDENT BUSH=20
The apostolic nuncio in the United States was upbeat in assessing last=20
Thursday's dinner attended by President George W. Bush and leading=20
Catholic Church figures. "A good beginning, very interesting," said=20
Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo. He was present at the dinner held in=20
Hyattsville, Maryland, in the residence of the new archbishop of=20
Washington, Theodore McCarrick. The event came on the eve of the=20
unveiling of a Bush-administration plan to allow public funding of religiou=
s=20
organizations engaged in assistance, volunteer work and humanitarian aid.=20
Other guests included Cardinal James Hickey, the outgoing archbishop of=20
Washington, D.C.; Bishop Joseph Fiorenza of Galveston-Houston, president=20
of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops; and Auxiliary Bishop=20
William Lori of Washington, who was recently named the new bishop of=20
Bridgeport, Connecticut. President Bush was accompanied by his wife,=20
Laura; his national security adviser, Condolezza Rice; and legal adviser Al=
=20
Gonzalez. Archbishop Montalvo said the purpose of the dinner was to grow=20
in reciprocal knowledge and understanding. Topics were mentioned "that=20
concern the Church," he said.=20
The Italian newspaper Avvenire quoted Susan Gibbs, spokesman of=20
Archbishop McCarrick, commenting on the new president's initiatives. "The=20
freezing of funding for organizations that promote abortion abroad was=20
wonderful. We have been waiting for it for 8 years. The reform of=20
education is also interesting, and the archbishop has always supported the=
=20
use of the 'school check' for parents who wish to send their children to=20
private schools."=20
Archbishop McCarrick has been "foreign minister" of the U.S. bishops'=20
conference, and he is a member of the Federal Commission for=20
International Religious Liberty, formed by the State Department during the=
=20
Clinton administration. As a member of this commission, he was part of a=20
delegation that made an official trip to China, during which he met with=20
President Jiang Zemin, to discuss questions related to freedom of worship.=
=20
According to Gibbs, Archbishop McCarrick would like to continue this=20
endeavor of religious dialogue.=20
The archbishop also is a member of the executive council of the Church's=20
humanitarian agency, Catholic Relief Services, equivalent to Caritas in oth=
er=20
countries. His presence at the dinner coincides with Bush's announcement=20
of the allocation of increased federal funds for religious volunteers. In l=
ine=20
with the "merciful conservatism" Bush proposed during the presidential=20
campaign, he will create a new body designed to support confessional social=
=20
action.=20
The initiative has sparked constitutional concerns over "separation of=20
church and state." But Bush responded: "When it is about saving human=20
lives, we must look especially at the efficacy of the programs." He=20
contends there is no violation of the U.S. Constitution, for 2 reasons. In =
the=20
first place, the organizations receiving funds will be able to carry out so=
cial=20
services, not proselytism; and, in the second place, the beneficiaries will=
=20
have the possibility to choose alternative, non-confessional programs.=20
(Zenit)=20
BISHOP SAYS CHURCH GUILTY OVER SLAVE-LABOUR=20
Germany's leading Roman Catholic bishop says the Church there should=20
recognise its guilt in the plight of the victims of forced labour schemes=20
during WW2. The Bishop of Mainz, Karl Lehman -- a leading liberalcleric=20
who was appointed Cardinal on Sunday -- said the Church in Germany had=20
remained silent for far too long on the issue of Nazi slave labourers. He=20
said that if Germany was to reconcile itself with those minorities and=20
countries that had suffered from Nazi aggression, it had to come to terms=20
with its own past. Last year, the Roman Catholic Church in Germany=20
agreed to pay almost $5mn in compensation to survivors, admitting that up=20
to 1,500 people were forced to work for the church. However experts=20
estimate that about 10,000 people were made to work in monasteries,=20
hospitals and other church institutions. (BBC)=20
CHRISTIANITY DOMINATES THE RELIGIONS=20
Christianity remains the dominant world religion and the number of=20
believers has quadrupled in the last century to nearly 2bn, according to a=
=20
new encyclopedia. Despite the rapid growth of Islam, Christianity is still=
=20
followed by the majority in 66% of the world's 238 countries. The statistic=
s=20
have been gathered for World Christian Encyclopedia, to be published in=20
Britain in June. The last edition was published by Oxford University Press=
=20
in 1982.=20
The Rev Dr David Barrett, principal researcher, has calculated that=20
Christianity grew from 555mn (32.2%t) in 1900 to 1.9bn in 2000 (31%).=20
Islam had 200mn in 1900 (12.3%) and 1.2bn (19.6%) now. Judaism has=20
14mn, Buddhism 60mn, Hinduism 811mn and Sikhism 23mn. Dr Barrett, a=20
former research secretary for the Anglican Communion, said Christianity=20
had grown in the developing world but had experienced "sweeping=20
defections" to secularism in western Europe. (The London Telegraph)=20
BRITAIN & GERMANY KEEP LID ON PACT TALKS=20
Tony Blair and Gerhard Schr=F6der imposed a news blackouton discussions=20
last night over forging a new Anglo-German alliance within the EU. With=20
closer links between Berlin and London likely to result in a downgrading of=
=20
Germany's ties with France, the leaders decided that the agenda was too=20
delicate to make public. A short, pre-dinner question-and-answer session=20
for journalists at Mr Schr=F6der's Berlin home was abruptly cancelled=20
yesterday.=20
According to both governments, the meeting was merely a routine, private=20
get-together. But Germany is keen to explore the possibility of building=20
closer links with EU nations other than its old partner, France, in the=20
aftermath of last month's acrimonious summit in Nice. Mr Schr=F6der was=20
furious at France's refusal to make sacrifices of its own national interest=
s in=20
the name of European integration. Britain has since been mooted as a new=20
potential partner for Berlin or member of a "tripartite alliance" with=20
Germany and France. British officials denied that there was any deliberate=
=20
move to weaken German ties with Paris. (The London Telegraph)=20
* Gerhard Schr=F6der and Tony Blair, both suffering from Cabinet losses,=20
tried to devise a formula yesterday that could turn Europe into a vote-
winner rather than loser. The Prime Minister, perhaps bruised by the=20
Mandelson affair, seemed to be almost allergic to the press and refused=20
even to make a bland statement when he turned up for dinner in Berlin. The=
=20
German leader tried to relax the plainly tense Prime Minister with jocular=
=20
small talk. =93That,=94 he said of a large abstract painting on the wall of=
his=20
living room, =93is not a portrait of the current situation in Germany.=94=20
Mr Blair was once something of a mentor to Herr Schr=F6der, helping to=20
shape him as a modernising Social Democrat. The crucial part in the British=
=20
education of the German leader was played by Peter Mandelson, who, in a=20
joint strategy paper with Bodo Hombach, set out the contours of the Anglo-
German relationship in Europe. Neither Mr Mandelson nor Herr Hombach=20
(banished to a Balkans fundraising job in Brussels after a house-purchase=20
scandal) was present in Berlin.=20
Insiders said that Mr Mandelson was present in spirit, for the 2 leaders=20
found common ground on the Mandelsonian question: =93How do we give=20
more democratic legitimacy to Europe?=94 The Chancellor was using his=20
dinner with Mr Blair as a launch-pad for his =93post-Nice agenda=94, suppos=
ed=20
to steer Europe towards a constitutional conference in 2004. The Germans=20
want a legally binding document that shares out the responsibilities of=20
Europe between Brussels, national governments and the regions. [Nothing=20
wrong with this, is there?] The British Government is sympathetic to a=20
document that lays out future competencies and states the general=20
principles of the new Europe, but is wary about how this should be=20
anchored in law.=20
The Prime Minister is enthusiastic about any reform that enhances the=20
democratic credentials of the EU because that would make it easier to sell=
=20
the euro in a future referendum campaign. Herr Schr=F6der, whose partial=20
conversion to a federalist vision is relatively recent, also knows that onl=
y=20
boosting the democratic image of the EU will guard him against criticism in=
=20
next year=92s general election. This election will coincide with the introd=
uction=20
of the euro as an over-the-counter currency and with the final (and most=20
delicate) stages before eastward enlargement. Both issues leave him=20
vulnerable to attack from his most likely rival, Edmund Stoiber, the Bavari=
an=20
Prime Minister.=20
Herr Schr=F6der, who will meet President Chirac of France and Lionel=20
Jospin, the French Prime Minister, tomorrow, has called for a new definitio=
n=20
of the Franco-German relationship. The Chancellor is aware that the=20
balance of advantage in this relationship has shifted towards the Germans.=
=20
His proposals for a more tightly integrated Europe are designed in part to=
=20
reassure Paris that Germany is not seeking a Germandominated Europe.=20
But the proposals are out of step with the French mood, which has become=20
deeply suspicious of German initiatives.=20
Yet the Anglo-German relationship has also been shifting. In the summer of=
=20
1998 Mr Blair met Herr Schr=F6der privately in the British Ambassador=92s=20
residence in Bonn. The Chancellor=92s campaign was thus blessed and given=20
gentle help by Blairite missionaries. The British influence on Herr Schr=F6=
der=20
has since shrunk. Although both leaders seem to be suffering similar=20
problems, the Chancellor is at an earlier stage of his ruling cycle. (The=20
London Times)=20
FRANCO-GERMAN DIVISION=20
The strains in Franco-German relations reflect personal differences as well=
=20
as profound changes within Europe=20
The venue has been chosen with great care. President Jacques Chirac of=20
France and Lionel Jospin, his prime minister, will sit down to dinner on=20
Wednesday night with Gerhard Schr=F6der in an exclusive country restaurant=
=20
not far from Strasbourg on the Franco-German border. It is secluded,=20
intimate and in the heart of Alsace, the French region where the cultures o=
f=20
the 2 countries are most closely intertwined. The speciality of the chef -=
=20
choucroute au poisson, sauerkraut with fish, reflects that history.=20
The significance of the gathering is matched only by its sensitivity. The=20
postwar partnership between France and Germany, on which the EU was=20
founded, is once more under strain. The meeting is informal and no agenda=20
has been set but both sides are acutely aware of the need to revive their=20
relationship. Yet the chances of a breakthrough with any sort of joint=20
initiative are decidedly slim. "They will be walking on eggshells," accordi=
ng=20
to one adviser.=20
Officials on both sides and close observers of the Franco-German alliance=20
reject suggestions that it is dying - or indeed already dead. They insist t=
hat=20
without a close understanding between Paris and Berlin, continuing=20
development of the EU and its enlargement to embrace the emerging=20
democracies of central and eastern Europe could grind to a halt. They=20
declare their determination to make it work well once again. But they=20
scarcely seek to disguise the present divide.=20
"It is true that both sides have taken positions on the basis of their nati=
onal=20
interests that were not identical," said Pierre Moscovici, the French minis=
ter=20
for Europe, in a weekend interview with Der Spiegel, the German=20
magazine. He cited their clash over financing the agriculture policy at the=
=20
1999 EU summit in Berlin and their latest quarrel over their respective=20
voting weights at last month's European summit in Nice. "Undoubtedly, that=
=20
has weakened the EU," he admitted, "for our partners have got used to=20
France and Germany pulling in the same direction."=20
Behind the growing divide lie personal factors, the complex chemistry=20
between today's leaders and the political pressures of domestic politics -=
=20
especially in France, where authority is divided between a socialist=20
government and a conservative head of state. At the same time, there have=20
been much deeper structural changes in Germany, France and the EU. Yet=20
it would be wrong to see the relationship as one that has been harmonious=20
for decades only to deteriorate under the stewardship of Mr Chirac and Mr=20
Schr=F6der.=20
"Franco-German relations have always been difficult," says Anne-Marie Le=20
Gloannec of the Centre Marc Bloch, a Berlin think-tank. "There were=20
psycho-dramas throughout the '70s, with each side having great panics=20
about what the other was up to. The difference is that now there is no=20
psycho-drama. The brain scan is flat." One senior French diplomat puts it=20
slightly differently. "Traditionally, France and Germany were in opposite=20
corners on almost every issue. So it was only when we agreed that it was=20
possible for everyone to agree and reach a solution."=20
That was how it used to be. But the EU and its individual member states=20
have changed since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Germany became=20
much the largest country and economy in the EU, with a population of 82m=20
against less than 60m apiece for the UK, France and Italy. Enlargement to=20
include Austria, Finland and Sweden in 1994 tipped the voting balance away=
=20
from the big countries in favour of more complex alliances of large and=20
small. With the EU set to expand from its present 15 to at least 27 and=20
probably more than 30 member states, that trend will become ever more=20
pronounced.=20
But while Germany seems increasingly confident about the future, France's=20
behaviour has become ever more querulous and unpredictable.At Nice, Mr=20
Schroder allowed other member states to make his arguments for him, and=20
barely insisted on extra votes to reflect Germany's larger population. Mr=20
Chirac was the one who turned it into a serious confrontation. Their=20
personal relationship has certainly soured an already difficult atmosphere.=
=20
On one hand, the French president is notoriously undiplomatic. The=20
chemistry was difficult when Helmut Kohl was German chancellor,=20
although they were both conservatives. With Mr Schr=F6der he shares neither=
=20
politics nor temperament.=20
Unlike Mr Kohl, for whom a commitment to Europe was the essential price=20
of German unification and a means to German rehabilitation, Mr Schr=F6der=20
bears no baggage from WW2; as Ms Le Gloannec puts it, he is interested=20
in "a return on his investment". Mr Schr=F6der showed it at the Berlin summ=
it=20
on the future financing of the EU when he demanded a cut in Germany's=20
net budget contribution. But on that occasion he was thwarted by the=20
opposition of Mr Chirac, who was determined to preserve the common=20
agricultural policy for France.=20
The clash in Berlin laid the seeds for the confrontation in Nice. Some say=
=20
that Mr Schroder was determined to have his revenge, and made no=20
attempt to co-ordinate the French and German positions in advance. "It was=
=20
obvious we would get a better deal with everyone around the table,"=20
according to one German negotiator. Both sides have been involved in bitter=
=20
recriminations since. "Every statement the Germans make seems to be=20
interpreted with a pro-European prejudice," says a senior French diplomat.=
=20
"But the reality is that the Germans are pursuing positions close to their=
=20
national interest. Germany did not make a single concession at Nice." (The=
=20
Financial Times - Analysis)=20
ITALIANS & FRENCH CEMENT NEW ALLIANCE=20
As EU countries look for new partnerships after last month=92s Nice summit,=
=20
Italy and France yesterday put aside differences to forge a new alliance,=20
agreeing to invest in new road and rail links. In talks at the Royal Palace=
in=20
Turin President Chirac and Giuliano Amato, the Italian Prime Minister,=20
agreed that the Mont Blanc tunnel would re-open in September, 2½=20
years after it closed after a disastrous fire. Italy, for which the Mont Bl=
anc=20
tunnel is a vital trade link with northern Europe, had pressed for it to re=
-
open in June, but settled for a later date to allow for French delays over=
=20
safety checks.=20
Rome also made a concession to Paris over plans for a new high-speed rail=20
link between Turin and Lyons, agreeing to a start-up date of 2015, despite=
=20
Italian environmental concerns. Gianni Agnelli, the head of Fiat, whose=20
power has earned him the title =93the uncrowned King of Italy=94, said in a=
n=20
article written for the French newspaper Le Figaro that the transport links=
=20
would cement =93strong cohesion=94 between France and Italy.=20
Diplomats said that Italy was flattered to be courted by France and=20
conscious of its potential role as a =93medium-sized power with European=20
clout=94 after the demise of the traditional Franco-German axis at the EU=20
summit last month. =93Both France and Britain find Italy an attractive ally=
,=94=20
one said. =93It played a mediating role at Nice and, with the exception of=
=20
immigration and protection of the Italian food industry, there are few=20
European issues on which it takes an all-or-nothing stand.=94=20
La Stampa of Turin said that Italy shared French concerns over German=20
=93preponderance=94 in Europe. It noted that Italy was also seeking an=20
understanding with Britain in the post-Nice debate over how national voting=
=20
should be re-weighted in an enlarged EU and had =93always distrusted the=20
Franco-German axis=94.=20
Observers said it was significant that Francesco Rutelli, who on Sunday=20
stepped down as Mayor of Rome to campaign as the Centre-Left=92s=20
candidate to succeed Signor Amato as Italy=92s next Prime Minister in=20
elections this spring, had made London his first port of call. Signor Rutel=
li is=20
to hold talks with Tony Blair today, after his talks with Gerhard Schr=F6de=
r.=20
Signor Rutelli, 46, who trades on his youth and good looks, hopes that a=20
=93Blair endorsement=94 will help him to close the gap on Silvio Berlusconi=
, the=20
64-year-old media tycoon and leader of the Italian Centre-Right, who is=20
ahead in most of the opinion polls. (The London Times)=20
E.U. ALLIANCES UNDER STRAIN=20
This week a series of top-level meetings among the leaders of Germany,=20
France and Britain may give a clue to the direction of the Great Debate=20
about Europe's future, which was launched at the EU summit in Nice last=20
December. The UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair, dined with the German=20
Chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, in Berlin on Monday, amid signs that=20
Germany is reasserting itself as leader of a federal, integrated Europe.=20
And Mr Schroeder travels to Strasbourg on Wednesday for a meeting with=20
Jacques Chirac aimed at patching up the 2 countries' "special relationship"=
.=20
That will be hard, since Germany and France now disagree openly about=20
the way ahead. The Nice summit revealed the naked power play behind all=20
the talk of idealism and common interests among the main players in the=20
debate. Now each is staking out its own ground on Europe's battlefield of=20
ideas. But Europe's media are seeing the meetings and speeches largely as=20
a dialogue of the deaf, in which tempers are becoming badly frayed.=20
An influential member of the European Commission, the Dutchman Frits=20
Bolkestein, has spoken of Europe's current "shifting alliances". But Mr=20
Bolkestein himself deplores these shows of national rivalry. Many, like him=
,=20
now fear that the Great Debate will give off more heat than light. A clash=
=20
between Germany and Britain appears inevitable, after Chancellor=20
Schroeder in recent days stepped up his rhetoric in favour of a formal=20
constitution for the EU, and called for more integration among the EU=20
states, which would further pare away the powers of its nation-states.=20
But the greatest danger for the project of a "united Europe" comes from the=
=20
new Franco-German tensions. The French Government, shaken by=20
Germany's new political assertiveness, questions Berlin's motives in seekin=
g=20
more supranational powers for the EU. And it fears German domination of=20
central and eastern Europe. In an interview in the German news magazine=20
Der Spiegel, the French Minister for Europe, Pierre Moscovici, pleaded for=
=20
"a Europe of nations". He acknowledged the warning signs of a climate of=20
mistrust between France and Germany, and said they must be nipped in the=20
bud. Any open power rivalry between them, he said, would be "extremely=20
dangerous for both, and disastrous for the European Union". (BBC -=20
Analysis)=20
MICHAEL TURNER =0F
(mykelturner@airmail.net)=20
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Subject: [bprlist] Super Bowl Mug Shots
From: "George & Rita Williams"
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 19:02:47 -0000
Super Bowl visitor's photos compared to mug shots
TAMPA - Super Bowl visitor's pictures we taken Sunday as they entered
Raymond James stadium. The photos were then scanned and compared to
mugshots of known criminals.
Some say it's just like big brother - others say it's necessary to
help stop crime.
The camera-scan technology was first used in full-force on Super Bowl
Sunday. All 72,000 ticket holders had their images captured and
compared in a fraction of a second.
The same technology will soon be in place in Ybor City's police
camera and experts say more major sporting events and concerts will
be next to link in to the database.
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Subject: [bprlist] Girl leaves Catholicism over bread
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 18:04:45 -0500
*** Girl leaves Catholicism over bread
BOSTON (AP) - Jenny suffers from celiac disease, which causes her to
get sick from eating gluten, a protein in wheat and other grains.
She can safely eat rice. The Archdiocese of Boston has told the
family that the church cannot substitute a rice communion wafer for
the traditional wheat one, citing 2,000 years of tradition and
faith. The Richardson family now worships at a Methodist church,
where the rules on communion are more flexible because Methodists
believe the bread and wine are symbolic, not the actual
transubstantiated body and blood of Jesus. Doug and Janice
Richardson, who live with their three children in the Boston suburb
of Natick, say they were told by their parish priest, the Rev. Dan
Twomey, that Jenny could take communion in the form of wine instead
of bread. They declined. "She feels different wherever she goes but
shouldn't be made to feel different in church," her mother says.
Jenny's mother says even if the church were to come around now, the
family's decision to leave is permanent. "I believe Jesus would have
made an exception," she says.
Infobeat
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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 18:06:00 -0500
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Subject: Official Palestinian press office WAFA:
'Israel uses poisonous gas against helpless civilians'
Official Palestinian press office WAFA: 'Israel uses poisonous gas against
helpless civilians'
http://www.wafa.pna.net/EngText/31-01-2001/page001.htm
NEWS IN BRIEF
Jan.31st.2001
...
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Clashes broke out yesterday between Palestinian citizens of Silwad, in the
West Bank, and the Israeli soldiers.
The soldiers used live ammunition and poisonous gas against the helpless
citizens.
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Subject: [bprlist] BNI.Priority News 3,4 (1/31/01)
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 18:07:09 -0500
1. Labor Party secretary calls on Levys to resign from Knesset
2. Sher: Possible meeting with Arafat before election=09
3. Hizbullah: Israeli Arabs may not participate in the election=09
4. Stone-throwing attacks continue in Gush Shilo area=09
5. Bomb thrown at soldiers in Hebron=09
***************************
31-JAN-01 =96 3:15pm
***************************
1. Labor Party secretary calls on Levys to resign from Knesset
(BNI-JAN.31) Labor Party Secretary Raanan Cohen has called upon MK=20
David
and Maxim Levy to resign from the Knesset in light of their announced
support for the Likud prime ministerial candidate, Ariel Sharon.=20
The Gesher Party MKs following the last election joined the One Israel
coalition but resigned in protest of the government=92s position in
negotiations with the PA.
Cohen explained that the brothers entered the Knesset in the framework of
the One Israel coalition and since they have now moved over to Likud, they
must resign from the parliament.=20=20
++++
2. Sher: Possible meeting with Arafat before election
(BNI-JAN.31) The director of the Prime Minister=92s Bureau Gilead Sher
stated that there was still a chance for a meeting between Prime Minister
Ehud Barak and PA Chairman Yassir Arafat before the Feb. 6 election, most
likely in Egypt.
Sher stated he was unable to say with certainty that the meet would take
place but indicated efforts were still underway.=20=20
++++
3. Hizbullah: Israeli Arabs may not participate in the election
(BNI-JAN.31) A senior Hizbullah leader has issued a call to Arab citizens
of Israel not to participate in the upcoming election for prime minister.
The Hizbullah religious leader stated that participation in the election
was a violation of Islamic law since it is forbidden to give any
legitimacy to the State of Israel.=20=20
++++
4. Stone-throwing attacks continue in Gush Shilo area
(BNI-JAN.31) Stone-throwing attacks were reported during the morning on
Route 60, in Samaria, near the Arab village of Luban a-Sharqiya, on the
northern border of the area known as Gush Shilo.
++++
5. Bomb thrown at soldiers in Hebron
(BNI-JAN.31) An explosive device was hurled at soldiers from the
marketplace into the Jewish Quarter of Hebron Tuesday morning. The device
failed to detonate and bomb-demolition experts neutralized it.
The Kol Rina News Agency reported the device was thrown at a time when
kindergarten children were being released for the day.=20=20
Area residents are demanding the IDF close down the street of the open-air
Arab marketplace adjacent to the Jewish Quarter to avoid additional
attacks in the future.
---------------
1. Gunfire directed at Shavei Shomron sentry post=09
2. No injuries in firebomb attack against public bus=09
3. PM agrees to place East Jerusalem telephone service in PA hands
4. PA: IDF shoots and kills Arab man near Netzarim Junction=09
5. TA resident falls victim to carjacking=09
6. Efrat resident accosted by Arab males=09
7. Two firebombs hurled at public bus in capital
8. Gaza southern DCO attacked by gunfire=09
9. Rehovot post office targeted by bandits=09
10.PA security forces turn over body of Israeli Arab=09
*************************
31-JAN-01 =96 9:08pm
*************************
1. Gunfire directed at Shavei Shomron sentry post
(BNI-JAN.31) There were no reports of injuries in a Wednesday night
shooting attack in northern Samaria. Gunmen opened fire from inside an
Arab taxi as it passed the entrance to the community of Shavei Shomron.
Soldiers stationed in the position did not return fire.=20=20
++++
2. No injuries in firebomb attack against public bus
(BNI-JAN.31) Four firebombs were hurled at an Egged public bus traveling
in Samaria as it passed through the Arab village of Hawarah. There were no
reports of injuries.
NOTE: Hawarah is located north of Tapuach Junction.=20=20
++++
3. PM agrees to place East Jerusalem telephone service in PA hands
(BNI-JAN.31) According to PA sources, the government of Prime Minister
Ehud Barak has agreed to the formation of the =9101=92 area code, a new ent=
ity
to service telephone clients in predominately Arab eastern Jerusalem. The
new entity inside the capital will be under the control of the PA Ministry
of Communications.
According to officials in Israel=92s Ministry of Communications, there has
been no discussion of any agreement to hand over control of eastern
Jerusalem telephone services to the PA.
++++
4. PA: IDF shoots and kills Arab man near Netzarim Junction
(BNI-JAN.31) According to PA officials, a man in his fifties was shot and
killed at Netzarim Junction in Gaza by IDF gunfire. IDF officials report a
man in his fifties was killed at the location as a result of a motor
vehicle accident, not a shooting.=20
++++
5. TA resident falls victim to carjacking
(BNI-JAN.31) A Tel Aviv resident filed a complaint with police after
residents of the Israeli Arab municipality of Baka el-Gharbiya persuaded
him to bring his GMC Savanna which he had advertised for sale.=20
When the unsuspecting vehicle owner arrived at the Taiba/Kalansua
Junction, he was met by two Baka el-Gharbiya residents who requested that
they all drive to their home to inspect the 4 x 4 vehicle.
Once inside the Arab municipality, one pulled a knife and placed it at the
throat of the Tel Aviv resident who was thrown from the vehicle at
Checkpoint 103, then speeding off with their prize towards the nearby PA
autonomous area.=20=20
++++
6. Efrat resident accosted by Arab males
(BNI-JAN.31) A female resident of the Efrat local municipality in Judea on
Wednesday was accosted by Arab males while walking on a security road
below HaMaiyan Street in the Gefen section of the community.=20
The incident occurred at about 3:30pm. The female was chased by Arab
males, forcing her to make an escape via a rocky terrain. She escaped
unharmed physically and filed a complaint with police.=20=20
++++
7. Two firebombs hurled at public bus in capital
(BNI-JAN.31) An Egged public bus was hit with two firebombs while
traveling near the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem on Wednesday evening.
There were no reported injuries.=20
The attack marked the second consecutive day of firebomb attacks in the
capital at the very same location.
Another firebomb attack was reported on Wednesday evening at the border
between Jerusalem and Ras el-Amud. There were no reported injuries.=20=20
++++
8. Gaza southern DCO attacked by gunfire
(BNI-JAN.31) The IDF=92s southern District Coordinating Office in Gaza was
attacked with gunfire from the PA autonomous city of Khan Yunis on
Wednesday night. There were no reported injuries. Soldiers returned fire. =
=20
Earlier in the evening, soldiers stationed in Neve Dekalim, in Gaza, were
attacked by PA gunfire. No injuries.
++++
9. Rehovot post office targeted by bandits
(BNI-JAN.31) A post office located in the Kiryat Moshe neighborhood of
Rehovot was targeted by robbers on Wednesday evening. Two men, carrying=20
a
knife and handgun, entered the post office and announced the robbery.
The two made off with an undisclosed sum of money to a waiting getaway
car.=20
There were no reports of injuries. Police are investigating.=20=20
++++
10. PA security forces turn over body of Israeli Arab=20
(BNI-JAN.31) PA security forces on Wednesday turned over the body of an
Israeli Arab female to Israel Police in the Benjamin District station. The
PA troops came from the neighboring PA autonomous city of Ramallah. It is
being reported that the body exhibited signs of violence and blunt trauma.
Police report it is believed the female was killed in her home on Tuesday
in the Arab village of Bir Nabala, bordering the northern capital.=20
The remains were sent to the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute and preliminary
examination of the corpse indicates the victim was choked to death.
The unnamed female=92s husband has been arrested and remanded for seven=20
days
as the investigation continues.=20=20
++++
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Subject: [bprlist] EU unveils plan to fight cybercrime
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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 18:14:34 -0500
EU unveils plan to fight cybercrime
From...
January 31, 2001
Web posted at: 1:04 p.m. EST (1804 GMT)
by Paul Meller
(IDG) -- The European Commission Tuesday revealed details of its proposals
to combat cybercrime, first announced late last year.
'The freedom of the Internet, the source of its very success, has to be
preserved,' said Commissioner in charge of Internet issues, Erkki Liikanen,
announcing the proposals. But he added, "The fact also is: No security, no
trust, no transactions.'
He said that the impressive growth forecasts for e-commerce will remain a
'pie in the sky' if people cannot trust electronic transactions.
The Commission will present its paper on cybercrime to the Council of
Ministers of the European Union (EU) and to the European Parliament. The
paper outlines a policy to combat computer crime and describes the
mechanisms necessary to achieve this without hindering rapid development
of e-commerce in the EU or affecting citizens' fundamental right to privacy.
The paper proposes a number of legislative and nonlegislative actions.
Legislative proposals include harmonizing member states' laws. In the short
term, those relating to child pornography offenses and incitement to racism
will be targeted, and in the longer term the commission will bring forward
proposals to deal with criminal law on high-tech crime, including hacking and
denial-of-service attacks.
Nonlegislative action proposed in the paper includes the creation of an EU
Forum to raise public awareness and promote best practices in IT security.
The forum will bring together representatives from law enforcement agencies,
service providers, network operators, consumer groups and data protection
authorities.
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Subject: [bprlist] General admits EU army will be rival to Nato
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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 18:16:03 -0500
General admits EU army will be rival to Nato
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in Brussels
I didn't agree to euro tax policy, says Blair
THE European Union's Rapid Reaction Force will start to compete with Nato
once it acquires a full range of strategic military assets, the head of the EU's
new military staff said yesterday.
Major-General Graham Messervy-Whiting said the force of 60,000 would
undertake humanitarian tasks at first but later would progress to more
muscular operations similar to those carried out by Nato troops in Bosnia.
The British general said in a seminar at the Centre for European Policy
Studies in Brussels: "Initially, we would in no way want to compete with
Nato.
"In the early years we'll be looking at things below the Nato threshold, things
Nato doesn't do, like disaster relief and evacuation of citizens. In due course,
once our collective capabilities are developed and we have strategic
transport, the EU should be in a position to go higher.
"At that point, there will have to be a critical conversation between the
European Union and Nato over who takes on what." The Government insists
that the new force is merely an adjunct to Nato and poses no threat to the
cohesion of the Atlantic Alliance.
This week, Geoff Hoon, Defence Secretary, accused sections of the British
press of whipping up false fears about the intentions behind EU defence co-
operation. He said concern over the creation of a European army had arisen
"from a false premise that the member states have committed forces to a
permanent standing Rapid Reaction Force."
He said: "We have not. We have certainly not created, or even taken the first
steps towards, a European army." Brigadier Geoffrey van Orden, the Tory
defence spokesman in Brussels, said: "It is clear there is now complete
confusion among ministers, senior officials, and military officers about what
the rapid reaction force is all about and what the consequences are going to
be."
The EU force is designed for deployment within 60 days for up to a year,
anywhere in the world, backed by 400 aircraft and a naval force - a
commitment that could tie down a quarter of a million men once rotation is
taken into account. It will be fully operational by 2003, but could start
carrying out limited missions much sooner.
The purpose of the force is not clear because Britain and France, the two
main EU powers behind it, have starkly different views about the way it
should develop. In December, President Chirac said Europe's military arm
should be independent from Nato's Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers
Europe.
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Subject: [bprlist] New Pecking Order as Europe Steals Davos Show
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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 18:19:02 -0500
New Pecking Order as Europe Steals Davos Show
John Markoff New York Times Service
Wednesday, January 31, 2001
DAVOS, Switzerland The bursting of the Internet bubble last year has
brought with it some changes in the pecking order at the World Economic
Forum, whose annual meetings concluded on Tuesday in this Swiss ski
village.
Gone were many of the U.S.-based dot-com e commerce executives who
have in recent years preached a mantra here that "the Internet changes
everything." Humbled were the Silicon Valley technology elite who have
played an increasingly visible role here but are now facing gloomy
recessionary cutbacks.
In their place was a resurgent high-tech Europe, feeling increasingly
confident, buoyed by a stronger economy and less inclined than ever to take
a backseat to the United States in technology leadership.
"This year there is definitely less lecturing and less arrogance from the
Americans,'' said Erkki Liikanen, a Finnish member of the European
Commission and a technology expert.
At this year's conference, the Americans spent much of the week debating
whether the U.S. economy would have a soft or hard landing.
And the Japanese have continued to be mired in a decade-long recession,
prompting Fukushiro Nukaga - a former cabinet member responsible for
economic and fiscal policy - to project annual gross domestic product growth
straining to rise above 1 percent.
It was left to the Europeans to look most optimistically toward the future with
the final move to a single currency on Jan. 1, 2002, and a unified market that
will be as large as the United States.
"There are certain natural advantages that Europe will have in the next era,"
said Anthony Perkins, editor in chief of the Red Herring, a Silicon Valley
magazine that covers the venture capital business.
New opportunities in Europe during the past year have led to an influx of blue
chip Silicon Valley venture capital firms, including Accel Partners,
Benchmark Capital and Draper Fisher, all of which have opened offices in
Europe looking to invest in technology start-up ventures.
The new European mind-set is focused on the potential of the Internet as
intently as it gripped the United States.
In fact, Europe's unified approach to technical standards appears to be giving
it a significant advantage in the coming second era of the Internet, which will
focus on mobile wireless and interactive television. European Internet use
has risen to 28 percent of all households in January 2001 from 18 percent in
March of 2000, placing the European market about one and a half years
behind the U.S. market, but growing far more quickly, said Mr. Liikanen, the
Finnish member of the European Commission.
Quicker growth in information technology took place across the board in
Europe in 2000. For example, IBM Europe grew at 18 percent last year,
while IBM U.S. grew at 8 percent.
Despite the new European strength, there are still significant U.S. areas of
strength in comparison with Europe. Europe still does not match the U.S.
culture of entrepreneurial risk taking, said Esther Dyson, a U.S. venture
capitalist.
"The American attitude is let's make a few mistakes because we'll learn from
them,'' Ms. Dyson said. "The tendency in Europe is to wait for enabling
legislation."
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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 18:20:02 -0500
Education Bills May Be Trouble For HomeSchoolers
Several education bills will be introduced to Congress, including an education
tax credit provision, which would provide a substantial credit on federal
income taxes for educational expenses. The advantage of such a provision is
that it would provide home, private and public school families the opportunity
to reduce their tax burdens, and allow them to spend more on their children's
education.
But many advocates of education tax cuts or vouchers do not seem aware of
the issue's down side. Currently the country's "educratic" system -- the
Departments of Labor and Education plus the private think tanks,
foundations, and regional laboratories -- have made it clear they do not intend
to allow private and home school children to evade their web of control (and
money).
This control would be exercised by imposing nationally standardized testing
on even private and home schoolers, who would have to demonstrate
standardized exit outcomes -- about 50% of which are psycho-social in
nature and not academic -- in order to progress to an institute of higher
learning or even get a job under Careers and School-to-Work.
This comprehensive overall plan of womb-to-tomb federal education has been
in the works for well over two decades. It consists of an interlocking net of
educators, government officials, social workers and private industry, all of
whom would monitor the activities of each family and record the information
in a nationally accessible database. The plan has been passing into law
piecemeal in sections of seemingly disconnected legislation.
Rather than being something new, President Bush's new "NO CHILD LEFT
BEHIND" plan seems to be cementing the direction education has been
taking. The plan gives states, districts, and public schools increased
flexibility, while requiring higher standards of accountability. This would mean
annual "assessments" for ALL students.
Many parents are unaware that federal education has made a major
emphasis change from academics to job training, modeled on the Soviet
system of education. Thus the "assessments" to be required will most likely
mean conforming to politically correct norms of thought, mental health, and
other parameters, which have nothing to do with academic education. This
very shift is the one reason so many parents are fleeing the public school
system. An imposition of these requirements would just shove them back
into the system.
The use of tax credits or vouchers will invariably be easy at first as private
and home schoolers begin to receive money and get used to it as part of
their family budgets. But once they become "addicted" to the federal money,
more and more demands will be made in order to continue to receive it.
Shortly thereafter, there will be little difference between public school and
home schooling, because home schoolers will be jumping through the same
politically correct and psychosocial hoops they sought to escape from in the
first place.
Currently, President Bush's education Plan exempts home schoolers from
federal control. However, the devil is in the details and the legislative
language has not yet been written. Stay tuned. (Source: KHouse eNews -
For The Week Of January 30, 2001)
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Subject: [bprlist] Hebrew Code Matrixes
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 21:15:38 -0500
The Resignation of Ehud Barak as Prime Minister in Israel (gif)
by Dr. Asali Zaki of Israel (December 13, 2000)
A matrix on Ehud Barak's resignation as PM on Saturday,
December
9. It sort of brings up the idea of perhaps doing another matrix on
the upcoming election in 2 months?
Who is the Wonderful Counselor, the Prince of Peace? (gif) by JW
Embry (November 8, 2000)
An application of titles for the coming Messiah in a matrix, and
whether these titles apply to Yeshua (Jesus).
Intifadha--Middle East in Crisis matrix (gif) by Dr. Asali Zaki of
Israel (October 19, 2000)
The recent crisis in the Middle East has grabbed the attention of
the
world, with its seemingly senseless killing of people. Dr. Asali has
delved into the Bible code to examine the current situation.
Cloning Research matrix (gif) by Dr. Asali Zaki of Israel
(September 2, 2000)
Two different views of the same matrix and an excellent
presentation
of the subject of cloning and its appllication to humans. Extremely
significant matrixes about a subject that engenders some fears of
abuse, while promising the potential of cures for diseases and
allowing conception for infertile couples.
Russian Submarine "Kursk" matrix (gif) by Dr. Asali Zaki of Israel
(August 21, 2000)
Matrix shows the end result of the recent tragedy in the Barents
Sea,
where the Oscar II submarine Kursk, suffered a catastrophic
explosion leading to the loss of all life onboard. We mourn the loss
of life with the people of Russia. At the bottom of the page is a
more
fully developed matrix using the same information as Dr. Asali,
done
by the webmaster (Roy A. Reinhold). Take a good look and I am
sure you'll see that it answers a number of questions.
Camp David Middle East Summit (gif) by Dr. Asali Zaki of Israel
(August 1, 2000)
A significant matrix on the recent Middle East summit at Camp
David hosted by the USA. The matrix shows the failure of the
process. However, from Bible prophecy we know that there will be
a
future successful peace treaty in the Middle East.
Unity of God matrix (gif) by Victor Pereira of Portugal (May 16,
2000)
OK, it's light on depth, but it looks good!!
Leukemia matrix (gif) by Dr. Asali Zaki of Israel (May 11, 2000)
A good start on the subject, but statistically a minor matrix.
Human Genome Project (gif) by Dr. Asali Zaki of Israel (April 18,
2000)
Statistically significant matrix and nice graphics on the Human
Genome Project and Celera Corp. progress.
Pope's Visit to Israel & Jordan matrix (gif) by Dr. Asali Zaki of
Israel (March 29, 2000)
A matrix that highlights the Pope's visit to many sites in Jordan &
Israel, from March 20-26, 2000.
Alzheimer's Disease matrix (gif) by Dr. Asali Zaki of Israel (March
19, 2000)
A matrix on the old-age disease that strikes many very elderly
people, with degenerative brain symptoms.
Life Matrix on Radio/TV Host Sid Roth (gif) by Roy A. Reinhold
(March 3, 2000)
Challenged by the host, Sid Roth, on claims of life matrixes in the
Bible code, this very significant matrix was developed in a short time
to answer the challenge. It is a large matrix with a large matrix report,
so the page will take a little time to download, be patient, it is well
worth it. I've also decided to use this matrix as a learning tool to
teach others all the lessons I've learned from doing life matrixes.
After viewing the matrix and matrix report here, go to the articles
section of this site for a 3-part detailed analysis. (note: I don't have
all the answers, but I believe I have some of them :-)
Armenicum, the Aids Cure? matrix (gif) by Dr. Asali Zaki of Israel
(February 22, 2000)
A matrix on an aids cure discovered in Armenia, using Armenicum.
[Note: We on this website don't say that this is "the" cure, but Dr.
Asali Zaki in Italy feels that it may be the antidote.]
A Matrix About the Dark Side (gif) by JW Embry (February 19,
2000)
The topic of the matrix is Lucifer and Satan, and shows that they are
one and the same being. It dispels lies and confusion over the
matter. An excellent matrix.
Justice, Judgment & Jubilee in 5760? matrix (gif) by Victor
Pereira (February 18, 2000)
Another beautifully done matrix by Victor. Like the matrix below,
there is also the possibility that the matrix shows Jubilee in 5765
instead of 5760. Read the comments at the end.
Year 5760 matrix (gif) by Victor Pereira of Portugal (February 18,
2000)
A beautifully done matrix by Victor. It presents a possible
portentious message to the world. Read the analysis at the end to
find out why it may also show 5766 instead of 5760 (2005/6 versus
1999/2000).
Cloning Dolly the Sheep matrix (gif) by JW Embry (January 17,
2000)
The matrix on cloning is well done, showing all the relevant
information about the cloning of Dolly the sheep by the Roslin
Insititute in Scotland.
Diabetes matrix (gif) by Dr. Asali Zaki of Israel (January 4, 2000)
Another matrix on a topic of medicine by Dr. Asali. The hope is that
the Bible code may reveal cures for diseases in the future as we
learn more and develop our capabilities.
Penicillen matrix (gif) by Dr. Asali Zaki of Israel (December 4, 1999)
A look at whether diseases and cures may be in the Bible code. We
hope there is more effort in this area of codes research in the future.
The Beatles (gif) by JW Embry (November 22, 1999)
A nice matrix on the Beatles, with accompanying pictures.
Jesus the Messiah (Yeshua haMashiach) (gif) by Victor Pereira of
Portugal (Nov 17, 1999)
A beautifully done matrix on Yeshua as the true & genuine Messiah
from the Torah.
Covenant of the Commandments matrix (gif) by Dr. Asali Zaki in
Italy (November 11, 1999)
A matrix on the 10 commandments given at Mt. Sinai (Mt. Horeb) to
Moses by God on 2 stone tablets.
The Sphinx in Egypt (gif) by Dr. Asali Zaki in Italy (October 15,
1999)
An initial look at the Sphinx, in the Bible code, to determine when it
was built.
The Pyramids: Part 1 (gif) by Roy A. Reinhold (October 10, 1999)
Part 1 of a research project to answer 3 questions. Who built the
pyramids? When were they built? And, do the Giza Plateau
pyramids correspond to the 3 stars in the belt of Orion
constellation? Part 1 introduces the story behind the research and
gives a simplified matrix that sets the stage for answering all 3
questions.
Nuclear Accident in Japan (gif) by Dr. Asali Zaki in Italy (October 5,
1999)
An unfortunate accident that qualifies for the Darwin Award (people
whose actions are so incredibly stupid, that they are attempting to
remove themselves from the gene pool of the planet).
Taiwan Earthquake of 9/21/99 (gif) by Dr. Asali Zaki in Italy
(September 25, 1999)
Severe earthquake in Taiwan in the Bible code.
Hurricane Floyd matrix (gif) by Dr. Asali Zaki in Italy (September
17, 1999)
A look at hurricane Floyd in the Bible code. We were lucky it didn't
do a lot more damage.
Israel & PLO Peace Accord (gif) by Dr. Asali Zaki in Italy
(September 5, 1999)
Matrix on the Sharm el-Sheikh peace accord between Israel & the
PLO. It's an interim aggreement giving 11% of the West bank to the
PLO by January 2000.
Lady Diana matrix (gif) by Kevin Acres of Australia (1999)
A complete 43-term matrix on the tragic events surround the death
of princess Diana in 1997. With the final French accident report just
released, the details in this matrix, hidden 3000 years ago in the Bible
code, are another corroberation of the value of the Bible code to us
today.
Earthquake in Turkey matrix (gif) by Dr. Asali Zaki in Italy
(August 19, 1999)
Matrix on the terrible 7.8 scale earthquake in Turkey near Istanbul.
Eclipse of the Sun matrix (gif) by Dr. Asali Zaki in Italy (August 8,
1999)
Matrix on the August 11, 1999 eclipse of the sun.
The Atlanta Georgia killer, Mark Barton (gif) by John deHaan of
Canada (August 1, 1999)
A matrix on the tragic killings of a dozen people in Atlanta.
Preliminary Matrix on the Tragic Crash of JFK Jr (gif) by John
deHaan of Canada
(July 17, 1999) A first-look matrix showing the tragic death of JFK Jr.
Holocaust...5760...the End (gif) by Victor Pereira of Portugal (June
27, 1999)
A beautifully crafted matrix with a possibly ominous message for
mankind.
Hate...5760...to the Fire (gif) by Victor Pereira of Portugal (June 27,
1999)
An elegant and artistic matrix on a possibility for 5760 (2000).
Nuremberg Trial of Nazi leaders (gif) by Dr. Asali Zaki of Italy
(July 20, 1999)
New expanded revision. Shows an interesting aspect of our recent
history, at the end of WW2 and ties it into the 10 sons of Haman.
The End of All Flesh Cryptogram matrix (gif) by Victor Pereira of
Portugal (June 13, 1999)
An artistic and beautifully done matrix.
God and Jesus are One matrix (gif) by Victor Pereira of Portugal
(June 13, 1999)
Another beautifully done matrix by Victor.
Ehud Barak's election as Prime Minister (gif) by Dr. Asali Zaki of
Italy (May 18, 1999)
Matrix done 30 days prior to the election that showed Barak
becoming Prime Minister.
Ehud Barak election as Prime Minister (gif) by anonymous (May
18, 1999)
Matrix done two weeks prior to the election that showed Barak
becoming Prime Minister.
Littleton, Colorado Shootings (gif) by J.W. Embry
Terms related to the April, 1999 shootings at Columbine High
School.
Kosovo/Serbia matrix (gif) by Asalli Zaki from Italy
Some terms that may relate to the present NATO action in Kosovo.
Dead Sea Scrolls (gif) by Asalli Zaki from Italy
Terms related to the Dead Sea Scrolls from Qumran.
Rabbi Joseph Teomim (gif)
From the Great Rabbis experiment in the book of Genesis.
Arsenic by Kevin Acres from Australia (gif)
Terms related to arsenic.
Desert Storm war (gif)
A small matrix on the 1990/1 war.
The Lord is God matrix (gif) by Victor Pereira from Portugal
Center term and surrounding terms about God.
Nairobi Embassy Bombing (August 1998) (gif)
27 terms with some appearing multiple times. Used on the TV
program, Secrets of the Bible Code Revealed, although they only
showed part of it. Names, dates, time of bombing, truck bomb, type
of truck, etc. This is an example of a valid Hebrew codes matrix.
Hydrocarbon matrix (gif) by Kevin Acres
Small matrix on use of hydrocarbon products.
Large Hydrocarbon matrix (gif) by Roy Reinhold & Kevin Acres
Uses of oil & oil products, 14 terms
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