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Subject: [bprlist] links for Malcolm Bowden
From: "Susan Kanen"
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 04:52:50 -0900
BREAKDOWNS ARE GOOD FOR YOU is at:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/bowdenmalcolm/bibcoun1.htm
Also good Is Malcolm Bowden's Creation Page:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/bowdenmalcolm/homepage.htm
from Susan Kanen
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From: Sharon
Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2001 7:21 PM
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Subject: Re: [bprlist] Fav Books anyone?
Hello Sunday,
I would appreciate the URL for the website.... 'BREAKDOWNS ARE GOOD FOR YOU'
- A unique manual for True Biblical Counselling by Rev. Dr. Robert J.K.
Law and Malcolm Bowden - Sovereign Publications, Box 88,
Bromley, Kent, England BR2 9PF
I used to have itbookmarked and my son-in -law who is a medical doctor is
interested in it.
Thanks,
Sharon
saronson@hotmail.com
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Subject: Re: [bprlist] Fav Books anyone?
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 12:42:47 -0500
Hello Everyone!
Presently, I have three books on the go (not saying just how
long *s*) and hope to complete most of them by year's end.
Looking forward to all your input about your books, will make
my shopping easier I think! May God Bless You All - Sunday
1 - 'BREAKDOWNS ARE GOOD FOR YOU' - A unique manual for True Biblical
Counselling by Rev. Dr. Robert J.K.
Law and Malcolm Bowden - Sovereign Publications, Box 88,
Bromley, Kent, England BR2 9PF
"Is Self-Pity The Cause of Mental Illness?"
This book is just what is says, True Biblical Counselling
One of the most important books I've read in a long time. If
interested let me know and I will find his web site for you.
2 - EVANGELICALS & ROME - The Ecumenical End Times
"Church" - by David W. Cloud - This book is packed with
information for our times. A real eye-opener - Can be
ordered at http://www.whidbey.net/~dcloud/ website.
3 - THE KEYS OF THIS BLOOD - Malachi Martin
Pope John Paul 11 Versus Russia and The West for
Control of the New World Order
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Subject: [bprlist] Mutant Bacteria Next Threat From Russia's Mir
From: "Ronni"
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 12:09:59 -0500
March 6 9:32 AM ET
Mutant Bacteria Next Threat From Russia's Mir
http://www.reuters.com/
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Forget the danger of heavy-weight debris raining
down from space when Russia sends the Mir orbiter to a watery grave
this month -- the real threat could be mutant fungi, a researcher said
Tuesday.
Yuri Karash, an expert on the Russian space program, said there was a
possibility that micro-organisms, which have spent the last 15 years
mutating in isolation aboard Mir, could present a threat if they
survived the fall to Earth.
"I wouldn't overstate it ... but a realistic problem exists," Karash
told a news conference.
Karash, who has undergone cosmonaut training and is an aerospace
advisor, said his conclusions were based on research carried out by
Russia's Institute of Medical and Biological Problems.
Researchers have said that the fungi could be especially virulent if
mixed with earth varieties that attack metal, glass and plastic.
Western health officials have in the past expressed concerns about
micro-organisms that could be brought back to earth after a Russian
microbiologist 13 years ago discovered the first of many aggressive
forms of fungi inhabiting Mir.
Russian space officials have played down the threat, but visitors to
the orbiter have found numerous types of fungi behind control panels,
in air-conditioning units and on dozens of other surfaces.
Though surprisingly destructive, they give off corrosive agents like
acetic acid and release toxins into the air.
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) Annual Study Reveals America Is Spiritually Stagnant
From: "Ronni"
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 12:18:32 -0500
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From: Barna Research <barnaupdate@barna.org>
Subject: Annual Study Reveals America Is Spiritually Stagnant
Date sent: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 12:00:07 EST
The Barna Update: 3/6/01
A bi-weekly e-mail from George Barna
Annual Study Reveals America Is Spiritually Stagnant
Here's the latest on America's spiritual condition, based upon our annual=20
survey of religious behavior. Looking at 13 key measures that we track ev=
ery=20
year, the bottom line is stability; there has been no real change in people=
's=20
religious behavior and beliefs in the past year. Among the highlights of th=
e=20
study are:=20=20
=B7 Born again Christians are 41% of the adult population - a figure
that hasn't changed since 1995, but several percentage points higher
than what was measured in the early Nineties.
=B7 Among the measures tracked in the past five years, eight remained
stable while just two showed a significant shift - and even those
changes were marginal.
=B7 Compared to a decade ago, five of the seven measures that were
examined in 1991 have experienced statistically significant change: an
increase in "born again" Christians and a decline in four core
spiritual practices.
To read about the specific measures and results, and how matters have
changed among the generations, genders, ethnic groups and regions of
the nation, read the entire report by hitting this link or visiting
our home page (http://www.barna.org).
(If this link does not connect you to the Barna Research site, please
connect to the Internet and go directly to the web site address.)
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Subject: [bprlist] Coaches may put microchips in footballers (soccer)
From: Shophar_Sho_Good
Date: 6 Mar 2001 12:53:55 EST
Coaches may put microchips in footballers
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_229255.html?menu=news.technology
A university has tested microchips on Premiership footballers to monitor
their play during games.
Liverpool's John Moores University has tried the chips on Liverpool and
Everton players by fitting them in their boots and shirts.
Academics believe the monitoring devices, which send coaches data on
players' workrates, speed and skill, could be in use in the next two years.
England football coach Sven-Goran Eriksson's aide Tord Grip said: "This may
sound like science fiction, but technology has come a long way."
He added: "I wonder how they would measure who is a good player, how they
would be programmed, because coaches' ideas differ."
Jim Lawlor, sports science lecturer at John Moores University, told the :
"Technical ability and fitness are almost taken for granted in international
football. So it's a chess game in which you seek delicate advantages."
Last updated: 09:06 Tuesday 6th March 2001
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Subject: [bprlist] Roman soldiers 'faced huge uniform bill'
From: Shophar_Sho_Good
Date: 6 Mar 2001 12:54:30 EST
Roman soldiers 'faced huge uniform bill'
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_228072.html?menu=news.scienceanddiscove
ry
Oxford University scientists say Roman soldiers may have spent around 18 per
cent of their pay on their uniforms and cloaks.
The claim follows archaeologists deciphering a 2,000-year-old shopping list
written by a Roman soldier.
The note was originally scrawled on a wooden board covered in wax but the
wax has worn away leaving only the wood.
Computers exaggerated the faint scratches left on it and calculated the cost
of the soldier's clothing.
The 2000-year-old list was found by archaeologists at Hadrian's Wall.
It shows the uniform cost eight per cent of his salary, around 25 denarii,
and a winter cloak would have been an extra 10 per cent.
Virtual technology was used to make the scratched letters more distinct and
remove the wood grain from the image.
They identified the letters by the shadows they cast according to ABC
Science.
Last updated: 10:57 Monday 5th March 200
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Subject: [bprlist] Excavating Dump Yields Lintel, Other Artifacts
From: Shophar_Sho_Good
Date: 6 Mar 2001 12:56:49 EST
Temple Mount Update
Excavating Dump Yields Lintel, Other Artifacts
http://www.bib-arch.org/barma01/strata.html#temple
Once again, politics and archaeology are entangled. The Jerusalem Post, in a
story headlined "Rare Temple Mount lintel neglected by Antiquities
Authority" (January 5, 2001), charges that a 3-foot-long carved stone
fragment from the Second Temple period, found in January 2000 amid earth dug
up from the Temple Mount and then dumped in the Kidron Valley by the
Waqf-the Muslim religious authority that administers the Temple Mount-is
languishing in the courtyard of the Rockefeller Museum, headquarters of the
Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA).
Depending on whom you speak to, the artifact is either so rare as to require
immediate publication or is merely an interesting-but not
revolutionary-architectural fragment that is being studied and will be
published in due course. Archaeology student Zachi Zweig, a member of the
Committee for the Prevention of the Destruction of Antiquities on the Temple
Mount, told the Post, "This stone is the most important artifact ever
recovered from the Temple Mount. It is part of a stately gate and it very well
could have been from one of the entrances into the Temple itself." But Jon
Seligman, Jerusalem district archaeologist for the IAA, told BAR that the
fragment is probably a door jamb rather than a lintel. While it could date to
late Second Temple times, he says, it may also come from a later period.
If you have been following BAR's coverage (most recently, "More Temple Mount
Antiquities Destroyed," September/October 2000), you know about the Waqf's
unsupervised digging on the Temple Mount since the end of 1999. Intended
initially to create a large gateway to the underground al-Marawani mosque (in
the area popularly called Solomon's Stables), the work on the Mount still
continues as of this writing. Last October, trucks again began to roll off the
Mount, carrying earth from a former park area along the eastern wall of the
Mount in preparation for paving. Archaeologist Eilat Mazar, a member of the
watchdog committee, reported that 70 trucks were counted exiting the Mount in
a two-week period this past December. No representatives of the IAA were
permitted to inspect the work.
In mid-January alarms again sounded when the Israeli press reported that an
open trench and a tunnel were being dug to link the al-Marawani mosque to a
smaller mosque beneath the al-Aqsa mosque. An Israeli police spokesman visited
the mount and denied the existence of a tunnel but confirmed that a trench,
described by the committee as more than 120 feet long and almost 3 feet deep,
has been dug between the al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock. Contrary to
police denial of the tunnel, the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz reported that
eyewitnesses, including radio journalist Danny Zaken, have seen electric
lights in the tunnel and "an iron grill in the floor through which can be seen
remnants of an old floor."
The IAA has been hamstrung by the current political situation between Israel
and the Palestinians. The Israeli government, ignoring its own antiquities
laws, has allowed the Waqf to continue the Temple Mount construction without
any archaeological supervision. Nonetheless, the IAA has a responsibility to
study and publish the finds from the dumps. Seligman reports that sifting
through the dumps in the Kidron Valley and elsewhere has yielded building
blocks, pieces of thresholds, nails, organic materials, Second Temple period
coins and large quantities of ceramics. In addition, he says, the Waqf has
piled architectural fragments such as column drums on the Mount. These
potentially important artifacts will likely remain unreported for some time in
the storerooms and courtyard of the Rockefeller Museum. First publication of
the lintel is slated for a preliminary report in the IAA's Archaeological
News (Hadashot Archeologiot), perhaps within a year. More complete
publication in the Authority's journal Atiqot will not come for several
years. While the scientific value of the finds is limited because they have
been removed from their context on the Temple Mount, they are nonetheless
important additions to the sparse historical and archaeological data we have
from what archaeologist Gaby Barkay calls "a universal asset" that is now
being "irreversibly damaged."-S.F.S.
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Subject: [bprlist] BNI.Priority News 3,4,5 (3/6/01)
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 13:46:31 -0500
1. P=92sagot attacked by PA gunfire=09
2. Distraught Eilat man surrenders to police=09
3. Hamas IDs Netanya suicide bomber=09
4. Hamas official in Beirut: Netanya attack one of ten=09
5. Employees strike domestic airports=09
6. 12-year-old seriously injured in fall=09
7. Knesset Committee strips Lieberman of parliamentary immunity=09
8. Likud offers UTJ 3 deputy cabinet posts=09
9. NRP to remain outside the Sharon government=09
10. Kahalani trial gets underway=09
11. Shas Council of Torah Sages assigns party=92s ministers=09
12. Rabin-Filosof signs onto new government=09
**************************
6-MAR-01 =96 4:35pm
**************************=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20
1. P=92sagot attacked by PA gunfire
(BNI-MAR.6) The community of P=92sagot in Samaria was attacked by PA=20
gunfire
on Tuesday afternoon. There were no immediate reports of casualties. IDF
forces returned fire.=20=20
++++
2. Distraught Eilat man surrenders to police
(BNI-MAR.6) Eilat resident Danny Cohen on Tuesday barricaded himself
inside his Eilat home, threatening to detonate grenades after being served
with an eviction notice. Following negotiations with police, the
forty-year-old Cohen surrendered.=20
A search of Cohen=92s apartment did not result in finding hand grenades. =
=20
++++
3. Hamas IDs Netanya suicide bomber
(BNI-MAR.6) The web site of the Hamas terrorist organization has named
22-year-old Omar el-Ayyan as the suicide bomber responsible for the Sunday
morning attack on Netanya=92s Herzl Street which left three innocent person=
s
dead and close to eighty wounded.
Hamas reported that el-Ayyan made his way to Netanya under the cover of
darkness during the early morning hours on Sunday.=20=20
++++
4. Hamas official in Beirut: Netanya attack one of ten
(BNI-MAR.6) Hamas representative in Lebanon, Osama Hamadan, released a
statement that the Sunday morning Netanya terror attack should serve as a
message to Israel that despite all of the increased security precautions,
its bombers will continue to evade Israeli forces and perpetrate terror
attacks.
He added that the bombing attack that left three Israelis dead and close
to eighty wounded was the first of ten attacks planned by the Izzadin
el-Qassim faction of the terrorist body. Hamas on Tuesday officially
claimed responsibility for the Sunday morning attack.=20=20
++++
5. Employees strike domestic airports
(BNI-MAR.6) Employees of Israel=92s airports on Tuesday afternoon walked of=
f
the job, striking domestic airports in Eilat and Tel Aviv. Later in the
afternoon, employees also walked off the job in Ben-Gurion International
Airport, resulting in delays in the nation=92s only commercial internationa=
l
airport.
Airport management stated the wildcat strike was illegal and irresponsible
and called upon strikers to return to their positions immediately.
The strike impacted some 41 flights scheduled to take off and arrive at
Ben-Gurion.=20=20
++++
6. 12-year-old seriously injured in fall
(BNI-MAR.6) A 12-year-old was seriously injured on Tuesday afternoon
following a fall while hiking in the Judean Hills. The girl, a resident of
Kfar Yona, was transported to the trauma unit of Jerusalem=92s Hadassah
Hospital, in Ein Kerem, where she is listed in serious condition with
multiple head wounds.=20=20
++++
7. Knesset Committee strips Lieberman of parliamentary immunity
(BNI-MAR.6) The Knesset House Committee on Tuesday stripped Yisrael
Beiteinu MK Avigdor Lieberman of his parliamentary immunity, clearing the
way for the filing of a criminal indictment against him.
According to the police investigation, Lieberman allegedly struck a minor
and threw stones at children in his home community of El David after the
youths annoyed him. State Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein=20
recommended
that charges be filed against Lieberman, a candidate for a cabinet post in
the administration of Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon.
Lieberman continues to maintain his innocence and stated with assurance
that he would prove his innocence in a court of law.=20=20
++++
8. Likud offers UTJ 3 deputy cabinet posts
(BNI-MAR.6) Seeking to draw the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism
faction into the newly forming government, the Likud has offered the party
three deputy cabinet posts. UTJ has been offered deputy minister posts in
the Ministries of Religious Affairs, Education and Housing.=20
Likud negotiators are also offering UTJ the chair of the powerful Knesset
Finance Committee.=20=20
++++
9. NRP to remain outside the Sharon government
(BNI-MAR.6) Negotiations on Tuesday failed to narrow the gaps between the
right-wing National Religious and the Likud Party. NRP officials demanded
the Justice Ministry portfolio but Likud rejected the request, explaining
the Ministry of Justice would remain in Likud hands.
Likud offered the five-man NRP Party another cabinet post and two deputy
cabinet positions but the offer was turned down, with party leaders opting
not to join the Sharon-led national unity coalition government.=20
=91Y-net=92 is reporting that Likud negotiators were willing to turn over t=
he
control of the Justice Ministry to the NRP but Prime Minister-elect Ariel
Sharon vetoed that possibility.=20=20
In a related matter, NRP leader MK Rabbi Yitzhak Levy is reported to be
contemplating his future as party leader and has indicated he is giving
serious thought to stepping down. It appears that the failed coalition
talks with Likud prompted Levy=92s decision.=20
++++
10. Kahalani trial gets underway
(BNI-MAR.6) The case of the State verses former Minister of Internal
Security Avigdor Kahalani got underway in the Tel Aviv Magistrate=92s Court
on Monday. Kahalani faces charges of assisting Ma=92ariv newspaper publishe=
d
Ofir Nimrodi by passing classified information to him pertaining to an
ongoing police investigation against him (Nimrodi).
Nimrodi was just released from jail on bail after over 14 months of
incarceration. He faces charge of bribery, fraud, interfering in police
investigations and conspiracy to commit murder.
=20=20
++++
11. Shas Council of Torah Sages assigns party=92s ministers
(BNI-MAR.6) The Shas Party Council of Torah Sages a short time ago
assigned the party=92s ministerial posts for the almost formed national
coalition government of Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon.
1. Party leader MK Eli Yishai will serve as the Minister of the Interior
and Deputy Prime Minister.=20
2. MK Rabbi Shlomo Benizri will serve as Minister of Labor & Social
Affairs.=20
3. MK Nissim Dahan will serve as Minister of Health.
4. Party Secretary Gabi Ohana will serve as Minister of Religious Affairs.=
=20
5. MK Eli Suissa will serve as Minister of Jerusalem Affairs.
The ultra-Orthodox Shas Party has 17 seats in the 120-seat Israeli
parliament.
++++
12. Rabin-Filosof signs onto new government
(BNI-MAR.6) MK Dalia Rabin-Filosof, the daughter of the late Prime
Minister Yitzhak Rabin, has signed an agreement to become a member of the
newly forming national unity coalition government under the leadership of
Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon. At this juncture, it appears likely
that she will serve as deputy minister of defense.
Last week, Filosof resigned from the Center Party announcing plans to form
the =93New Way=94 party.=20=20=20
----------------
1. OC IDF Intelligence predicts continued warfare=09
2. PA: Two youths injured by Israeli gunfire=09
3. Police at maximum deployment=09
4. Holon cancels major Purim event=09
5. Suissa say no thanks to Jerusalem Ministry portfolio=09
6. AG closes case against MK Hanegbi=09
7. Ofer base under attack by PA gunfire=09
**************************
6-MAR-01 =96 6:05pm
**************************=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20
1. OC IDF Intelligence predicts continued warfare
(BNI-MAR.6) OC IDF Intelligence Corps Major-General Amos Malka on=20
Tuesday
told the Knesset Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee that one may expect
the current daily PA attacks and warfare to continue and probably increase
in intensity.=20
According to the IDF=92s senior intelligence officer, PA Chairman Yassir
Arafat has given the green light to terrorist organizations and continues
providing an atmosphere that encourages continued terror attacks.
Malka added that Arafat continues to maintain control over the PA and
there are no signs indicating that he as losing control.
Malka predicts that attacks would also continue on Israel=92s northern
border along with attempts to kidnap additional IDF soldiers on duty in
that area.=20=20
++++
2. PA: Two youths injured by Israeli gunfire
(BNI-MAR.6) PA officials report that two youths, a male and female, were
injured by IDF gunfire north of the PA autonomous city of Ramallah. The
report indicated the two were injured by rubber bullets fired by Israeli
forces.
IDF officials have confirmed that there were clashes in the area =96
explaining some 150 Arabs confronted IDF troops resulting in their firing
rubber bullets.
In a related matter, PA officials in Gaza report a 36-year-old male was
injured by IDF fire several days ago near the Karnei Crossing and remains
in serious condition.
++++
3. Police at maximum deployment
(BNI-MAR.6) Police commanders report that the force is at maximum
deployment in an unprecedented effort to thwart planned terrorists attacks
inside Israel. Many members of the force generally assigned to desk jobs
have been deployed outside as part of the unprecedented number of law
enforcement troops working around the clock to stop terrorist attacks over
the Purim holiday weekend. 1,000 IDF personnel have also be placed on loan
to Israel Police and are serving as part of the force spread throughout
the country, placing a special emphasis on shopping malls and other prime
terror targets.
Police are using new equipment, including a portable x-ray truck designed
to inspect bags of pedestrians at bus stations and other location.
Checkpoints have been established in major cities and security is at an
all time high.
Hamas officials on Tuesday announced that the Netanya suicide bombing
attack on Sunday morning that claimed three lives and wounded close to
eighty, was the first of ten planned attacks.
Former Israel Police Jerusalem District Commander Aryeh Amit, now retired
from the force, stated that despite all efforts, there are no guarantees.
Amit added however that Israeli must continue to live and celebrate Purim
as in past years, calling upon citizens to come out to parties and
shopping centers as they normally would. Amit added that remaining at home
or avoiding holiday events would be nothing less than a victory for the
terrorists.
Amit added that the police couldn=92t remain at the current deployment for =
a
prolonged period of time, predicting that office personnel and other
non-field personnel would be returned to their regular assignments
following the upcoming Purim weekend. He added that specialized
anti-terror and other tactical units are being prepared for a long haul,
explaining that until a diplomatic solution is reached that will bring
peace to the region, attempted attacks can be expected to continue.=20=20
++++
4. Holon cancels major Purim event
(BNI-MAR.6) Holon Mayor Moti Sasson has announced the city=92s major=20
Purim
celebration planned for Friday was canceled. Following talks with town
council officials and parents of area youth, the mayor realized that many
parents would not be permitting their children to participate in the
event, fearing it may be the target of the next terror attack.
Sasson hopes the event will take place sometime in the spring, adding the
cancelation was also the result of a predicted major winter storm.=20=20
In a related matter, officials in the Haifa municipality have announced
Purim celebrations in that city will go on as planned despite security
concerns.=20
++++
5. Suissa say no thanks to Jerusalem Ministry portfolio
(BNI-MAR.6) Veteran Shas Member of Knesset Eli Suissa, aligned with the
camp of former party leader Aryeh Deri, on Tuesday afternoon announced he
was not accepting the position of Minister of Jerusalem Affairs.=20
On Tuesday afternoon, the party=92s Council of Torah Sages met and decided
that Suissa would serve as the Minister of Jerusalem Affairs, considered
to be a junior cabinet post for the veteran legislator who under Deri=92s
leadership was the Minister of National Infrastructure.=20
Analysts see the appointment as another move by Deri nemesis Eli Yishai,
who now controls the party. Suissa stated the most junior of the five
cabinet posts given to the party was not suitable to him and he preferred
to pass the appointment.
Party Secretary Rabbi Raphael Pinchasi in response to Suissa=92s statement
commented, =93No problem. There are others ready for the position.=94=20=20
++++
6. AG closes case against MK Hanegbi
(BNI-MAR.6) State Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein has announced he=20
has
ordered the closing of the criminal investigation against Likud MK and
former minister of justice, Tzachi Hanegbi.
About a month ago, Rubinstein announced that Hanegbi would face criminal
fraud and bribery charges for his activities as head of the non-profit
=93Bon Voyage=94 organization while he was serving as a Member of Knesset.
Hanegbi has always maintained his innocence.
The Office of the Attorney General has now announced the case would be
closed and there would be no indictment, explaining there was insufficient
evidence to bring criminal charges against Hanegbi who may have been
passed over for a ministerial position due to the investigation against
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approaches to the community of Maale Levona, leaving the community cut off
with no access in or out of the area.
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Council district of Samaria.=20=20
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attacked by PA gunfire on Tuesday night. No injuries. Soldiers returned
fire.=20=20
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upon Arab League members to supply arms and ammunition to the PA for the
continued battle against Israel.
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pressure on the United States and Europe to force Israel to =93acknowledge
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Subject: [bprlist] Rapture
From: "John
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 08:49:07 +1300
Dear Charlie,
Far from them being mistaken about the rapture I think you are.
You quote a verse "we are waiting for our blessed hope..." but misinterpret it because you ignore the context. The Hope mentioned in that text - which is Titus 2:13- is not some secret rapture but (to continue the quote) "the appearance of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ."
The key word here to fix the interpretation is the word "Glory". A word study of "glory" will quickly reveal that when it is used With respect to the coming of the Lord it always refers to the great last day of his victory at Armageddon. The coming of our Lord in Power and Glory is not some secret rapture but is his appearance on the day of the Lord - at the end of the Tribulation, the event described on Revelation 19.
Whether or not there is a Pretribulation rapture is a matter of debate - but it cannot be established by half quoting scriptures to give them a meaning different from what they say in context.
Johninnz
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Subject: [bprlist] re millenianism...
From: "John
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 09:16:48 +1300
Hi David,
You are correct in that the interpretation normally given to the "strong man" parable makes the Strong man Satan. And I think correctly so. Jesus is indicating a binding of Satan as a result of his work on the cross so that his house could be plundered - i.e. people could be saved. This is fairly standard interpretation of the parable and I see no reason to disagree with it.
But we must remember:
1. Parables are stories told to illustrate a truth - the truth being illustrated is in the context.
2. We should not therefore interpret a parable and arrive at a "truth" that is not in agreement with the context.
But even if I agree with your interpretation of the parable I don't think that it sustains the interpretation you are giving about the millenium.
Some points (probably covered by others already)
1. There is no doubt that the Cross was the decisive blow in the war between God and Satan. In it the Devil was defeated.
2. It is clear that The Devil still has power (I don't think you would disagree with this.)
3. This means that his defeat in the cross did not result in a complete binding of his power.
4. The church can - in Jesus name - bind the works of Satan. This indicates that though the battle has been won the war still goes on.
The picture traditionally given to explain the relationship between the battle at the cross and our part in the battle is this:
It is like World War 2 - on D Day the Allies invaded Europe and the decisive battle for the recpaturing of Europe from the Nazis was won on a few days. But the war dragged on for another 18 months and many battles until Germany captiulated. Germany was defeated on DDay, but not totally. It is the same with Satan. He was defeated at the cross - in Bible terms he lost his legal right through sin to control mankind, but he still pretends he has the right and decieves men into thinking he has. But the day will come when the Redemption bought by Christ on behalf of mankind will be claimed by Him for them and the Usurper will lose his possession rights - his legal rights have already gone.
In Scripture then there seems to be several stages to the war:
1. The initial defeat in the Garden of Eden.
2. The conquest of mankind by Evil Gen 2-11.
3. The reign of Evil and the preparation (in Israel) for the coming of the King.
4. The Defeat of Satan at the Cross.
5. The Struggle of the church. Eph 6 & etc.
6. The Final victory at the second coming. Revelation 19.
I should think you probably agree with all of this so far. But what about the Millenium? Why a Millenium?
I don't really want to get into that as it is a long discussion. But simply to say "If one does not interpret Revelation 20 to mean that there will be a period of time after the second coming when Satan will be bound in a special way and then released (which is what it says). Then what does it mean?" If it doesn't mena what it literally says then does it mean anything at all? It actually ends up being interpreted according to whatever one wants it to mean. And if we can do that with one passage in scripture then what is to stop us doing that anywhere else? This reduces the interpretation of scripture down to a matter of "What I think is right - even if no one else agrees with me" - i.e. personal preference based in personal ignorance and personal pride. Many have gone this way.
Rev 20 reads like a timetable. It makes sense as such. There are good reasons in the whole scheme of things why God would want to allow such a 1000 year probation period. The normal rule of thumb is that if the plain sense of scripture makes sense then we should stick with that.
It seems to me that the Amillenial position doesn't actually solve any problems, rather it creates a host of new ones - to do with the methodology of interpretation amongst other things.
Johninnz
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Subject: [bprlist] antichrist
From: "John
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 09:38:16 +1300
Hi again,
Your analysis of "antichrist" is good. Agreed that the use of it in Johns epistles is general and means Someone who is against Christ" and refers to many people - John says so - and not to an individual at the end of the age.
It is difficult that the name is not directly applied in scripture to a personage at the end of the age. This identification has been made by the church - rightly or wrongly.
But even if we abandon the title "antichrist" there is still strong evidence for a person at the end of the age who will oppose Christ and will in the fullest sense be "Antichrist". It is this evidence that has lead the church to attribute the name "Antichrist" to the son of Perdition", "The beast" and so on. I.e. there are many "antichrists" but at the end of the age there will be "THE Antichrist". It would be hard to interpret 2 Thess or Matt 24 in any other way but to acknowledge the existence of such a person whether we want to call him Antichrist or not.
For me it is a bit like the term "Trinity". Which is one step further back than "Antichrist" because it has not actual scriptural usage. But the elements that make up the doctrine of the Trinity are clearly in the Book so I am happy to accept the title. In the same way the elements of the doctrine of Antichrist are in the Book and so if we give it a title "Antichrist" like we have given the Trinity the title "Trinity" then thats OK by me. It is really helpful to have a shorthand way of referring to the doctrine of God and it is just the same with the Antichrist.
However whether or not there is an antichrist at the end of the age really does not prove or disprove the existence of a millenium - they are separate issues.
As for "bound"
Yes your dictionary definition is helpful - but there are degrees of binding. The dictionary only tells us about the total effect not if there is only a binding in a particular way. Satan is bound by the work of the cross - but the question is "In what way?" "Is it in the same way that Rev 20 Means?" "The fact that Satan still works - what does that mean to the idea of him now being bound?" "Is he bound hand and foot? or is he gagged as well? or is he trussed up like a mummy?"
The normal understanding is that Satan lost his legal rights over mankind and the earth gained through sin because of the work of Christ on the cross. But the redemption of the purchased possession cannot yet be reclaimed even though the price has been paid because the original owner (mankind) have to agree to the redemption by their kinsman Jesus. Thus we have the gospel age where we are trying to tell men that the redemption has been paid and we can accept it. This age comes to an end when every man, woman and child who canunderstand who is alive at that point of time has heard the gospel and either accepted or rejected it. Until the corporate fallen Adam has heard Christ cannot return - it would be a legal wrong for him to do so. Satan would have a legal argument for not being judged. While there are unreached people groups and individuals in the world Christ will not come to bring an end to this gospel age. The Gospel shall be preached to all men - and then the end shall come. Jesus said so.
Johninnz
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Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 18:27:06 -0500
IDF General: ''Not One Centimeter''
Weekend News Today
Source: Arutz-7
Tue Mar 6,2001 -- IsraelNationalNews.com O.C. Southern Command Maj.-
Gen. Doron Almog says that the IDF is against giving even one centimeter of
land to the PLO - including isolated communities - as long as no agreement
is reached with the Palestinians and their violence against Israelis continues.
Gen. Almog said yesterday that evacuating any Jewish community from
anywhere in Gaza would be interpreted as a sign of weakness, and would
invite further aggressions from the Palestinian Authority. "It is sufficient to
see how the Arabs viewed our pull-out from Lebanon," he said, and added,
"there is no difference between [the isolated community] Netzarim and any
other town in Israel. The IDF is obligated to protect and defend all of them."
Palestinian Authority defiant as Israel warns of attack
Weekend News Today
Lead: Kelly
Source: World Tribune
Tue Mar 6,2001 -- The Palestinian Authority has expressed defiance in face
of Israeli military threats. Forces loyal to PA Chairman Yasser Arafat staged
a military parade in support of the mini-war against Israel and warned that
attacks will continue. Scores of masked Fatah gunmen marched through the
streets of Gaza City with semi-automatic weapons.
The gunmen also dismissed threats by Israeli Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Shaul
Mofaz of Israeli reprisals for Palestinian attacks. Palestinian sources said
the PA has accelerated preparations for any Israeli invasion. They said
hundreds of PA military officers have returned from training in such countries
as Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Yemen.
Egyptian military reportedly bracing for Israeli invasion of Palestinian areas
Weekend News Today
Lead: Kelly
Source: World Tribune
Tue Mar 6,2001 -- Arab diplomatic sources report that the Egyptian military
is bracing for the prospect of an Israeli invasion of the Palestinian Authority
areas. The London-based Al Zaman asserted that Egypt's military has begun
mobilizing reserves for training in what was termed as preparations for a war
against Israel.
This week, an Israeli military spokesman denied Arab reports that Israeli
Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Shaul Mofaz accused Egypt of supplying weapons to
the PA. Earlier, Israeli sources said the Egyptian military is allowing massive
amounts of weapons and ammunition to be smuggled from Sinai to the Gaza
Strip.
Egypt is hosting an emergency meeting of the Arab League on March 12 in
Cairo. The meeting, headed by Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Mussa, is
meant to discuss the latest developments in the Israeli-Palestinian mini-war
as well as calls to renew a boycott against Israel. The meeting would include
the foreign ministers or representatives from the Arab League, Bahrain,
Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, Saudi Arabia,
Syria and Tunisia.
Iran prepares for major defense pact with Moscow
Weekend News Today
Lead: Kelly
Source: World Tribune
Tue Mar 6,2001 -- Iran concluded a military exercise involving army, air force,
marine units and more than 6,000 soldiers in the Gulf yesterday a week
before Iranian President Mohammed Khatami is scheduled to arrive in
Moscow. Diplomatic sources said Khatami's visit, beginning on March 12, is
expected to pave the way for huge arms deals with Russia. Khatami will be
accompanied by a 100-member delegation and could sign a defense treaty.
Russian sources said Iran is considering buying diesel-powered submarines,
fighter-jets and anti-aircraft systems. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Ilya
Klebanov said defense issues would be part of a strategic alliance between
Moscow and Teheran.
Likud submits signed coalition agreements, new government to be
introduced to Knesset tomorrow at 16:45
Weekend News Today
Lead: Kelly
Source: Jerusalem Post
Tue Mar 6,2001 -- The Likud today presented its signed coalition agreements
with other parties to the Knesset. The new government will be introduced at a
session of the Knesset tommorow commencing at 16:45. The Likud has
reached coalition agreements with One Israel, Shas, Yisrael Ba'Aliya,
National Union-Yisrael Beiteinu, Am Ehad and Derech Hahadasha.
Hamas chief calls for Arabs to send arms to Palestinians
Weekend News Today
Lead: Kelly
Source: AFP
Tue Mar 6,2001 -- The spiritual leader of the Palestinian militant group
Hamas, whose armed wing claimed responsibility earlier for a weekend
suicide bombing in Israel, called Tuesday for Arab leaders to supply arms to
the Palestinians. "We are asking Arabs and Muslims for material aid and
weapons because the Palestinian people need arms to fight Israel," Sheikh
Ahmed Yassin told Radio Monte Carlo monitored in Nicosia. He urged the
Arab summit meeting in Amman on March 27 to take a decision along these
lines. "The Arabs and Muslims should also put more pressure on the United
States and Israel to recognise Palestinian rights," he added.
NATO troops act as concern grows over Macedonian fighting; 150 U.S.
peacekeepers sent into troubled region
Weekend News Today
Lead: Kelly
Source: AFP
Tue Mar 6,2001 -- NATO peacekeepers moved against ethnic Albanian
rebels operating along the Kosovo-Macedonia border Tuesday, as
international concern continued to grow that the conflict could destabilise the
whole region. As Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski vowed to drive out
the gunmen fighting his troops, KFOR peacekeepers arrested six suspected
fighters in the UN-administered Yugoslav province of Kosovo. They included
one in a black uniform who had apparently been spying on their positions.
Earlier Tuesday, a further 150 US peacekeepers were sent to the border area
as fighting flared up.
Israeli police and army guard West Bank's ''green line'' in state of alert
Weekend News Today
Source: AFP
Tue Mar 6,2001 -- While the Israeli government has ordered a massive
deployment of police and soldiers along the green line -- following Sunday's
deadly bomb blast in the northern seaside resort of Netanya -- the border is
anything but shut. And this is troubling news for Israeli citizens who feel
increasingly vulnerable as Palestinian hardliners bring the violence of the
Palestinian uprising from the West Bank and Gaza Strip into Israel proper
more and more. Since rightwinger Ariel Sharon's election as Israeli prime
minister on February 6, Israeli towns and cities have been rocked by three
bomb blasts, killing a total of four Israelis. And the government has looked to
seal off the West Bank as a solution to this new flood of violence.
But along the green line, created when Israel captured the West Bank from
Jordan in the June 1967 War, Israelis and Palestinians are still living way too
close for comfort. Here in Kfar Saba, a short distance of six kilometres (3.75
miles) from Qalqilya, a Palestinian controlled town in the West Bank, Israeli
workers are constructing a north-south highway that will pass just 50 metres
from the Palestinian town. Police and army guard the workers around the
clock. At the crossroads leading to the Palestinian town, an Israeli military
barricade is set up, letting the occasional car enter Israel.
And by Taibeh, the police presence is imposing. "We have deployed an
exceptional number since the last wave of attacks," said a policeman
alongside the border. According to the Israeli press, the current deployment
by the green line follows a plan devised in 1992 when the late Yitzhak Rabin
was prime minister. Among proposed measures are concrete blockades on
roads to the West Bank, the setting up of surveillance towers, round-the-
clock patrols and electronic monitoring of the green line.
Already, by the northern West Bank town of Tulkarem, which is just 20
kilometres (12 miles) from Netanya, the military has started to build a
cement wall along the green line. And at the edge of Qalqilya, a cement wall
is being erected to separate the adjoining Israeli village of Matan and
Palestinian village of Habla. But even then, a police official at the border said
"it will not be possible to hermetically seal off the territories, nor to prevent all
attacks."
2 earthquakes hit islands off Australia
Weekend News Today
Lead: faith
Source: USGS
Tue Mar 6,2001 -- Today, 2 earthquakes struck different island regions off
Australia. The first larger quake was a magnitude 6.0. It hit the Macquarie
Island Region, SE of Australia. The next quake of magnitude 5.5 hit in the
Solomon Islands, NE of Australia.
http://216.219.160.226/cgi-
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Subject: [bprlist] Strike While Its Hot.
From: Pam
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 18:33:34 -0500
Dear Shophar_Sho_Good
Thank you for your response to ‘Hot Line to Heaven´. The Dad/Opa
arises because some of the family I sent it to are my children and
others are my grandchildren. Praise the Lord!
No one knows for sure, I do not think, about when the dead in Christ
shall rise but there are valid reasons, I think, for considering the
possibility that it will be before the start of Daniel´s 70th week. In
view of that, I think it is incumbent upon us to encourage each other in
the hope of such salvation and not dwell on the need to be continually
fearing the time of the tribulation. If the rapture does not occur
before the tribulation starts there will be time, I think, during the
first 3 ½ years, to warn the world about what will come, not at some
unknown time in the future but 3 ½ years after the covenant with Israel
is confirmed and the daily sacrifice is started, once more. Praise the
Lord!
Many parts of the Revelation of Jesus Christ are still not clear, in my
mind. The book was a fascinating wonder to me for a long time until I
realized that, in order to make sense out of the seeming disorder, it
was necessary to apply the instruction given to John to write ‘what was,
what is and what is to come´, to each of the sections, before attempting
to view the overall picture. When I did so things just sort of ‘fell
into place´ but it only makes sense if I place the catching away before
the start of the 7 years. If the rapture occurs before the 7 years, I
am sure there will be a large number of Christians who will be caught up
but there will be a large number who will not be caught up. Many of
those who are left will realize what has happened and will, I think, be
actively warning the world, during the first 3 ½ years, of what WILL
come. As a result of their efforts many will become believers,
‘saints´, and many of them will be killed, as believers are being killed
to day. They, I think, will be those of 6:11 who are given white robes
and told to wait. During the second half of the 7 years, however, the
persecution will become intense and many, many more will be killed for
their belief and witness for Jesus. The sum total, then, will be the
‘saints´ of 7:14. Praise the Lord!
Since the majority of those who are left will be Gentiles and their
witnessing will mean little to the Jews and I think God has already
picked out 12,000 Christians (Joes?) from each tribe to witness to the
Jews during the 7 years. Since their place is in the body of Christ, as
part of the bride, God will seal them in their foreheads so they will be
protected, as they will be from the locusts, 9:4, and they will be
redeemed, at the end of the 7 years, as in Rev 13:3-4.
(An aside: the Bible is not clear on the role of the bride, during the
1,000 years. The Bridegroom will be Jesus Christ, the King; and the
Bride, the Church, will be His Queen but, apart from the 144,000 who
will, apparently, be personal attendants to the King, we do not know
what the individual roles of the Church saints will be. I do not think
we will know until the so-called ‘bema´ judgment. Those who are part of
the Royal Household of Our Lord Jesus Christ will, of course, be in a
very, very privileged position.)
Rev. 13:7 and 20:4, are, I think, tied together. The saints, here,
will be all those who have accepted Jesus Christ as the Son of God and
believe in their hearts that God raised him from the dead. They will
have died, believing, without having worshipped the image of the beast
or without having received his mark, during the 7 years. It is
interesting, I think, to note in 20:4, in addition to those beheaded for
their testimony of Jesus and the word of God, it will include "those who
had not worshipped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark
on their forehead and on their hand;" Some individuals, I am sure, will
refuse to worship the beast or take his mark, for reasons other than
belief in the Lord Jesus Christ, and will be killed. I think they will
all be guests at the wedding supper of the Lamb but only the first group
will have white robes and I think the others will be like the man of
Matthew 22:12-13 who is found to be without a wedding garment. (I have
some other thoughts about Matthew 22, by the way, which also point to a
pre-trib. rapture.)
I am not sure what to say about Rev. 13:7. We know that God already
knows what each of us has done; what each will do and, what the end will
be. This scripture could be emphasizing the fact that He is does know
and to warn those who face the tribulation that taking up arms will
avail them nothing, they will have to rely, completely, on Him. Praise
the Lord!
I pray the above will be of help to you. As I said, there are many
things I do not know, and these could be off base, but I think they give
an understandable, and logical, picture of that which they cover.
Praise the Lord!
God Bless you. Charlie Baker.
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Subject: [bprlist] March 7, 2001 TV Programs
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Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 19:02:40 -0500
[Excellent show! Might help explain hail with the weight of one talent falling
to earth.]
SPECIAL: Space: The Final Junkyard (Documentary)
Wed March 07 08:00 PM Eastern Time (60 min) TLC
Spent rockets and other fragments litter the solar system. (TVG)
SHORT FILM: The Pentagon (Documentary)
Wed March 07 08:00 PM Eastern Time (60 min) DISC
Nerve center of the United States military. (TVG)
SPECIAL: Nero's Golden House (Documentary)
Wed March 07 09:00 PM Eastern Time (60 min) DISC
Examination of ancient Romna ruins reveals secrets of the notorious ruler.
(TVPG)
SPECIAL: Hubble Telescope (Documentary)
Wed March 07 10:00 PM Eastern Time (60 min) TLC
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Subject: [bprlist] List Topics
From: owner-bpr@philologos.org
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 02:43:02 -0000
Hi guys,
I'm going to ask that the "Rapture" and "Pre-Mill or No-Mill?" topics
be taken off the list please.
Thank you,
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Subject: [bprlist] Fav. Books
From: Pam
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 08:12:37 -0500
Dear Ronni:
One book outshines all the others, in my opinion, and that is the
Bible. My favorite edition is the KJV and the complimentary book is
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance. I have no doubt the Bible is the
favorite book of all the folks on the list and suggest it be accorded
first place in your survey. God Bless you. Charlie Baker.
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Dear Charlie Baker -
A big Amen Brother! I have my own personal copy and
there is nothing to equal it on this planet. Thanks for posting
that! - Sunday
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From: "David
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 19:32:36 -0800
I have to agree with Charlie and Sunday. After all, the Bible is not just a book: John 1:1.
Anyone read 'Bondage of the Will' by Martin Luther?
David
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>A big Amen Brother! I have my own personal copy and
>there is nothing to equal it on this planet. Thanks for posting
>that! - Sunday
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From: Jackie
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 16:31:30 -0500
I would like to throw out my 3 favorite books.
The Sabbath: It's Meaning for Modern Man by Abraham Joshua Hershel
It presents a true feeling for the Sabbath. It talks about the
holiness of time, among other things. It has inspired within me a true
love for the Sabbath.
Messiah, I & II by Avi Ben Mordechai
He discusses the teachings and life of the Messiah from a Hebraic
mindset instead of our western mindset. An invaluable tool in
understanding the NT in it's correct context.
I know I'm cheating but I can't help it. My third choice is a 5 book
series by Bodie Thoene called The Zion Chronicles. It is a historical
fiction series that brings to the heart what the Jews went through to get
their beloved Israel.
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Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 08:27:13 -0500
[This is also the researcher who did last Sunday's Biblical Mysteries
program on the Ark of the Covenant.]
Chat with Mike Sanders
Wednesday, March 7 - 5:00PM PT
Duration - 60 minutes
Join us for a chat with the Biblical scholar and modern-day 'Indiana Jones,'
Mike Sanders. Sanders' unprecedented exploration to the depths of the salty
Dead Sea is featured in NBC's "Biblical Mysteries: Sodom & Gomorrah."
http://talkcity.com/calendar/events/event19980.htmpl
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Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 08:31:02 -0500
MARANATHA NEWS BRIEFS
COLORADO -- A proposed bill before the state legislature would
require most married couples to undergo a year's worth of
marriage counseling before a divorce would be granted. The
measure would exempt victims of physical or serious
psychological abuse.
Full Story: http://www.mcjonline.com/news/01a/20010306a.shtml
TEXAS -- In a new round of gay rights initiatives, a Christian
college in Texas plans to offer same-sex benefits, while
Presbyterians in the state have supported same-sex union
ceremonies. Meanwhile, a bill has been proposed in California
that would allow civil unions there for homosexuals.
Full Story: http://www.mcjonline.com/news/01a/20010306b.shtml
SWITZERLAND -- Abortion opponents in Switzerland have access to a
special health insurance. Their payments will not be used to
finance abortions. The Pro-Life Association in Bern, which acts
as an insurance company for its 18,500 members, will refund any
profits in the form of benefits, like subsidies for dental care.
Full Story: http://www.mcjonline.com/news/01a/20010306c.shtml
MAINE -- School officials, under pressure from a public-interest
law firm, have agreed to let a third-grade student wear a "Jesus
Christ" sweatshirt and a "Jesus Christ" T-shirt to class without
turning the clothing inside out. But the school insists the
incident had nothing to do with religious discrimination and
never needed to become such a major issue.
Full Story: http://www.mcjonline.com/news/01a/20010306d.shtml
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Without comment, the U.S. Supreme Court
yesterday turned down the appeal of a California high school
valedictorian barred from making a graduation speech that would
have featured pleas to "accept God's love" and "live by Jesus'
example".
Full Story: http://www.mcjonline.com/news/01a/20010306e.shtml
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Subject: [bprlist] Dog Attacks (3 Stories)
From: owner-bpr@philologos.org
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 13:42:54 -0000
Teen Mom Throws Baby To Hungry Dog
By NANCIE L. KATZ and MICHELE McPHEE
Daily News Staff Writers
http://www.nydailynews.com/2001-03-06/News_and_Views/Crime_File/a-
102260.asp
Brooklyn baby died the kind of death that could make the toughest cop
or firefighter cry.
A teenager who hid her pregnancy from her ailing mother and kid
sister delivered the infant herself several days ago in a Bedford-
Stuyvesant apartment, police said yesterday.
Then 16-year-old Lisa Small allegedly hurled her child into the small
yard behind her tenement, where the family's snarling, hungry dog was
waiting.
Police learned her grisly secret yesterday after a neighbor called
911 and reported a "newborn being eaten by a dog."
Fire Lt. Dennis Murphy arrived at 590 Bainbridge Ave. and found in
the icy, muddy yard a pit bull/Rottweiler mix gnawing on a corpse so
mangled it was impossible to determine its sex.
"At first, we thought it was a doll," Murphy said. "It was too
terrible to think it was a baby."
Murphy said rescuers used fire tools to subdue the dog while police
sprayed it with Mace to loosen its jaws from the baby's body.
"Unfortunately, the infant was dead already," said Police Capt.
Patrick McAndrews.
The dog, which neighbors said was called Midnight and was kept half-
starved, was taken to a Brooklyn pound.
Small, a sophomore at Thomas Jefferson High School, told detectives
at the 73rd Precinct the baby was stillborn. No charges were
immediately filed against the teen, who was being questioned at the
stationhouse last night.
--- more ---
________________________________
Child Mauled To Death by Dogs
The Associated Press
Tuesday, March 6, 2001; 7:51 p.m. EST
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
srv/aponline/20010306/aponline195131_000.htm
ST. LOUIS -- A 10-year-old boy was found mauled to death by dogs
Tuesday morning in a neighborhood park, police said.
Authorities said the body of Rodney McAllister was discovered under a
pine tree by a passerby. A coroner's autopsy showed that dog bites
killed the boy.
"He was literally eaten by the dogs," Police Chief Ron Henderson
said. "They fed off of him."
Rodney was last seen at about 5 p.m. Monday when his mother said he
went to a park near his home to play basketball with friends,
Henderson said.
When Rodney didn't come home, his mother, Gladys Loman, thought her
son had spent the night with a friend's and did not report him
missing to authorities, Henderson said.
Loman, 35, was jailed Tuesday on charges of child endangerment. No
bond or hearing was immediately set. A 13-year-old son was placed in
the care of authorities.
It was not immediately clear when Rodney died or how many dogs
attacked him, police said. The boy's body had been bitten repeatedly,
and his clothes were strewn through the park.
_________________________________
Child attacked by pit bull
The Associated Press
3/6/01 11:49 PM
http://www.pennlive.com/newsflash/
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A 12-year-old boy was hospitalized with neck
wounds after a pit bull attacked him Tuesday at a neighbor's house.
Michael Morraro, 12, of the Kensington section of North Philadelphia,
was reported in good condition late Tuesday night at St.
Christopher's Hospital for Children.
The boy was bitten when he tried to leave a neighbor's kitchen where
he was playing with the dog, and was treated for more than 10
puncture wounds in the neck, said Dr. Matthew Moront, director of
trauma at St. Christopher's.
Moront said Morraro probably would be released in about two days
after the danger of infection passed.
"This could have been a life-threatening injury," Moront said.
Moront said he wanted to warn parents that in cases where children
are bitten by dogs, it is usually a dog that the child knows
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Subject: RE: [bprlist] Dog Attacks (3 Stories)
From: "David
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 19:59:24 -0800
The first story has got to be amongst the saddest I have ever read.
Whatever your position on the end-times, all I can say is, Come Quickly Lord Jesus, Come Quickly. Amen
David
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>Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 13:42:54 -0000
>Reply-To: bprlist@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [bprlist] Dog Attacks (3 Stories)
>
>
>Teen Mom Throws Baby To Hungry Dog
>
>By NANCIE L. KATZ and MICHELE McPHEE
>Daily News Staff Writers
>
>http://www.nydailynews.com/2001-03-06/News_and_Views/Crime_File/a-
>102260.asp
>
>Brooklyn baby died the kind of death that could make the toughest cop
>or firefighter cry.
>
>A teenager who hid her pregnancy from her ailing mother and kid
>sister delivered the infant herself several days ago in a Bedford-
>Stuyvesant apartment, police said yesterday.
>
>Then 16-year-old Lisa Small allegedly hurled her child into the small
>yard behind her tenement, where the family's snarling, hungry dog was
>waiting.
>
>Police learned her grisly secret yesterday after a neighbor called
>911 and reported a "newborn being eaten by a dog."
>
>Fire Lt. Dennis Murphy arrived at 590 Bainbridge Ave. and found in
>the icy, muddy yard a pit bull/Rottweiler mix gnawing on a corpse so
>mangled it was impossible to determine its sex.
>
>"At first, we thought it was a doll," Murphy said. "It was too
>terrible to think it was a baby."
>
>Murphy said rescuers used fire tools to subdue the dog while police
>sprayed it with Mace to loosen its jaws from the baby's body.
>
>"Unfortunately, the infant was dead already," said Police Capt.
>Patrick McAndrews.
>
>The dog, which neighbors said was called Midnight and was kept half-
>starved, was taken to a Brooklyn pound.
>
>Small, a sophomore at Thomas Jefferson High School, told detectives
>at the 73rd Precinct the baby was stillborn. No charges were
>immediately filed against the teen, who was being questioned at the
>stationhouse last night.
>
>--- more ---
>
>________________________________
>
>
>Child Mauled To Death by Dogs
>The Associated Press
>Tuesday, March 6, 2001; 7:51 p.m. EST
>
>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
>srv/aponline/20010306/aponline195131_000.htm
>
>ST. LOUIS -- A 10-year-old boy was found mauled to death by dogs
>Tuesday morning in a neighborhood park, police said.
>
>Authorities said the body of Rodney McAllister was discovered under a
>pine tree by a passerby. A coroner's autopsy showed that dog bites
>killed the boy.
>
>"He was literally eaten by the dogs," Police Chief Ron Henderson
>said. "They fed off of him."
>
>Rodney was last seen at about 5 p.m. Monday when his mother said he
>went to a park near his home to play basketball with friends,
>Henderson said.
>
>When Rodney didn't come home, his mother, Gladys Loman, thought her
>son had spent the night with a friend's and did not report him
>missing to authorities, Henderson said.
>
>Loman, 35, was jailed Tuesday on charges of child endangerment. No
>bond or hearing was immediately set. A 13-year-old son was placed in
>the care of authorities.
>
>It was not immediately clear when Rodney died or how many dogs
>attacked him, police said. The boy's body had been bitten repeatedly,
>and his clothes were strewn through the park.
>
>_________________________________
>
>Child attacked by pit bull
>The Associated Press
>3/6/01 11:49 PM
>
>http://www.pennlive.com/newsflash/
>
>PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A 12-year-old boy was hospitalized with neck
>wounds after a pit bull attacked him Tuesday at a neighbor's house.
>
>Michael Morraro, 12, of the Kensington section of North Philadelphia,
>was reported in good condition late Tuesday night at St.
>Christopher's Hospital for Children.
>
>The boy was bitten when he tried to leave a neighbor's kitchen where
>he was playing with the dog, and was treated for more than 10
>puncture wounds in the neck, said Dr. Matthew Moront, director of
>trauma at St. Christopher's.
>
>Moront said Morraro probably would be released in about two days
>after the danger of infection passed.
>
>"This could have been a life-threatening injury," Moront said.
>
>Moront said he wanted to warn parents that in cases where children
>are bitten by dogs, it is usually a dog that the child knows
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) Interview: Bassem Eid - rock throwing is non-violent
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 08:48:44 -0500
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Subject: Interview: Bassem Eid -
rock throwing is non-violent
Interview: Bassem Eid - rock throwing is non-violent
Aaron Lerner Date: 7 March 2001
"I am not talking about obedience: I am talking about civilian
DIS-obedience. We, the Palestinians, have the full right to continue our
resistance against the occupation, to liberate our occupied territories and
to declare our independent state. We can do so through non-violent
resistance." PHRMG Director Bassem Eid interviewed online by the Washington
Post.
IMRA interviewed Bassem Eid, in English on 7 March 2001:
IMRA: I just saw your comment about non-violent resistance and I was hoping
you could help me out. "Non-violence" is a question of definition. I have
interviewed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti and he says that it is non-violent
when you throw rocks but do not shoot guns. What do you consider to be a
non-violent activity?
Bassem Eid: Violence is shooting.
IMRA: So rock throwing is nonviolent in your book?
Bassem Eid: I think that the rocks and the stones in the last intafada gave
the Palestinians so much international support. . .
IMRA: But that is not the question. We are using a language in which
people use the same words to mean different things. If Palestinians go out
and throw rocks at security people and settlers is that a non-violent
activity?
Bassem Eid: But don't forget on the other side that using the stones is
less dangerous.
IMRA: That is not the question. You are using the term "non-violent
resistance and this is a source of confusion because when a westerner hears
the term "non-violent resistance" within his field of reference it does not
include throwing rocks at people. They have a vision of Martin Luther
walking down the street with arms linked in Selma Alabama. Martin Luther
King did not walk down the street throwing rocks at policemen.
I am not making a value judgement. Just noting that you are using the term
"non-violent resistance" and that it is a term that in western eyes has
another interpretation.
Just so I understand. You are saying that it is OK to throw rocks. That you
can kill policemen and settlers with rocks but you cannot shoot them?
Bassem Eid: I do not remember a case that someone was killed getting hit by
a stone.
IMRA: Absolutely. There are a whole series of people who have been killed
by rocks. They were hit by rocks and lost control of their cars.
Bassem Eid: I do not remember such an incident. I know about people who
were injured. Please send me a list.
IMRA: I will. But for the time being let's just finish this conversation: As
far as you are concerned, when you talk about non-violent resistance you
include throwing rocks?
Bassem Eid: Yes. Yes.
[IMRA will release list later of other cases but will mention now that an
Israeli driver was killed on the Tel Aviv - Haifa highway in October when he
lost control of his car after being stoned by Israeli Arabs.
This interview is illustrative of the problem reporters frequently encounter
with such terms. They have to go the next step and ask what "non-violence"
means. There is a similar problem when a Palestinian says the Jews will be
left alone once they halt their aggressive activities and the reporter
declines to ask for a definition of these activities - as it may turn out
that Jews LIVING in Israel may be considered an "aggressive activity"]
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Subject: [bprlist] BNI.Priority News 1,2 (3/7/01)
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 08:51:37 -0500
1. Airport strike closes down nation=92s international airport=09
2. Sharon to present his government and be sworn in on Wednesday=20
3. Raviv: Other agents were aware of conspiracy to kill Rabin=09
4. P=92sagot attacked by gunfire=09
5. Neve Dekalim attacked by PA gunfire=09
6. Motorist lightly injured in Gush area stone-throwing attack=09
7. Chief Rabbi Lau makes a pre-Purim appeal=09
8. Motorists attacked by Arab stone-throwers on Route 60=09
9. Tractor operator injured in clash with Arabs in Yishuv Eli=09
10. Police uncover stolen Mercedes car emblems=09
11. Ofer attacked during the night=09
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7-MAR-01 =96 6:00am
**************************=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20
1. Airport strike closes down nation=92s international airport
(BNI-MAR.7) The wildcat strike that began on Tuesday afternoon in Israel=92=
s
domestic airports quickly spread to Ben-Gurion International Airport, the
nation=92s major airport. As a result of the latest work dispute, outgoing
flights have been postponed and incoming flights are not being serviced,
including baggage handling and other essential services.=20
El Al Israel Airlines reports that no less than 18 flights scheduled to
takeoff during the night and Wednesday morning were canceled. One wishing
to inquire as to one=92s flight may phone the El Al strike information
number at 03-972-2333
Strike leaders insist they have not been served with the restraining
orders issued by the labor court, explaining the continuation of the
strike.=20=20=20
++++
2. Sharon to present his government and be sworn in on Wednesday
(BNI-MAR.7) Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon is scheduled to present his
government on Wednesday, the largest cabinet in the history of the state.
Prior to the government of outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Barak, there was a
limit on 18 ministers. Barak had that number increased to 23. With the
formation of a national unity coalition government including several
parties, the number of ministers currently stands at 27. This does not
include deputy ministers.
Sharon has indicated he wishes to be sworn in on a Bible, asking the
Knesset Speaker to inquire if there was any reason his wish could not be
accommodated.
If there are no surprises, the new government should be sworn in late
Wednesday, permitting Sharon to take over the running of the nation from
his predecessor, having successfully organized a national unity government
as promised one month following the elections for prime minister. =
=20
++++
3. Raviv: Other agents were aware of conspiracy to kill Rabin
(BNI-MAR.7) General Security Service (GSS/Shin Bet) agent Avishai Raviv on
Tuesday announced that other GSS agents were aware of the plot to
assassinate Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin but action was not taken. Raviv
explained that even after notifying his =91handlers=92 no action was taken,
adding that increased security surrounding Mr. Rabin might have prevented
the assassination.
Raviv made his comments after the Deputy President of the Jerusalem
Magistrate=92s Court Justice Shulamit Dotan permitted the state to release
formally classified documents pertaining to the case to Raviv.=20=20
++++
4. P=92sagot attacked by gunfire
(BNI-MAR.7) The community of P=92sagot, in Samaria, was attacked by PA
gunfire late Tuesday night. There were no reports of injuries. Soldiers
returned fire.=20=20
++++
5. Neve Dekalim attacked by PA gunfire
(BNI-MAR.7) The southern Gaza community of Neve Dekalim was attacked=20
by
gunfire on Tuesday night from the PA autonomous area of Khan Yunis. There
were no reported casualties.
++++
6. Motorist lightly injured in Gush area stone-throwing attack
(BNI-MAR.7) An Israeli driver was lightly injured in a stone-throwing
attack on Tuesday night near the Arab village of Hussan, near the Gush
Etzion area of Judea. The injured motorist was treated in a nearby medical
clinic.=20=20
++++
7. Chief Rabbi Lau makes a pre-Purim appeal
(BNI-MAR.7) Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau on Israel Radio on Wednesday
morning made an appeal to the nation to observe the upcoming Purim holiday
in a safe and considerate fashion.
Rabbi Lau urged parents to use caution in designing and purchasing
costumes =96 suggesting that one distance one=92s self from the less expens=
ive
costumes that are no flame resistant.
He also called upon the youth to refrain from using fireworks, especially
the larger types that make explosions too similar to the sounds of bombs
and explosions or gunfire. Rabbi Lau explained that during this tense
period when security forces are on high alert to prevent an attack,
explosions must be avoided since they will cause undo alarm, especially
among the senior citizen, foreign laborers and very young populations that
may be less likely to discern the origin of the blasts.
Emergency medical service officials have repeated annual words of warning,
pointing out that every year on Purim, there are calls for injured
children who in many cases lose digits of hands or sustain eye injuries
resulting from playing with fireworks which by the way are illegal. EMS
officials concurred with the chief rabbi regarding flame retardant
costumes and other Purim associated substances that increase one=92s
likelihood of injury.=20
=20=20
++++
8. Motorists attacked by Arab stone-throwers on Route 60
(BNI-MAR.7) At least one motorist was lightly injured by glass splinters
after the windshield of his car was blown out on Tuesday night in
stone-throwing attacks near the Arab villages of Issawiya and Luban
el-Sharqiya, north of the community of Eli in the Gush Shilo area of
Samaria.
There were also reports of shots fired but there were no injuries or
damages to vehicles.
++++
9. Tractor operator injured in clash with Arabs in Yishuv Eli
(BNI-MAR.7) BNI has learned that a tractor operator, an Arab construction
worker, sustained a fractured arm in a stone-throwing attack against him
on Tuesday evening in the =91Palgei Mayim=92 area of Yishuv Eli.
As reported earlier by BNI, the army was called in after Arabs from the
village of Issawiya climbed the mountain, entering the community, and
attacked the construction workers, tractor and security vehicle.
The windows of the tractor and security vehicle were smashed in the
attack. Following the clashes, the IDF ordered the tractor and security
personnel to evacuate the area for the duration of the night. The injured
man was transported in a private vehicle to a hospital emergency room.=20=20
=09=09=09
++++
10. Police uncover stolen Mercedes car emblems
(BNI-MAR.7) Police on Tuesday uncovered a factory in Holon used for stolen
car parts. Among the items found were no less than 39,000 stolen car
emblems from Mercedes Benz vehicles. Two persons were placed under=20
arrest.
++++
11. Ofer attacked during the night
(BNI-MAR.7) PA gunfire was directed at the IDF=92s Ofer base in the Ramalla=
h
district during the night following a shooting attack during the evening
hours. No injuries. Soldiers returned fire.=20=20
--------------------
1. Airport employees return to work=09
2. Duvdevan force apprehends Tanzim fugitives=09
3. IDF: 4 shooting attacks in Gaza during the night=09
4. Water Commission Recommends Ban on Watering Due to Shortage=09
5. Suspect remanded in supermarket stabbings=09
6. Hi-tech Sector Leads Salary Growth in 2000=09
7. TA preparing for the worst scenario=09
8. Police chief: There is progress in terror attack investigations=20
9. IDF demanding another NIS 2 billion=09
10. Security/defense forces bracing for Land Day=09
11. Netzarim residents being vaccinated against meningitis=09
12. 15,000 Israelis diagnosed without eating disorders=09
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7-MAR-01 =96 9:30am
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1. Airport employees return to work
(BNI-MAR.7) Responding to a request from Histadrut national labor union
leader MK Amir Peretz, striking employees at Ben-Gurion International
Airport on Wednesday morning agreed to return to work and permit the
resumption of the flow of incoming and outgoing air traffic.
The strike, which began on Tuesday afternoon, resulting in the
postponement of 19 El Al flights and many arriving passengers were
stranded without their luggage.=20=20=20=20
++++
2. Duvdevan force apprehends Tanzim fugitives
(BNI-MAR.7) An IDF =91Duvdevan=92 unit force during the night apprehended t=
wo
Tanzim terrorists in the village of Burqa, in the Nablus area.=20
The two, Rassan and Moein Darlas, are wanted for their alleged terrorist
activities. There were no injuries to IDF forces involved in the operation.
++++
3. IDF: 4 shooting attacks in Gaza during the night
(BNI-MAR.7) IDF officials report there were four shooting attacks against
IDF forces operating in Gaza during the night. There were no injuries to
Israeli forces that returned fire.=20=20
++++
4. Water Commission Recommends Ban on Watering Due to Shortage
(BNI-MAR.7) The Water Commission recommended on Monday that the
Government ban watering public gardens for three years, cut the water
supply to the industrial sector by 10 percent and raise the price of water
for the private sector by 20 percent, the Ma=92ariv newspaper reported. Thi=
s
along with other measures is slated to be approved by the government in
the coming weeks.=20
Addressing an inter-ministerial expert committee, Water Commissioner
Shimon Tal said "if we continue to exhaust our water reservoirs like we do
now, we would be unable, in the very near future, to supply even the most
basic needs, like drinking water." Tal added that the will recommend an
additional cut in the water supplies for agricultural purposes.=20
The main reason for the proposed measures, according to Tal, is the
decrease in the level of water in the Lake Kinneret due to insufficient
rainfall last year. The Kinneret's level is expected to drop to an
all-time low this year. (Israel Consulate- NY)=20=20=20=20
++++
5. Suspect remanded in supermarket stabbings
(BNI-MAR.7) A court has extended the remand of suspect Mark Shapiro, 18,
of Jerusalem, who is accused of attacking four supermarket employees with
a knife earlier this week after they caught him taking a bottle of vodka.
His remand was extended for three days.
Police report that the suspect admitted to using the knife which was found
in his home but he claims her actions were in self-defense.=20
++++
6. Hi-tech Sector Leads Salary Growth in 2000
(BNI-MAR.7) A report released by The Central Bureau of Statistics on
Monday said that despite the slowdown on NASDAQ last year, the local
hi-tech sector continued to lead all sectors in salary growth, The
Jerusalem Post reported.=20
Salaried positions in the computer and research sector grew by 33 percent
compared to 1999 salaries. By the end of 2000, there were a total of
21,000 salaried employees in the growing hi-tech sector. Hi-tech jobs had
a large impact on overall figures for the business service sector, which
reported a 15 percent increase in salary growth in 2000 compared with 1999
figures.
Another noticeable improvement was an 11.5 percent wage increase in the
banking, insurance and finance fields. These growth figures contributed to
the 6.2 percent rise in the average monthly wage to NIS 7,054
(approximately $1764) in 2000. The CBS reported that in 2000 a total of
2.392 million people were employed. (Israel Consulate- NY)=20=20
++++
=20
7. TA preparing for the worst scenario
(BNI-MAR.7) The Tel Aviv Municipality and the Israel Defense Forces Home
Front Command plan to turn underground parking lots into shelters to
provide protection from non-conventional weapons, Ma=92ariv reported.=20
According to Shalom Elkayam, General Manager of the municipality, of the
approximately 430,000 residents of Tel Aviv, about 80,000 people do not
have shelters in their homes or nearby. Among the underground parking lots
suggested are the ones under Dizengoff Center and under the New Central
Bus Station. (Israel Consulate- NY)=20=20
++++
8. Police chief: There is progress in terror attack investigations
(BNI-MAR.7) Police Chief Shlomo Aaronishky has confirmed there is=20
progress
being made into the two recent terror attacks, referring to the Wadi Ara
attack last week and Sunday morning=92s suicide bomb attack in Netanya.
Aaronishky refrained from divulging details, explaining the gag order on
publication of details was still active.
Speaking while visiting communities in the Galilee Region, the police
commander acknowledged there are still intelligence warnings of impending
attacks =96 adding the Israel Police are doing everything possible to ensur=
e
the safety and security of Israeli citizens during the upcoming Purim
weekend.=20=20
++++
9. IDF demanding another NIS 2 billion
(BNI-MAR.7) Incoming Minister of Defense Binyamin Ben-Eliezer is already
working to complete his request for an additional NIS 2 billion in funding
for the military in addition to NIS 2 billion approved by the outgoing
administration.
Ben-Eliezer is expected to submit the request for increased spending by
next week.
Ben-Eliezer explained that since the PA-orchestrated warfare began in
September, the IDF has spent NIS billions of warfare and improving the
defense of military and civilian infrastructures in light of the
continuing escalation in fighting.=20
In September, the treasury forwarded NIS 750 million to the IDF and Barak
then approved the additional NIS 2 billion. Military commanders explain
some of the spending as follows: NIS 500 million was used to pay for
reserve duty soldiers, over NIS 1 billion to increase and improve the
military=92s preparedness for war, NIS 750 million was spent in the ongoing
fighting, and over NIS 100 million to fortify frontline communities. =
=20
++++
10. Security/defense forces bracing for Land Day
(BNI-MAR.7) Israeli Arabs will on March 30th will once again mark =91Land
Day=92, marking 25 years since a shooting incident in Kfar Kassim in 1976
which left several Arab residents dead.
Police are especially concerned since this Land Day is the first following
the October 2000 riots in northern Israel in which 13 Israeli Arabs were
killed.
In recent years Land Day has passed with relative quiet and a limited
number of clashes but pervious years have been accompanied by violent
parades, demonstrations, clashes with Israeli forces and attacks
throughout Yesha.=20=20
++++
11. Netzarim residents being vaccinated against meningitis
(BNI-MAR.7) Resident of Netzarim, in northern Gaza, are scheduled to be
vaccinated against meningitis after four community children have
contracted the potentially fatal illness.
Following an investigation by government health officials, the decision
was made to subscribe prophylactic antibiotic therapy to the entire
community against the bacterial infection which if left untreated, can
result in loss of hearing, paralysis, or death.=20=20
++++
12. 15,000 Israelis diagnosed without eating disorders
(BNI-MAR.7) About 15,000 Israelis between the ages of 11-20-years-old have
been diagnosed with eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia
nervosa. The figures were released at a convention of experts in Hebrew
University in Jerusalem on Tuesday.=20=20
Experts report that about ninety percent of persons diagnosed with the
eating disorders are females. The most common age for anorexia is between
11-16 while bulimia is found in persons between 18-22.=20=20
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China, Russia to Sign Friendship Treaty (6Mar.01)
http://www.europeaninternet.com/russia/news.php3?id=302448&brief=text
Russian Cosmonauts to Observe Mir Downing From Chartered Flight
(6Mar.01)
http://www.europeaninternet.com/russia/news.php3?id=303023&brief=text
Russia Space Veterans Say Mir a Sacrifice to Progress (6Mar.01)
http://www.europeaninternet.com/russia/news.php3?id=303032&brief=text
Refugees Call for UN Intervention in Chechnya (5Mar.01)
http://www.europeaninternet.com/russia/news.php3?id=301908&brief=text
Chechen Blast Kills Three Policemen, One Woman, in Grozny Market
(5Mar.01)
http://www.europeaninternet.com/russia/news.php3?id=301912&brief=text
Germany Skeptical on U.S. Plans for Internet Firewall
Handelsblatt (6Mar.01)
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China Urges U.S. to Abandon "Perverted Ways" on Human Rights (6Mar.01)
http://www.insidechina.com/news.php3?id=302484&brief=text
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Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 09:03:42 -0500
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Subject: ZOA: Rock-Throwing is Violence,
Not Civil Disobedience - ZOA: Murder Of
Alabama Professor By Rock-Throwers
Shows Dangers Israelis Face
ZOA: Rock-Throwing is Violence, Not Civil Disobedience - ZOA: Murder Of
Alabama Professor By Rock-Throwers Shows Dangers Israelis Face
News Release
The Zionist Organization of America
Jacob & Libby Goodman ZOA House Phone: - 212-481-1500
4 East 34th St. New York, NY 10016 Fax: 212-481-1515
e-mail: email@zoa.org Web Site: www.zoa.org
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ATTN: News Editor
NEW YORK - The recent violence involving rock-throwers in Florida
and New York, resulting in the death of a college professor and the severe
wounding of a police officer, illustrate the dangers that Israelis face
every day from Palestinian Arab rock-throwers, the Zionist Organization of
America (ZOA) has pointed out.
University of Alabama Professor Julie Laible, 32, was killed when a
rock thrown from an overpass crashed through her car's windshield and
struck her in the face on Interstate 75 near Tampa, Florida, on March 28,
1999. Meanwhile, on the Southern State Parkway in Long Island, New York, a
New York City Police Department housing officer, Sgt. James McAleer, 41,
was hospitalized in critical condition after a rock thrown at his car
smashed through the windshield and struck him in the head, fracturing his
skull, on March 26, 1999.
April 3, 1999, will mark the first anniversary of the Palestinian
Arab rock-throwing attack, on a highway on the outskirts of Jerusalem, in
which an elderly Israeli man, Eliezer Frankel, suffered permanent brain
damage.
ZOA National President Morton A. Klein said: "Rock-throwing is not
civil disobedience. It is ugly violence against human beings, pure and
simple. We extend our deepest condolences to the family of Professor
Laible, and we wish Sergeant McAleer a speedy recovery. We hope these
tragedies will help the American public and media recognize the serious
dangers that Israelis face every day from Palestinian Arab rock-throwers."
Three young men who threw rocks at cars on Washington, D.C.'s
Capitol Beltway in 1990 were convicted of "assault with intent to maim" and
"assault with intent to disable," and received prison terms of 38 to 40
years for their crimes.
The ZOA president pointed out that over the years, there have been
tens of thousands of Arab rock-throwing attacks against Israelis, with
thousands of Israelis injured, some of them permanently. In at least 8
instances, Israelis --or Arabs mistaken for Israelis-- have been killed in
such assaults:
* January 29, 1983: Esther Ohana, 20, is killed when she is struck
in the head by rocks thrown at the car in which she is riding. (Jerusalem
Post, February 13, 1983)
* February 24, 1989: Benny Meisner, a young Israeli soldier, is
struck in the head and killed by a chunk of concrete thrown by an Arab in
Nablus. (Jerusalem Post, February 27, 1989)
* September 3, 1989: Reserve soldier Haim Sharabani, 38, dies from
wounds suffered when he was struck in the head in an Arab rock-throwing
attack in Khan Yunis, Gaza, two weeks earlier. (Jerusalem Post, September
4, 1989)
* November 15, 1990: A 4 year-old Arab boy, from the village of
Kafr Talouza (north of Nablus), is killed when he is struck in the head by
a rock thrown by Arab rock-throwers who mistook the car in which he was
riding for an Israeli vehicle. (Yediot Ahronot, November 16, 1990)
* February 24, 1993: An Israeli car traveling in the Gush Etzion
region is attacked by Arab rock-throwers, causing the car to crash. An 11
year-old passenger, Chava Wechsberg, is killed. (Jerusalem Post, February
28, 1993)
* March 2, 1993: Yehoshua Weisbrod is stoned to death by an Arab
mob in Rafah (in the Gaza Strip).(New York Times, March 5, 1993)
* September 26, 1993: Rocks thrown at a car near Jerusalem's A-Ram
junction cause the car to crash, killing 17 year-old Amitai Kapah.
(Jerusalem Post, September 28, 1993)
* October 21, 1996: Fathi Shouri, 43, an Arab mistaken for a Jew,
is killed when rocks thrown at his car hit him in the head near Ramallah.
(Jerusalem Post, October 22, 1996)
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Subject: [bprlist] keep Sunday-save enviroment
From: Syksteven
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 10:12:42 EST
Eventually, I guess they will have to round up us radical 7th day Sabbath
keepers, force us to convert or imprison/execute us in order to preserve the
enviroment. You think?
Steven Sykes
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OBSERVE SUNDAY, SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT
A Writer's Suggestion, in Wake of G8 Meeting
TRIESTE, Italy, MAR. 6, 2001 <A HREF="http://www.zenit.org">(Zenit.org)</A>.-
There may be a solution to global warming after all: Keep holy the Lord's day.
Following last weekend's session of the G8 Environment Ministers, held in
Trieste, Italy, a writer for the Italian newspaper <A
HREF="http://www.avvenire.it/">Avvenire</A> ventured a suggestion.
"The eight Ministers of the Environment seemed to have come to an agreement
in Trieste to play a different tune in our planet, threatened by miasmas and
poisons resulting from unbridled consumerism," Vittorio Morero writes.
On Sunday, the eight renewed their commitment to struggle against global
warming and promised to try to reach an agreement to reduce gas emissions
that influence the warming.
Avvenire's proposal, an alternative to rampant consumerism, is to continue to
keep Sunday as a day dedicated to cleaning up the environment, to rest, and,
in the case of Christians, to Sunday Mass.
The newspaper applauds, for instance, the initiative to have "no cars on
Sundays," which several European cities are observing in their historical
centers. Adults and children take to the streets on this day, using
non-polluting public transport.
Avvenire suggests that outdoor cultural events be offered in the summer.
"As Christians, it is natural that we should try to understand the urgent inv
itation in 'Novo Millennio Ineunte' to the Christian community to go out to
sea, after having been refreshed by Sunday worship, the Word of God, and
participating joyfully in the liturgy," Morero writes.
"If John Paul II offers Sunday as the program for renewal it is because it is
well known that also, in the area of Christian tradition, Sunday has been and
continues to be ruined by the passive acceptance of consumer models that lack
quality," Morero continues. "Needless to say, it is not enough just to bet on
Sunday, but on a Sunday that is rich in content and very attractive. The
stadiums will have to be closed and museums, libraries and theaters (theaters
that do not disdain the classical) opened; brief tourist trips organized to
nearby places, so that we are not ignorant of the beauties surrounding us."
"We will have to abandon the logic of the market and for at least one day
entrust ourselves to our imagination; to our own, and not one imposed by the
priests and acolytes of the 'global empire.' ... Pastors of souls must think
about it, who have received ... the Lord's commandment: 'Remember to keep
holy the sabbath day.'"
The article concludes: "Let us save Sunday, the place and time of our
civilization."
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Subject: [bprlist] Let there be plasma soup
From: Shophar_Sho_Good
Date: 7 Mar 2001 12:38:30 EST
Let there be plasma soup
Genesis, Chapter 1: Torah and modern physics said to be in agreement
http://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20010307/493567.html
Bill Gladstone
National Post
Tate Gallery, The Associated Press
William Blake depicted God as an architect. An explosives expert might have
been equally appropriate.
The Biblical account of the creation of the universe is in "complete and
remarkable agreement" with the latest findings of modern cosmology, a
leading Israeli physicist maintains.
"At least regarding the first chapter of Genesis, the era of contradiction
between Torah [the first five books of the Bible] and science is over," says
Nathan Aviezer, who visited Canada last month.
Chairman of the physics department at Bar-Ilan University, Aviezer has done
important research in the theory of the electrical resistivity of metals. An
observant Jew, he has developed a sideline of arguing the Biblical story of
creation has a scientific basis. His book In the Beginning: Biblical Creation
and Science has been reprinted seven times since it was first published in
1990.
The creation of all matter out of nothing (ex nihilo); the divine wish for
illumination as expressed in the phrase, "Let there be light;" the primeval
chaos out of which the world was born; the separation of the light from the
darkness -- all of these events, as described in Genesis, are "completely
consistent" with our understanding of the stages of the universe's first
moments, he says.
According to the Newtonian or "steady-state" model prevalent until the early
20th century, the universe was eternal and matter could neither be created nor
destroyed. Views changed radically after Einstein, Aviezer notes. In 1946, an
astronomer, George Gamow, proposed the big bang theory, which posits that the
universe exploded into being in a giant fireball some 15 billion years ago and
has been expanding ever since.
Aviezer reviews some of the major scientific findings that have helped to
reinforce the big bang theory. A key finding came in 1965 when two American
scientists, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson, detected electromagnetic radiation
coming simultaneously from all corners of outer space, presumably left over
from the big bang explosion.
Astronomers such as Edwin Hubble later showed that the universe is
expanding, just as the theory had predicted; the rate of galactic expansion,
known as the Hubble constant, is still a matter of intense debate. More than
half a century of diverse discoveries and measurements, Aviezer says, has all
but confirmed that creation occurred according to the big bang cosmological
model.
"Today a scientist can take clear measurements to show that the universe was
created. It's no longer a matter of faith. The creation of the universe has
become an established fact."
Even illustrious physicists such as Stephen Hawking of Cambridge ("an
atheist"), Aviezer says, do not dispute the universe was created and has
existed for a finite period of time. "The term 'creation' has clearly left
the private preserve of the Biblical scholar and has entered the lexicon of
science."
The big bang theory posits that all matter initially occupied a relatively
tiny space at such an extraordinarily high density and temperature that its
atomic structure was crushed into a thick chaotic soup of protons, electrons
and neutrons, known as plasma.
Because the particles that make up plasma carry an electrical charge, they
trap light.
"Light is incapable of shining through plasma," Aviezer says, explaining
that when the nascent universe pushed outwards at breakneck speed,"suddenly
the plasma became transformed into atoms and molecules, and light shone
throughout the universe."
The appearance of light occurred as instantaneously as if someone had thrown a
switch, he says. This step, in his view, corresponds to the statement, "Let
there be light."
"When the plasma became transformed into atoms and molecules, the light was
suddenly 'decoupled' from the dark plasma -- the light was suddenly
separated from the darkness."
While Scripture says these events occurred in one day, the word "day" should
not be interpreted to mean a 24-hour period. "The Biblical days are not
intended as periods of time at all. They are phases in the development of the
universe."
In his Guide of the Perplexed, Moses Maimonides, a great 12th-century
philosopher, rabbi and physician, "said that we are not to understand the
Biblical days literally -- that they are figurative and meant to represent
stages in the creation of the universe."
Aviezer disagrees with secularists who dismiss the Torah as a collection of
myths, superstitions and fables. "They call it folklore from a primitive tribe
that wandered around in the desert thousands of years ago. This has become the
opinion of many people in Israel -- but not the scientists."
To those believers who are suspicious of scientific inquiry because of its
changing views, he observes that while the steady-state concept of the
universe was based "more on what a man felt in his kishkes [internal
organs]," modern cosmology is based on a solid bedrock of empirical
observation.
"The big bang theory is the first cosmological theory based on hard evidence
that we can measure with our scientific instruments and our telescopes," he
says. "There has not been a theory in the history of science with so much
proof. Come back in 50 years and I'll be telling you the same thing."
Though the Torah is not a scientific treatise, Aviezer says it is largely
compatible with recent developments in astronomy, cosmology, geology,
biology, archeology and other sciences. "If there are questions, let there
be questions!" he exclaims. "Nobody every died from a question. Questions
should never be a cause for concern. I think the absence of questions should
be a cause for concern.
"Today, faith is not blind. There is harmony between the Torah and science.
The Jew of the 21st century doesn't have to choose between the latest
scientific theories and being faithful to Torah traditions that are
thousands of years old. You can have your cake and eat it too."
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Subject: [bprlist] The gospel according to Luke (Skywalker)
From: Shophar_Sho_Good
Date: 7 Mar 2001 12:41:22 EST
Tuesday, 6 March, 2001, 15:00 GMT
The gospel according to Luke (Skywalker)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/newsid_1204000/1204829.stm
You may be a fan of the Star Wars films, but are you a follower? Moves are
afoot to have the fictitious Jedi philosophy the movies espouse recognised
as a proper religion.
If 8,000 New Zealanders have heeded an e-mail asking them to declare Jedi as
their faith on this week's census forms, then Star Wars will have spawned an
officially recognised religion.
Kiwis who went along with the jape may have to explain themselves to the
authorities since it is an offence to enter false information in the census.
But then surely no one can seriously adhere to the "ancient" Jedi creed so
keenly observed by Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker in the blockbuster
series of films.
Wouldn't you have to be a crackpot to put any faith in "The Force" as
explained by Yoda - a wrinkled puppet whose voice was supplied by Frank Oz,
the vocal talent also behind Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear?
Creed is good
Perhaps not. Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola suggested George Lucas
should turn the Jedi philosophy he invented for Star Wars into a
fully-fledged religious movement to mobilise the global wave of interest the
films had sparked.
"Would you like to read some of our literature?"
"I remember [Francis] saying: 'With religion, you really have power.'
I told him: 'Forget it. I don't have any interest in power,'" the
multi-millionaire Lucas has said.
Some moviegoers still regret the director's lack of ecclesiastical ambition.
''If George Lucas turned this into a religion, it would blow L Ron Hubbard's
Dianetics [a central part of the sci-fi writer's controversial belief,
Scientology] out of the window,'' Star Wars fan Won Park told the New York
Times (while dressed as Jedi master Qui-Gon Jinn).
Other fans of The Force have taken it upon themselves to distil it into a
religious cannon, taking the film scripts as their scripture.
The dialogue! It's all frightful rubbish!
The Jedi Creed is a website operated by fans revelling in such assumed names
as Jedi Relan Volkum and Lord Scorn. It addresses such theological questions
as "Should Jedi work for government?" and "Vomiting: Disgusting, or Lesson on
Life?"
The central tenet of the creed is that The Force is "an energy field created
by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy
together", as Sir Alec Guinness opined in Star Wars (1977).
The Jedi Creed site suggests by using The Force (and doing some sit-ups),
followers can reach their full potential. "Remember," it says, "our human
brain only uses about 15 to 20% of its capability."
"Couldn't you get a pew closer the pulpit?"
Star Wars fans have a reputation for being highly fanatical, says Kenny
Baker, the man who filled the shell of R2-D2 in the films.
Baker, who now travels the world to attend Star Wars conventions, knows
first-hand the lengths fans will go to to indulge their fascination.
"They're real eccentrics. They do things like ask you to sign their arm and
then go off and get your signature tattooed," he says. "They are on a
different planet. Definitely not of this world."
Worship enterprise
But among sci-fi followers it's not just Star Wars fans who seek spiritual
guidance. Psychologist Dr Sandy Wolfson says Star Trek also boasts its
legions of disciples.
"One respondent to a questionnaire wrote: 'I sometimes feel Gene Roddenbury
[Star Trek's creator] may have been another coming of a Messiah.' He went on
to draw parallels between Gene and Jesus."
"You can play with R2 later, now get to Sunday school"
Dr Wolfson says the optimistic view of the future that is central to Star
Trek, particularly its accent on multiculturalism and altruism, deeply
inspires many fans.
"Some Star Trekkers even identify themselves as being part of a sect,
persecuted for their interests and stigmatised by other people who consider
them to be sci-fi anoraks."
Dr Mark Brake, a University of Glamorgan academic who studies the
relationship between science fiction and science fact, says he is not
surprised films, such as Star Wars, prompt spiritual musings.
"Ever since Copernicus found the Earth wasn't at the centre of the universe,
we've been looking for something bigger than us."
The idea that our planet is not unique, that the universe may be full of
inhabited worlds, has driven science fiction and helped "displace" religion,
says Dr Brake.
So adopting Jedi as your faith is not so strange after all? Well, perhaps
those Kiwis who converted to Jedi for the census (if any did) should have
heeded Han Solo's advice to Luke Skywalker.
"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your
side, kid."
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Subject: [bprlist] The first lesson is to go out - or go mad
From: Shophar_Sho_Good
Date: 7 Mar 2001 12:42:32 EST
March 4 2001 EDUCATION
The first lesson is to go out - or go mad
DIARY OF A HOME EDUCATOR
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/03/04/stiednedn01001.html
Second in an occasional series in which a parent discovers the joys and
pitfalls of teaching a child at home
Perfect Times, Southgate Publishers, tel 01363 776 888,
www.southgatepublishers.co.uk
Co-ordination Group Publications (maths, science and literacy): tel 0870 750
1252, www.cgpbooks.co.uk
ELLIE, 8, suspects that her parents do not understand what "proper"
education involves. The night before we embark on home schooling, she
ceremoniously produces a weekly timetable and sticks it on the fridge.
Just like the primary school we withdrew her from, it divides each day into
Gradgrind chunks, mostly devoted to maths and language (invariably spelt
langauge). I focus on the fact that it also contains three 90-minute
sessions of swimming, a whole morning of art, an afternoon of cooking, and
only 20 minutes of RE.
Thus regulated by The Timetable, we begin our first morning of home
education. At 9am, 15 minutes of touch-typing. (Ellie gets 21st-century
skills; I get time for the breakfast dishes.) 9.15: 15 minutes flute
practice. (Load the washing, empty the bins.) Then heads down for an hour of
maths.
At 10.25, we realise that what determines our day is not The Timetable. It
is The Weather. The rain is torrential. Nevertheless, we must go out, or go
mad.
By the time we are sharing hot chocolate on a Starbucks' sofa, I realise
that the morning has gone quite well. Ellie has sliced her way through two
apples, a banana, a cake and a lot of paper to reach the dawn of
understanding about what a fraction is. And I haven't needed to get cross.
Our next stop is Waterstones' floor-to-ceiling shelves of extra schoolwork
for anxious parents. We reject all the English books: snippets of stories,
tedious grammar. The maths books are livelier, but aimed more at homework
practice than learning new skills.
Then we find Co-ordination Group Publications: Maths Classbook 3B. Its
explanations make me feel like a teacher; its cartoons are from Ellie's
planet. With a card game called Perfect Times, which really does teach times
tables, we abandon resources-shopping and head for the library.
The library is heaven. We look up old newspapers. Ellie learns how to use a
photocopier. We take home books about making musical instruments, Victorian
hospitals, Matisse, calligraphy and little known rude facts about Shakespeare.
Stuff The Timetable; this is real education.
Of course the outcome is compromise. We mix practical activities (brass
rubbing, bread and butter pudding) with formal work (maths, maths, maths)
and her interests (cacti, archeology, stories with titles like Bumface.)
And, whatever the weather, we go out - to parks, museums, galleries,
churches, nature reserves.
Cycling home at the end of one visit, we hear the shouts of children over
the playground railings. "Does that make you wish you were at school?" I
asked. "Not really," Ellie replied. "I miss my friends sometimes. But even
though those children are in the playground, they're still behind bars."
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Subject: [bprlist] Isn't this the truth?
From: Stafford's Mail <simmonds@freeuk.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 22:44:47 GMT
Friends,
I received this today, forwarded by one of our American list members
and haste to pass it on to you. It needs to be read by us all.
Blessings Stafford
=================================================
Subject: Isn't this the truth?
Guess our national leaders didn't expect this. Darrell Scott, the
father of Rachel Scott, a victim of the Columbine High School
shootings in Littleton, Colorado, was invited to address the House
Judiciary Committee's subcommittee. What he said to our national
leaders during this special session of Congress was painfully
truthful. They were not prepared for what he was to say, nor was it
received well. It needs to be heard by every parent, every teacher,
every politician every sociologist, every psychologist, and every
so-called expert!
These courageous words spoken by Darrell Scott are powerful,
penetrating, and deeply personal. The following is a portion
of the transcript:
"Since the dawn of creation there has been both good & evil in the
hearts of men and women. We all contain the seeds of kindness or the
seeds of violence. The death of my wonderful daughter, Rachel Joy
Scott, and the deaths of that heroic teacher, and the other eleven
children who died must not be in vain. Their blood cries out for
answers."
"The first recorded act of violence was when Cain slew his brother
Abel out in the field. The villain was not the club he used. Neither
was it the NCA, the National Club Association. The true killer was
Cain, and the reason for the murder could only be found in Cain's
heart."
"In the days that followed the Columbine tragedy, I was amazed at how
quickly fingers began to be pointed at groups such as the NRA. I am
not a member of the NRA. I am not a hunter. I do not even own a gun.
I am not here to represent or defend the NRA - because I don't
believe that they are responsible for my daughter's death. Therefore
I do not believe that they need to be defended. If I believed they
had anything to do with Rachel's murder I would be their strongest
opponent."
"I am here today to declare that Columbine was not just a tragedy-it
was a spiritual event that should be forcing us to look at where the
real blame lies! Much of the blame lies here in this room. Much of
the blame lies behind the pointing fingers of the accusers themselves.
I wrote a poem that expresses my feelings best. This was written way
before I knew I would be speaking here today:
"Your laws ignore our deepest needs,
Your words are empty air.
You've stripped away our heritage,
You've outlawed simple prayer.
Now gunshots fill our classrooms,
And precious children die.
You seek for answers everywhere,
And ask the question "Why?"
You regulate restrictive laws,
Through legislative creed.
And yet you fail to understand,
That God is what we need!"
"Men and women are three-part beings. We all consist of body, soul,
and spirit. When we refuse to acknowledge a third part of our make-up,
we create a void that allows evil, prejudice, and hatred to rush in
and reek havoc... Spiritual influences were present within our
educational systems foremost of our nation's history. Many of our
major colleges began as theological seminaries. This is a historical
fact.
What has happened to us as a nation? We have refused to honor God,
and in so doing, we open the doors to hatred and violence. And when
something as terrible as Columbine's tragedy occurs politicians
immediately look for a scapegoat such as the NRA. They immediately
seek to pass more restrictive laws that contribute to erode away our
personal and private liberties. We do not need more restrictive laws."
"Eric and Dylan would not have been stopped by metal detectors. No
amount of gun laws can stop someone who spends months planning this
type of massacre. The real villain lies within our own hearts.
Political posturing and restrictive legislation are not the answers.
The young people of our nation hold the key. There is a spiritual
awakening taking place that will not be squelched!
We do not need more religion. We do not need more gaudy television
evangelists spewing out verbal religious garbage. We do not need more
million dollar church buildings built while people with basic needs
are being ignored.
We do need a change of heart and a humble acknowledgment that this
nation was founded on the principle of simple trust in God!"
"As my son Craig lay under that table in the school library and saw
his two friends murdered before his very eyes, He did not hesitate to
pray in school. I defy any law or politician to deny him that right!
I challenge every young person in America, and around the world, to
realize that on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School prayer was
brought back to our schools.
Do not let the many prayers offered by those students be in vain.
Dare to move into the new millennium with a sacred disregard for
legislation that violates your God-given right to communicate with
Him. To those of you who would point your finger at the NRA- I give
to you a sincere challenge. Dare to examine your own heart before
casting the first stone!"
"My daughter's death will not be in vain! The young
people of this country will not allow that to happen!"
By: Darrell Scott
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To: jmbrough@ihug.co.nz
Subject: [bprlist] Re: antichrist, trinity, hell and hades
From: "David
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 15:18:11 -0800
Hello,
I understood your point re the Trinity, I just wanted to pass onto you something that I had only come to see a month or so ago. Maybe it is so obvious to you that you thought I misunderstood you.
I also agree with you (at the moment anyway <g>) that there will be an end-time big-time manifested Antichrist.
I apologise for not responding earlier to your comments on hell and hades. Yes you are right about there being a difference between them. I realised as soon as I read your comments that I'd forgotten the difference. Philologos.org has a pretty comprehensive study on Hell and Hades Sheol Gehenna etc.
http://philologos.org/bpr/files/s019.htm
but it is some time ago that I had read it. I need to re-read it.
I am assembling some thoughts on Hades in order to show something interesting to you and anyone else following our discussions. I want to give you a bit of an idea of where they are heading:
Hades may be a synonym for 'bottomless pit' (Rev 9:1, 2, 11) and 'abyss' (Rev 11:7, 17:8, 20:1, 3, for example).
Perhaps you can 'see' what I am driving at?
Cheers
David
>From: "John
>To: "David Elphick" <elphick@gohip.com>
>Subject: Re: antichrist
>Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 15:52:55 +1300
>
>Hi,
>my point was not that the Trinity is not in the scripture - it is, but the
>Word, or title "Trinity" is not. My point was that this is not a problem to
>me I happy accept the word "Trinity" to describe the doctrine but then my
>point is that even though the word "Antichrist" is not used directly in
>scripture of the end time incarnationof Satan it is acceptable to use the
>term of him as he would be the "Chief of Antichrists" of whom over the
>church age we have seen many. I have no difficulty with your point that in
>John's epistles it refers to a numbert of backsliders or apostates. Just I
>think it is fair to widen the use of the term in the way it has been
>traditionally done.
>
>Johninnz.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "David
>To: <jmbrough@ihug.co.nz>
>Cc: <norm_lists@bigfoot.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 12:20 PM
>Subject: RE: antichrist
>
>
>> Hello John,
>>
>> I agree with you. Satan appeared physically at the beginning and I think
>therefore he will appear physically at the end in some form or other.
>>
>> On the Trinity, I see it clearly described in Genesis 1:1 and 1:2. We have
>God said: and we know Jesus is the Word, so that is two of the three. In
>Gen. 1:2 we have the holy spirit at work.
>>
>> I hope you don't mind my forwarding this email onto Norm.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> David
>>
>> >From: "John
>> >To: "David Elphick" <elphick@gohip.com>, <bprlist@yahoogroups.com>
>> >Subject: antichrist
>> >Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 09:38:16 +1300
>> >
>> >Hi again,
>> >Your analysis of "antichrist" is good. Agreed that the use of it in Johns
>epistles is general and means Someone who is against Christ" and refers to
>many people - John says so - and not to an individual at the end of the age.
>> >
>> >It is difficult that the name is not directly applied in scripture to a
>personage at the end of the age. This identification has been made by the
>church - rightly or wrongly.
>> >
>> >But even if we abandon the title "antichrist" there is still strong
>evidence for a person at the end of the age who will oppose Christ and will
>in the fullest sense be "Antichrist". It is this evidence that has lead the
>church to attribute the name "Antichrist" to the son of Perdition", "The
>beast" and so on. I.e. there are many "antichrists" but at the end of the
>age there will be "THE Antichrist". It would be hard to interpret 2 Thess or
>Matt 24 in any other way but to acknowledge the existence of such a person
>whether we want to call him Antichrist or not.
>> >
>> >For me it is a bit like the term "Trinity". Which is one step further
>back than "Antichrist" because it has not actual scriptural usage. But the
>elements that make up the doctrine of the Trinity are clearly in the Book so
>I am happy to accept the title. In the same way the elements of the doctrine
>of Antichrist are in the Book and so if we give it a title "Antichrist" like
>we have given the Trinity the title "Trinity" then thats OK by me. It is
>really helpful to have a shorthand way of referring to the doctrine of God
>and it is just the same with the Antichrist.
>> >
>> >However whether or not there is an antichrist at the end of the age
>really does not prove or disprove the existence of a millenium - they are
>separate issues.
>> >
>> >As for "bound"
>> >
>> >Yes your dictionary definition is helpful - but there are degrees of
>binding. The dictionary only tells us about the total effect not if there is
>only a binding in a particular way. Satan is bound by the work of the
>cross - but the question is "In what way?" "Is it in the same way that Rev
>20 Means?" "The fact that Satan still works - what does that mean to the
>idea of him now being bound?" "Is he bound hand and foot? or is he gagged as
>well? or is he trussed up like a mummy?"
>> >
>> >The normal understanding is that Satan lost his legal rights over mankind
>and the earth gained through sin because of the work of Christ on the cross.
>But the redemption of the purchased possession cannot yet be reclaimed even
>though the price has been paid because the original owner (mankind) have to
>agree to the redemption by their kinsman Jesus. Thus we have the gospel age
>where we are trying to tell men that the redemption has been paid and we can
>accept it. This age comes to an end when every man, woman and child who
>canunderstand who is alive at that point of time has heard the gospel and
>either accepted or rejected it. Until the corporate fallen Adam has heard
>Christ cannot return - it would be a legal wrong for him to do so. Satan
>would have a legal argument for not being judged. While there are unreached
>people groups and individuals in the world Christ will not come to bring an
>end to this gospel age. The Gospel shall be preached to all men - and then
>the end shall!
>> come. Jesus said so.
>> >
>> >Johninnz
>> >
>> ><< msg2.html >>
>>
>>
>>
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) Ariel Sharon drops United Jerusalem from swearing in
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 18:32:35 -0500
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From: imra@netvision.net.il
To: imra@imra.org.il
Subject: Ariel Sharon drops
United Jerusalem from swearing in speech
Ariel Sharon drops United Jerusalem from swearing in speech
Aaron Lerner Date: 7 March 2001
Israel Television's Channel One's Knesset Correspondent noted this evening
that when prime minister elect Ariel Sharon made his inaugural speech this
evening in the Knesset, he dropped one line from his text.
Sharon told the special session that it is important for Israel's present
and future not to forget Jerusalem and then skipped over the phrase in his
prepared speech "united under Israeli sovereignty".
The complete text of the prepared speech is available in Hebrew on
http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-583169,FF.html
The following is IMRA's translation of the paragraph as it appeared in the
text distributed PRIOR to the speech. The sentence Sharon omitted when he
spoke IS IN CAPITALS
"Jerusalem was and will be the eternal capital of the Jewish People.
JERUSALEM COMPLETE AND UNITED WILL ALWAYS REMAIN UNDER ISRAELI SOVEREIGNTY.
Prime ministers of Israel always repeated this commitment in their swearing
in speech and among them the late Yitzhak Rabin of blessed memory. And thus
also the pledge:
"If I forget Jerusalem . . . ."
Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director
IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis)
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) Prime Minister's Spokesperson: Ariel Sharon dropped
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 18:35:28 -0500
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Subject: Prime Minister's Spokesperson:
Ariel Sharon dropped United Jerusalem
from swearing in speech by mistake
Prime Minister's Spokesperson: Ariel Sharon dropped United Jerusalem from
swearing in speech by mistake
Aaron Lerner Date: 7 March 2001
The prime minister's spokesperson advised IMRA tonight that "the line about
Jerusalem was left out by mistake" from Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's
reading of his swearing in speech.
The line was to read "An indivisible and united Jerusalem will always stay
under Israeli sovereignty." It was in the PREPARED TEXT.
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Subject: [bprlist] Fav books
From: "Beverly
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 00:27:43 -0500
These are ones that if I lost them I would hurry and buy them again..
The HOly Spirit By A.B. Simpson, the title exsplains it all .
I think the next one would be
The Study of the Types by Adar Habershon this is a
book that ties the old with the new
Moses , Joseph being a type of Christ it covers so so much Christ as the Shepherd . It is also about the types of Christ in the ARK the Manna the red sea the Jordan the tree cast into Marah . TYpes of Calvary , the coats of skins,Abels sacrifice ,the paschal Lamb ,burnt offering ,Peace offering, the sin and trespass affering the red heifer and the bird in Lev
The next would be The Miracle of the Scarlett Thread by Richard Booker.. the story of Gods Blood Covenant with Man . IT is to help you see the beautiful garment of salvation God has woven in HIs Holy Word, I shows God's order shows again how the new and the old fit together .
I likeTozer and DAve HUnt too amoung many."IN HIs Footsteps" too
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) Sharon takes oath of office on HOLY BIBLE
From: "Ronni"
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 08:09:26 -0500
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Subject: Sharon takes oath of office on HOLY BIBLE
Date sent: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 23:11:38 +0200
Shalom,
I don't know if the network media will report this or not, but tonight
Ariel Sharon was sworn in as Israel's prime minister. HE REQUESTED
THAT HE BE ALLOWED TO SWEAR HIS OATH OF OFFICE ON A BIBLE. As Kol
Yisrael radio reported, this is the first time this has happened and
Sharon is the first prime minister of Israel to take an oath on the
Holy Scriptures.
This morning the Jerusalem Post in reporting the qualifications of the
Sharon cabinet concluded that it is the largest and most intelligent
and capable cabinet Israel has ever had.
If it was not obvious before, it should be now. Hashem's man is in
place.
Shalom Shalom & Hashem's love & blessings,
ben Yosef
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Subject: RE: [bprlist] (Fwd) Sharon takes oath of office on HOLY BIBLE
From: "David
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 14:40:06 -0800
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Subject: [bprlist] Bringing down the Russian space station will be fraught with uncertainty
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 08:46:48 -0500
Fingers crossed
Bringing down the Russian space station will be fraught with uncertainty =
=20
Space watchers are standing by for a big splash sometime after 12 March=20
when Russia's Mir space station is due to plummet into the Pacific.=20=20
But bringing down the most massive man-made object in space will not be=20
easy. The station has little power for manoeuvring and could be thrown off=
=20
course by solar activity. Furthermore, its irregular shape makes predicting=
its=20
trajectory difficult.=20=20
Dave Mangus of NASA, who helped bring down the Compton Gamma Ray=20
Observatory in June 2000, says such manoeuvres are nerve-wracking. "We=20
lost a lot of sleep over it," he says.=20=20
Mir weighs 130 tonnes, nine times as much as Compton, so Russian=20
controllers are likely to be in a similar state. "There'll be a lot of prac=
tising=20
and every team member will have a back-up," says Mangus.=20=20
Critical angle=20=20
An uncrewed Progress M1-5 spacecraft docked with Mir on 22 January to=20
provide the necessary thrust for re-entry. It then nudged Mir into an ellip=
tical=20
orbit with an average altitude of 250 kilometres. Around 12 March, controll=
ers=20
in Russia's Mission Control Centre in Korolev near Moscow will start firing=
=20
Progress's engines to trigger re-entry.=20=20
These thrusts are designed to put Mir into a more elliptical orbit so that =
the=20
station enters the Earth's atmosphere at a steep enough angle not to bounce=
=20
off - about 1=B0 from horizontal. If the angle is any less than this, it wi=
ll be "like=20
skipping a stone on a lake", says Mangus.=20=20
The final thrust should bring Mir into an orbit that is closest to the Eart=
h over=20
the Pacific, at a height of less than 80 kilometres. At this point atmosphe=
ric=20
drag will take over and the station, travelling at about eight kilometres p=
er=20
second, will go into a near-vertical dive.=20=20
About half an hour later, the debris should hit the sea at 47=B0 south, 140=
=B0=20
west - about 4000 kilometres east of New Zealand. Travelling at 200=20
kilometres per hour, the fragments could smash through two metres of=20
concrete.=20=20
Solar flares=20=20
That's the theory. But the time between the start of the final thrust and t=
he=20
point of re-entry is full of risk. During this time, Mir will travel half w=
ay around=20
the planet, passing over central Asia and Japan before heading out over the=
=20
Pacific. Unlike all previous controlled re-entries, there is little power a=
vailable=20
to correct mistakes: the Progress craft has to move an object almost 20=20
times its own mass.=20=20
So NASA's Space Surveillance Network and Russian and European ground=20
stations will be tracking the station's trajectory in case it is affected b=
y=20
ripples in the Earth's upper atmosphere or solar activity.=20=20
"In a [solar] flare you can see the altitude take steps like a downward=20
staircase and that just throws off any calculation," says James Ryan of the=
=20
University of New Hampshire, who worked on the re-entry of the Solar=20
Maximum Mission satellite in 1989.=20=20
Others disagree. "It won't be a problem," says Walter Flury of the European=
=20
Space Agency, who is working with the Russian team.=20=20
Odd shape=20=20
The most likely source of trouble is Mir's peculiar shape. To predict where=
an=20
object will re-enter and where the debris will scatter, scientists need to =
know=20
how much atmospheric resistance it will face. Mir was cobbled together over=
=20
15 years and has five modules attached to a central base station, a plethor=
a=20
of solar arrays and antennas, and now the Progress rocket is also attached.=
=20=20
During re-entry, the front end of Mir will set up shock waves that will hea=
t,=20
bend and break up the station. "It's almost a chaotic process," says Ryan. =
=20
In the past, satellites that have broken up in an irregular way have caused=
=20
problems. In 1991, a 40-tonne Salyut-7 overshot the Pacific and landed in t=
he=20
Chilean Andes because its solar panel became bent tens of kilometres=20
before re-entry, throwing out aerodynamic calculations.=20=20
But despite the possible pitfalls, most people are confident the Russians c=
an=20
pull it off. "They have done this before," says a source within the Europea=
n=20
Space Agency. "You have to think if anyone can bring Mir down safely, they=
=20
can."=20=20
Correspondence about this story should be directed to=20
letters@newscientist.com=20=20
1900 GMT, 7 March 2001=20=20
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To: Shophar_Sho_Good <shophar_sho_good@usa.net>
Subject: [bprlist] Books & Things
From: Pam
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 08:48:41 -0500
Dear SSG:
Thank you for your book suggestions. "The Feasts of Israel: Seasons
of the Messiah.", by Bruce Scott, ISBN 0-915540-14-2, Copyright 1997 by
The Friends of Israel Society, is also a good 'read' with regard to the
Feasts. It, too, is very interesting. I would probably find 'God's
Prophetic Calendar' interesting, also, but, before investing in a copy,
I would like to ask, if you know, what interpretation the author puts on
Daniel 12:11? It reads: "And from the time that the daily sacrifice
shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up,
there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days." I think your
will agree this scripture can be interpreted to mean the abomination is
set up 1,290 days AFTER the daily sacrifice is taken away. All the
'bible prophecy' books I have read interpret it to mean the daily
sacrifice will be taken away at the mid-point of the 7 years and the
abomination will be set up at the same time. This reading of the verse
results in 'explanations' for the additional 30 days, and the 45 days,
of 12:12, explanations that are conjectures. If the author of 'God's
Prophetic Calendar' applies that interpretation to 12:11 the only thing
of interest, to me, would be how he accounts for the 30 and 45 day
periods that follow the 7 years. Praise the Lord!
As I mentioned in my response to your 'wonderings', re. certain
end-times scriptures, I have not accepted the 'accepted' reading of
12:11. Using the alternative interpretation, the events of those two
time periods need not be in the realm of fiction but can be accounted
for, scripturally. If the author of 'God's Prophetic Calendar' applies
the 'accepted' interpretation of 12:11, I do not think it would be of
interest to me. The alternative explanation makes it possible to
account, scripturally, for which days are to be shortened, and why,
amongst other things. Praise the Lord!
Thanks again from your response and thanks for your other
contributions to the list, I find them most interesting. Praise the
Lord!
God Bless you. Charlie Baker
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) Ha'aretz: IDF digs trench to keep 65,000 villagers out of Ramallah
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 08:49:39 -0500
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Subject: Ha'aretz: IDF digs trench to keep
65,000 villagers out of Ramallah
Ha'aretz: IDF digs trench to keep 65,000 villagers out of Ramallah
By Amira Hass and Amos Harel Ha'aretz Correspondents Ha'aretz 8 March 2001
Israel Defense Forces bulldozers left a ditch Thursday night which
effectively closes off the large Palestinian city to some 65,000 residents
of 25 local villages.
Tearing into a road that runs north of Ramallah, the IDF digging damaged the
water pipes and telephone lines used by one West Bank village, Surda,
leaving residents there complaining of dry taps and disconnected phones.
According to the Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and
the Environment, the IDF plowed a trench two meters deep, and dozens of
meters in length. Army bulldozers worked on a stretch of road between the
Bir-Zeit region and the "Wallerstein" road.
The IDF plowing cut-off the Bir Zeit region, classified as a "B" area -
under Israeli security control - from Ramallah "A" zones, which are under
complete Palestinian Authority control.
While the IDF had responded to five months of Al Aqsa Intifada violence by
distributing concrete slabs on roads and digging up trenches to seal off a
number of towns and villages in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, until now the
army had refrained from placing any such obstructions on routes between
Ramallah and outlying Palestinian communities.
On occasion, the IDF set up temporary checkpoints which restricted the
movements of some local residents.
But by and large, residents moved freely on the road north of the
Palestinian city, which was used as an alternative route for villagers who
live west of Ramallah, whose own local roads (which pass by Jewish
settlements such as Beit El and Ofra) have been shut down.
The IDF sources say that the road north of Ramallah was blocked off in
response to a number of terror attacks that took place in the region
recently, including a gunfire attack on February 25 in which two settlers
from the Ateret settlement were wounded.
Tuesday's trench digging appears to have had two objectives: to contain
terror units based in Ramallah and prevent them from carrying out attacks in
regions to the north of the city; and to make it clear to Palestinian
residents that there is a "price" to be paid for continued attacks against
Jewish settlers in the region.
One institution which is likely to suffer from the new road block is Bir
Zeit University.
Classes there have been conducted without interruption throughout the months
of Intifada fighting.
One Bir Zeit academic predicted yesterday that university students who have
not so far participated in clashes against IDF troops, are likely to take to
the streets and confront soldiers now that their university studies have
been disrupted.
Palestinian academics and activists aren't the only groups harboring doubts
about the wisdom of the IDF's new policy of cutting off Ramallah.
IDF officers in the Central Command told Ha'aretz that by digging the
trench, "we are taking on a major risk here.
"In contrast to manned checkpoints at which a reasoned decision by an
officer enables Palestinians to pass for humanitarian reasons, this trench
cannot be crossed.
"The practical significance is that thousands of people are cut off from
hospitals and health clinics, not to mention places of work, and markets."
The IDF sources concluded: "It's doubtful that the collective punishment of
tens of thousands of people, in retaliation for the acts of a few isolated
terror cells, can be justified.
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Subject: [bprlist] Scouts may see a windfall
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 08:53:08 -0500
Scouts may see a windfall
Gwyneth K. Shaw
of the Sentinel Staff
Posted March 8, 2001
The controversy about the Boy Scouts=92 anti-gay policy appears to be helpi=
ng=20
the local council -- at least with donors to Heart of Florida United Way. =
=20
When it=92s all added up, the charity thinks the Scouts will receive more t=
han=20
$330,000 from people who earmarked all or part of their United Way donation=
=20
for the group. The council asked only for $325,000.=20=20
"They=92re going to get slightly more than they requested for their program=
s,"=20
United Way spokeswoman Michelle Herbold said.=20=20
Donors made their decision to give directly to the Boy Scouts last fall, wh=
en=20
it looked as though the organization might be completely cut off from futur=
e=20
United Way money because of the charity=92s policy barring any of its=20
agencies from discriminating.=20=20
While the Scouts still don=92t meet those requirements, last month the Unit=
ed=20
Way board agreed to allow the group to continue to receive only dollars=20
dedicated by donors. A bigger windfall has come from Dr. Phillips Inc., hom=
e=20
to two of the region=92s oldest and most generous foundations. For the next=
=20
three years, the investment proceeds earned by nearly $1.5 million Dr.=20
Phillips has handed to the United Way will go to the Scouts.=20=20
Dr. Phillips didn=92t make a contribution to United Way=92s fall campaign=20
because of the board=92s initial decision to pass the nondiscrimination pol=
icy.=20=20
Jim Hinson, president of Dr. Phillips, said he hopes the fund will yield 5 =
to 6=20
percent of the original sum for the Scouts. That could be more than $225,00=
0=20
over three years.=20=20
The combination has the Scouts smiling -- but top officials know that when=
=20
the publicity from the United Way flap fades, so could the flood of=20
designations. For example, during the fall 1999 campaign, donors pledged=20
$80,000 directly to the Scouts. But the organization got $310,000, with the=
=20
difference coming from the general pool of donor dollars. That kind of gap=
=20
won=92t be made up under the terms agreed to by the United Way and the=20
Scouts last month.=20=20
Beginning this fall, United Way will take the money donated straight to the=
=20
Scouts, take 13 percent for overhead, then hand it over.=20=20
Even though the 2000 campaign -- which raised $20 million in Orange,=20
Seminole and Osceola counties -- ended in November, the amounts=20
designated by donors are only now becoming available.=20=20
Tico Perez, president of the local Scouts council, said he is pleased at th=
e=20
money coming in. But the Scouts have to plan for a time when that river run=
s=20
dry, he said.=20=20
"The key to that is going to be that the people who designated to this=20
campaign continue to designate to us in the future," Perez said. "Hopefully=
,=20
our donors will continue to remember us. We certainly hope that people will=
=20
not forget."=20=20
Nationally, pressure is building on the Scouts from governments and a=20
number of organizations that give grants. Locally, Orlando Sentinel=20
Communications, parent company of the Orlando Sentinel, said it will no=20
longer give grants to programs run by the Scouts that discriminate because=
=20
of sexual orientation or religion.=20=20
The company gave $16,000 to the Scouts last year through money raised by=20
the newspaper=92s Sentinel Santa program. The company encouraged the=20
Scouts to reapply for grant money, but only for programs that do not=20
discriminate.=20=20
Hinson said helping the Scouts build a nest egg was the intent of the Dr.=20
Phillips board in offering the proceeds from the $1.5 million.=20=20
"They need to take these new dollars that are coming in and begin to create=
=20
their own longstanding endowment to create income for themselves over the=20
years," he said.=20=20
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Subject: [bprlist] Powell says Bush to keep pledge to move embassy to Jerusalem
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 08:56:08 -0500
Powell says Bush to keep pledge to move embassy to Jerusalem
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush intends to keep a campaign
promise to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem,
Secretary of State Colin Powell insisted.
The State Department later Wednesday insisted Powell was only restating
what has been U.S. policy for some time.
The embassy move would lend support to Israeli claims to the city as its
undivided capital.
Powell, appearing before the House International Relations Committee, was
asked about the status of Bush's campaign promise. "President Bush is
committed to moving our embassy to Jerusalem," Powell said. "The process
is ongoing. We have not started any actions yet. And in light of the very
difficult situation that exists right now, we'll continue to examine how that
process should start. But it does remain his commitment to move the
embassy to the capital of Israel, which is Jerusalem."
Not long after Powell spoke, State Department spokesman Philip Reeker
said, "There has been no change in U.S. policy. The secretary described the
situation on the ground."
A senior State Department official later said U.S. policy has been and
continues to be that the front-line parties, Israel and the Palestinian
Authority, have agreed that the status of Jerusalem is to be resolved between
them.
Asked how that policy affects decisions on the location of the embassy, the
official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said only that Powell's
comments do not imply any change in the U.S. view of Jerusalem's status.
One of the bitterest schisms in any peace talks over the last decade has
been Jerusalem, which the Palestinians insist also should house the capital
of a future Palestinian state.
When former President Bill Clinton first ran in 1992, he too advocated moving
the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Clinton never acted on the promise,
even though Congress several times tried to force his hand by approving
money for the move.
The issue resurfaced in August 2000, when then Israeli Prime Minister Ehud
Barak told Israel television he understood that Clinton planned to move the
embassy on his last day in office. Again, the move never materialized. Only
a few countries have accepted Israel's claim to the whole city as its capital.
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Subject: [bprlist] Daily World Affairs Report items (3/7/01)
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 09:12:26 -0500
EURO-COURT OUTLAWS CRITICISM OF E.U.=20
The European Court of Justice ruled yesterday that the European Union=20
can lawfully suppress political criticism of its institutions and of leadin=
g=20
figures, sweeping aside English Common Law and 50 years of European=20
precedents on civil liberties. The EU's top court found that the European=20
Commission was entitled to sack Bernard Connolly, a British economist=20
dismissed in 1995 for writing a critique of European monetary integration=20
entitled "The Rotten Heart of Europe". The ruling stated that the=20
commission could restrict dissent in order to "protect the rights of others=
"=20
and punish individuals who "damaged the institution's image and reputation"=
.=20
The case has wider implications for free speech that could extend to EU=20
citizens who do not work for the Brussels bureaucracy. The court called=20
the Connolly book "aggressive, derogatory and insulting", taking particular=
=20
umbrage at the author's suggestion that Economic and Monetary Union was=20
a threat to democracy, freedom and "ultimately peace". However, it=20
dropped an argument put forward 3 months ago by the advocate-general,=20
Damaso Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, which implied that Mr Connolly's criticism=20
of the EU was akin to extreme blasphemy, and therefore not protected=20
speech.=20
Mr Connolly, who has been told to pay the European Commission's legal=20
costs, said the proceedings did not amount to a fair hearing. "We're back t=
o=20
the Star Chamber and Acts of Attainder: the rights of defendants are not=20
respected or guaranteed in any way; the offence of seditious libel has been=
=20
resurrected." Mr Connolly now intends to take his case to Europe's other=20
court, the non-EU European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. (The=20
London Telegraph)=0E=20
EUROPE SHUTS ALL MARKETS FOR LIVESTOCK=20
The European Commission suspended all livestock markets in the EU for 2=20
weeks yesterday in an unprecedented emergency measure aimed at=20
preventing the foot and mouth (F&M) epidemic in Britain spreading.=20
Although not a single case of F&M has been confirmed on the=20
Continentsince the crisis began in Britain 2 weeks ago there have been a=20
number of false alarms in Germany as well as in France, Belgium and=20
Holland. It is feared that sheep exported from Britain could already have=20
carried the virulent virus abroad.
The move came as the number of outbreaks in the United Kingdom rose by=20
7 to 81. The decision was taken at a meeting of the EU's Standing=20
Veterinary Committee in Brussels, which also decided to extend the current=
=20
ban on British exports of live animals, fresh meat and milk, and a wide=20
range of processed foods, until March 27. This embargo was to have=20
expired on Friday. The committee rejected a demand by Italy for a total=20
meat export ban across Europe. The temporary ban will halt movements of=20
cattle, sheep, pigs and goats through markets the length and breadth of=20
Europe.=20
The tyres of all vehicles from the UK to other member states must also be=20
disinfected. The European Commission's experts dismissed calls to return to=
=20
a policy of vaccinating farm livestock against F&M. The committee's=20
moves came despite claims in Britain that the epidemic might reach a peak=20
and start to decline this week. "The UK veterinarians said they expect a=20
peak of this outbreak sometime this week," an commission spokesman said.=20
"The information they gave was reassuring." (The London Telegraph)=0E
CROAT PARTY IN BOSNIA CHALLENGES PEACE PACT=20
A group of hard-line ethnic Croatian nationalists in Bosnia has declared it=
s=20
intention to organize an independent political entity, a move that threaten=
s to=20
shatter the peace accord that created a country from the bitter ethnic=20
divisions of the 1992-95 war. The declaration came at a weekend congress=20
in the Bosnian city of Mostar, organized by the Croatian Democratic Union,=
=20
a political party that has long been linked to organized crime. Diplomats s=
ay=20
that through extensive patronage, nationalist propaganda and the repression=
=20
of dissident viewpoints, the party has retained a virtual lock on power in =
the=20
southwestern region of Bosnia populated by Croats.=20
Some Western analysts have called the party's plan to create a "self-
governing council" in Bosnia the sharpest challenge so far to the authority=
=20
of Western powers and more than 20,000 NATO peacekeepers in the=20
country. A spokesman for Wolfgang Petritsch, the West's senior=20
representative in Bosnia, told Reuters that the declaration was=20
unconstitutional and opposed to the 1995 peace treaty that ended the=20
Bosnian war.=20
Attaining such a republic, or at least a self-governing region, would bring=
=20
the Croat party closer to its long-held goal of winning independence from=20
Bosnia and, eventually, unity with Croatia. The party's ambition is, howeve=
r,=20
largely scorned in Croatia, where voters removed the Croatian Democratic=20
Union in January 2000 after more than 8 years of absolute rule. (Int'l=20
Herald Tribune)=20
MACEDONIA "IS READY TO FIGHT"=20
The=0EPresident of Macedonia raised the political temperature in the Balkan=
s=20
yesterday with a promise to root out ethnic Albanian "terrorism and=20
extremism". As Boris Trajkovski addressed parliament in his capital, Skopje=
,=20
the crisis in the region grew, with reports that ethnic Albanian guerrillas=
had=20
fanned out along the border with Kosovo. Mr Trajkovski said: "We know=20
how to respond to terrorism. I can assure you that not an inch of=20
Macedonian territory will be given to extremists. We have enough force to=20
deal with terrorism, but every assistance from the international community=
=20
is welcome."=20
His comments marked an ominous return to the rhetoric of war in the=20
Balkans, only months after the overthrow of Slobodan Milosevic raised=20
hopes for moderation. As the Skopje government mobilised all police units=20
and part of the military reserves, it was not clear whether it intended to =
go=20
on the offensive against the Albanian radicals believed to have slipped=20
across from Kosovo. Fighting was reported yesterday, but a Macedonian=20
Defence Ministry official said its forces were "only responding to=20
provocations by Albanian extremists".=20
Macedonian police said they had received unconfirmed reports of rebel=20
movement near the multi-ethnic village of Kumanovo, close to a motorway=20
linking central Europe with the Balkans. Albanians have carried the conflic=
t=20
across the Kosovo border into the Presevo Valley in southern Serbia in=20
what appears to be a strategy to create a "Greater Albania" or at least a=20
"Greater Kosovo".=20
Belgrade and Skopje complain that the NATO-led Kosovo peacekeeping=20
force, KFOR, is not doing enough. The criticism was echoed yesterday by=20
France, whose contingent in the Mitrovica area is accused of being pro-
Serb. NATO officials are worried that the fighting in Macedonia will=20
endanger KFOR's supply route. Macedonia this week closed the border=20
crossing with Kosovo, choking off supplies and leaving some international=20
personnel stranded in Skopje. (The London Telegraph)=20
* "Is this what you call stability?" asks the conservative Austrian paper D=
ie=20
Presse. Bloody incidents on the Macedonian border; unrest in southern=20
Serbia; and Montenegro straining for independence from rump Yugoslavia.=20
Two years ago the EU created the Balkans Stability Pact - but if it can't=20
create stability, the paper challenges, then what's the point of the Pact? =
The=20
Russian daily Wremja MN is critical of the conduct of the K-FOR peace=20
troops stationed in Macedonia. They're happy to make use of Macedonian=20
hospitality and infrastructure, it says. But it accuses the peace keepers o=
f=20
being unwilling or unable to defend the little country, despite being armed=
to=20
the teeth.=20
Meanwhile in Germany the papers are grumbling about the deployment of=20
German troops in the Balkans, at a time when heavy cutbacks in the army=20
budget have left the Bundeswehr in a financial crisis. Company morale has=20
hit rock bottom, says the M=FCnchner Merkur. The paper feels that the=20
soldiers' lot has become a much less attractive one since the first troops=
=20
were sent to the Balkans. The Trierische Volksfreund also makes some=20
snide remarks, commenting that Defence Minister Rudolf Scharping can=20
just about manage to finance the Kosovo expedition, but there's no money=20
left for the boys back home. A policy it sums up as "Balkans hurray, home=20
ground nay". (Deutsche Welle)=0E
* As NATO ponders whether Yugoslav troops should join its efforts to stop=20
ethnic-Albanian guerrillas from Kosovo attacking neighbouring Macedonia.,=20
Austria's Kurier fears the country may be on the brink of ethnic war. "The=
=20
clashes provoked by some 200 Albanian extremists... near the border with=20
Kosovo have created an explosive situation and it is still unclear to what=
=20
extent the NATO peacekeepers in Kosovo are prepared to intervene. The=20
Macedonian Government is fully aware that a bloodbath would jeopardize=20
the peaceful coexistence of Slavs and Albanians in the country."=20
Berlin's Die Welt says the tension on Kosovo's borders could be an=20
opportunity for Serbia and Macedonia to demonstrate their maturity and=20
show that they are ready for regional crisis management. It points out that=
=20
for many years Macedonia has been seen as an example of stability, an=20
outpost of the West in the heart of darkness. "Skopje, has understood this=
=20
chance. It has reinforced its border troops, warned the rebels and closed=20
the border to Kosovo, but it has not allowed itself to be provoked."
The Hungarian Magyar Hirlap warns that the maps of southern Europe=20
may "soon be obsolete". "The ethnic Albanians making up at least 1/3 of=20
Macedonia's population never accepted Macedonia as a unitary state. As=20
long as the Kosovo question remains unresolved... so will Macedonia's.=20
Federal Yugoslavia in its present form, will soon cease to exist -- and wit=
h=20
the end of Yugoslavia the Kosovo question could acquire a whole new=20
dimension. For the moment, the presence of international forces will=20
prevent these small conflicts from sending the whole region from the Greek=
=20
border to Croatia up in flames."=20
France's Le Monde sees the decision to move American peacekeepers into=20
the border area as "the first gesture by the Bush administration relating t=
o=20
European security and defence". The paper contrasts what it calls the new=20
administration's "sudden interest in the region" with its support for a gra=
dual=20
disengagement of K-FOR troops from Kosovo. It sees the decision to=20
deploy the marines as also prompted by renewed instability in Bosnia=20
against a background of a rising tide of nationalism, and the "special=20
agreement" signed 2 days ago between Yugoslavia and the Bosnian Serbs.
As for the view from Moscow, Izvestiya describes the escalation of the=20
fighting on the border as a war that was waiting to happen. It notes=20
thatever since Yugoslav forces were ordered out, analysts have predicted=20
that Kosovo would become a bridgehead in the battle for a "Greater=20
Albania", with Macedonia particularly vulnerable. "And now that war has=20
begun. A predictable war. A war that was widely expected," the paper=20
says. It takes the view that the only way to stop the fighting is for NATO=
=20
peacekeepers to close the border with Kosovo. However, "for that to=20
happen there has to be a political decision. And there is no sign of it", i=
t=20
concludes.=20
Nezavisimaya Gazeta, notes that Kosovo Albanians never concealed their=20
dream of a "Greater Albania". It sees the extra patrols by NATO=20
peacekeepers along the Kosovo border as an admission that the "so-called"=20
Kosovo peacekeeping mission is a complete failure and has simply left=20
Albanian fighters free to attack not only Serbia but Macedonia too. On a=20
more positive note, the paper agrees that Macedonia has received support=20
from Washington and NATO for its armed actions against the Kosovo=20
Albanians, and contrasts this attitude with the open support shown for the=
=20
Albanians during the Kosovo conflict. (BBC)=20
WHAT SORT OF COURT WOULD PUT HENRY KISSINGER ON=20
TRIAL?=20
Robert Mugabe will not have lost much sleep over Peter Tatchell's attempt=20
to "arrest" him on the streets of Brussels. But the Zimbabwean president=20
could one day find himself on trial. Human rights lawyers want to see all=20
politicians stripped of their immunity and obliged to answer for their acti=
ons=20
before virtually any court which asserts jurisdiction.Such a globalisation =
of=20
justice may sound plausible, as long as we assume that only notorious=20
scoundrels would be accused. But there is reason to suppose that most=20
dictators would evade the global net, while democratic leaders would fall=20
foul of it.=20
Even before an international court is established, there are already seriou=
s=20
proposals to prosecute one of America's most eminent living statesmen.=20
Should Dr Henry Kissinger stand trial as a war criminal? Journalist=20
Christopher Hitchens believes not only that Kissinger should be arraigned,=
=20
but that he will be - and soon. One reason for this pretence of urgency is=
=20
that the former secretary of state will be 78 in May. Another is that the=20
election of President Bush may restore Kissinger's influence on American=20
foreign policy. But the main reason why Hitchens wants him prosecuted,=20
and why his forthcoming book, "The Trial of Henry Kissinger", has been=20
serialised in America and Britain, may be summarised in one word:=20
Pinochet.=20
Hitchens suggests - on 2nd-hand evidence - that Kissinger was thoroughly=20
rattled by the arrest of General Pinochet in Britain on a Spanish warrant i=
n=20
1998. The House of Lords decision to permit the extradition of the former=20
Chilean president has, he says, "decisively negated the defence of=20
'sovereign immunity' for acts committed by a government". Hitchens=20
continues: "In this altered climate, the United States faces an interesting=
=20
dilemma. At any moment, one of its most famous citizens may be found=20
liable for terrorist actions under the Alien Tort Claims Act, or may be=20
subject to an international request for extradition, or may be arrested if =
he=20
travels to a foreign country, or may be cited for crimes against humanity b=
y=20
a court in an allied nation."=20
Hitchens would dearly love to see Kissinger before an American court,=20
though even he concedes that this is unlikely. But Hitchens would settle fo=
r=20
any court, any investigative magistrate, any form of litigation that might=
=20
bring ignominy upon the man he sees as a James Bond villain. In his fantasy=
=20
world, Kissinger might stand trial before an International Criminal Court=20
(ICC) - proposed under a treaty known as the Rome Statute that has been=20
signed by Britain, the US and 137 other countries. The process of=20
ratification is likely to take several years. Most importantly for elder=20
statesmen: the ICC's jurisdiction, though universal, will not be retrospect=
ive.=20
So it could not hold the "trial of Henry Kissinger" envisaged by Hitchens.=
=20
Nuremberg remains the only successful international war crimes tribunal. It=
=20
worked thanks to unusual circumstances: the unique and undeniable=20
enormity of Germany's crimes, the fact that most of the surviving Nazi=20
leaders could be tried together within a year of the war, the consensus of=
=20
the wartime Allies about what had to be done. It was, as its critics allege=
d,=20
victors' justice, though the inclusion of Stalin's representatives weakened=
=20
the court's legitimacy. Yet Nuremberg achieved the primary aim of=20
extirpating German nostalgia for the Third Reich.=20
Not only would an ICC lack the peculiar circumstances that gave=20
Nuremberg legitimacy even among most Germans; it would also lack=20
Nuremberg's specific purpose and temporary nature. A permanent ICC=20
could easily be politicised: a self-aggrandising judicial monstrosity,=20
summoning democratic leaders to answer for arbitrary or spurious=20
offences. It might become a vehicle for the Left to exclude and intimidate=
=20
political opponents. It would probably discriminate against the 2 nations=20
most responsible for globalising the rule of law: Britain and the US.=20
Kissinger was undoubtedly ruthless in pursuit of the American national=20
interest during the wars, coups and invasions of his day, whether in=20
Vietnam and Cambodia, Chile, Cyprus, East Timor or elsewhere. But=20
Kissinger has never claimed to be other than a practitioner of realpolitik,=
=20
with a Bismarckian taste for blood and iron. Indeed, he has gloried in his=
=20
reputation as a latter-day Metternich, preserving the balance of power in a=
n=20
age of ideological schism. It is too easy for us, with hindsight, [and=20
evidence!] to condemn the Western statesmen of the Cold War, whose=20
choices were harsher and whose world seemed more dangerous.=20
The proper place for Kissinger to be judged is not before a panel of=20
international lawyers, but before the bar of history. If his memoirs falsif=
y=20
the facts, as Hitchens maintains, they will be exposed by less partisan=20
scholarship than his. The time will come when we can assess all the leaders=
=20
of that era on their merits. That time is not yet, for the late '60s and ea=
rly=20
'70s were the years when our present leaders, the Blairs and Clintons, were=
=20
playboys of the Western world. Their mythology and their bogeymen are=20
preserved by the members of that generation who never grew up. (The=20
London Telegraph - Opinion)=20
"IT" IS A HYDROGEN SCOOTER=20
Inventor Dean Kamen's mystery invention, dubbed "IT" or "Ginger," is a 2-
wheeled, hydrogen-powered scooter that is emission-free and for which he=20
is building a New Hampshire factory, Inside magazine reports. The print=20
publication of Inside.com says it used corporate surveillance experts to=20
uncover the details on the invention. "Ginger represents the 1st generation=
=20
of a new mode of transportation that will compete with and possibly replace=
=20
automobiles. The ramifications of a 'hydrogen economy' would be profound=20
on everything from the environment to the energy business to global=20
politics," the magazine said.
Kamen created a company called ACROS to build "motorized, self-
propelled, wheeled personal mobility aides, namely wheelchairs, scooters,=20
carts and chariots," the magazine said. The Manchester inventor has=20
refused to discuss the project, saying he will not reveal what IT is until =
next=20
year. But IT has created waves already. Such devices presumably would=20
draw on the development of the I-bot, a mechanical wheelchair that can=20
drive through sand and climb stairs, created by Kamen and his medical-
research firm, DEKA Research and Development. (Associated Press)=20
MICHAEL TURNER =0F
(mykelturner@airmail.net)
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1. Document: Inauguration speech of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon =96 check
against delivery=09
2. Police remain on alert against terror attacks=09
3. Victory for Yad L=92Banim on ID cards=09
4. State budget passes first reading in the Knesset=09
5. Knesset abolishes direct election of PM=09
6. PD okays Purim party at Goldstein grave =96 not memorial=09
7. P=92sagot attacked by PA gunfire=09
8. IDF forces attacked with explosive north of Ramallah=09
9. No injuries in Trans-Samaria Highway attack=09
10. PM to meet in White House in coming weeks=09
11. Government receives strong majority=09
12. PA sources: Ariel residents attacked Arab motorists=09
13. PA sources: Jews assaulted and injured 3 Arabs near Nablus=09
14. No injuries in bomb attack on Minharot road=09
15. PA gunfire directed at Maale Levona=09
16. No injuries in shooting attack against commuter bus=09
17. Man moderately wounded in bus stabbing attack=09
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1. Document: Inauguration speech of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon =96 check
against delivery
(BNI-MAR.8) [Provided to IMRA by the Prime Minister's Spokesperson.
Please note that in the actual presentation Sharon did not read the line
"An indivisible and united Jerusalem will always stay under Israeli
sovereignty." ]
The prime minister's spokesperson advised IMRA on Wednesday night that
"the line about Jerusalem was left out by mistake" from Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon's reading of his swearing in speech.
The line was to read "An indivisible and united Jerusalem will always stay
under Israeli sovereignty." It was in the prepared text.
March 7, 2001
The Honorable President of Israel, Mr. Moshe Katzav.
Mr. Speaker, Member of Knesset Avraham Burg.
Members of Knesset.
At the beginning of my remarks I would like to once again thank the many
people of Israel who put their trust in me during the elections that took
place a month ago. I will do my best to justify that trust and
successfully meet, together with the other members of my Government, the
great challenges that lie ahead.
I also wish to thank the outgoing Government and Ministers and in
particular Prime Minister Ehud Barak, a brave fighter and commander. We
had many strong policy differences with the outgoing Government -but never
on the firm desire to work for a better future for us all.
During the election campaign and afterwards I promised again, and
continued to promise, to establish a National Unity Government. This is
what we are doing today. This Government will serve its full term until
November 2003. I also promised that we will change the law for direct
election of Prime Minister - and we passed that today as well.
The difficult security situation, and the challenges in the international
arena, the deep rupture between the people, baseless hatred - all these
obligate us to achieve national unity.
The reality of the past few years has proven to all of us that the lack of
unity hurts our ability to succeed in policy and the security challenges.
Not just a verbal unity. Not just the joining of different political
forces and various beliefs. We have an urgent need for real unity, unity
of the hearts. National reconciliation.
We all have the same destiny. Our children share the same future. We
have between us here a Jewish and Democratic State, after 2000 years of
exile and persecution. This is the only place in the world where Jews can
defend themselves by themselves. We have one of the most advanced
countries in the world - in science, technology, education, law, and
culture.
If we do not have the wisdom to unite - all the wonderful things which we
built here stand in danger. Let's make no mistake, what we share that
which we hold dear, is much greater that what separates us. In the past
few years we sunk into needless internal disputes. Now is the moment to
change direction. Now is the time to show maturity and national
responsibility. This kind of responsibility was exhibited by Shimon Peres
- a leader with many merits and a wealth of experience, and by the Labor
Party as a whole that rationally, in spite of the challenges, overcame the
differences of opinion, and decided to work together with us in the
national struggle for security and peace.
The Unity that has been achieved is a national asset and it is incumbent
upon us to make every effort to safeguard it.
The Government that I will present here tonight will win the wide support
of the Members of Knesset and the Israeli public. The security situation
obligates us to speed the formation of the Government. I intend to
continue and try to bring other parties to the coalition. I view with
utmost importance the establishment of the widest possible Government, in
order to join together all the forces against the threats and challenges,
and meet the chances and opportunities that still lie ahead.
During the coalition negotiations I opposed disqualifying any person or
party. Anyone willing to harness themselves to the decisive struggles
before us to achieve security and peace for Israel, and to close the
social gaps - is welcome to join.
I also intend to establish dialogue and an open exchange of information
with the parties that will not join the coalition and with the head of the
opposition, MK Yossi Sarid, as required by law.
I believe in ongoing dialogue between publics, in an attempt to reach
agreements where possible, instead of trying to impose on others.
We also must know how to debate: we need to change the culture of public
discussion, to lower the tones, and to behave towards each other with
mutual respect.
I also call on the Members of this House - let us prove to the people that
we can behave differently: with courtesy, good will, mutual respect, and
politeness. I am convinced that if we serve as an example to the public -
there will also be a different atmosphere of reconciliation and
understanding.
Members of Knesset,
The guidelines of this Government and the coalition agreements are before
you.
The foundations of this Government were written in an attempt to garner
wide national agreement, while keeping in mind the differences of opinion
that exist between the components of the coalition.
The supreme mission of the new Government is bolstering Israel's security,
and acquiring personal security for the citizens of Israel relentless
struggle against violence and terror, and striving to achieve stability.
I would like to call upon our Palestinian neighbors:
The ongoing conflict between us has caused heavy suffering to both
peoples. The future can and must be different. Both our peoples are
destined to live together side by side, on this small piece of land. This
reality we cannot change. But I do believe that we are capable, if there
is a desire on both sides, to veer away from the bitter and bloody path
that we are heading towards. We extend our hand towards peace. Our
people are committed to peace. We know that peace entails painful
compromise for both sides.
Unfortunately, despite considerable concessions we made on the way to
peace - of all Governments of Israel - in the past few years, we still
haven 't found a willingness for reconciliation and true peace on the
other side.
These days it is important to recall: at the basis of the peace process
stands the principle of solving disputes in peaceful ways while avoiding
the use of violence. We will firmly stand on this basic principle. We
will demand from the Palestinians that they give up violence, terror, and
incitement, and from the Palestinian Authority to fulfill their
obligations and fight against terrorism directed against Israel, its
citizens, and soldiers.
We will conduct negotiations with the Palestinians to achieve political
agreements but not under the pressure of terror and violence. I
understand the suffering of the Palestinian people. I believe we can
gradually advance towards peace through an approach based on mutual
respect and confidence building between the two sides. We are willing to
examine different ideas to advance the dialogue, the peace and to ease the
hardship of the
Palestinian people. But this cannot be done under the pressure of terror
and violence.
If our Palestinian neighbors choose the path of peace, reconciliation and
good neighborly relations they will find that I and the Government I lead
are honest and faithful partners.
We are fed up with battles and wars imposed upon us and we all know and
appreciate the value of peace. The spectrum of the new Government will
express this yearning for peace and work towards achieving peace by means
of realistic political agreements.
I also want to strengthen the peace, good neighborly relations, and
normalization with Egypt, and Jordan and to break through to real peace
with the Arab countries firstly Syria and Lebanon.
The threats on Israel and her security obligate us to prepare for them
responsibly and seriously. These threats increase the hard feelings among
the citizens of Israel as a result of the difficult security situation we
have been in during the past months. The Government I will lead will be
committed to do all that is possible in order to restore the security and
stability. But we are not misleading ourselves or the public about the
difficult days ahead that we will still experience. We will all need to
muster the stamina and to mobilize the strong national will which
characterizes our people.
I was privileged to serve in the governments of the late Menachem Begin
whose leadership was an example of national pride, a stern resolve and
the drive towards peace.
A day after the establishment of the State, when they rose up to destroy
it, Mr. Begin had the following things to say:
"It was difficult to establish our State, but it is clear that it will be
even more difficult to maintain our state. We need, each and every one of
us, the spiritual strength, to be able to withstand, without hesitation,
in the face of heavy losses. The weapon of steadfastedness, without
retreat, in the face of threats and temptations"
In the days ahead we will also require determination, the ability to
withstand and the power of our souls. In the days ahead we will continue
to believe that we will live here in peace with our neighbors and work
towards a better future for our children.
The Government I head will raise the banner of Zionism: In education,
immigrant absorption and settlement.
I believe wholeheartedly that the State of Israel has no greater resource
than themselves, the Jewish people. We shall strengthen the bond and
connection with the Jews of the Diaspora and the Zionist education of our
education system. We will work towards bringing over masses of Jewish
immigrants to Israel and their absorption in it. We must educate our
children towards values: to respect others, for equality between people,
for national pride and love of country.
A short time after the establishment of the state, the first Prime
Minister of the State of Israel, David Ben-Gurion, of blessed memory -
with whom I had the privilege to work in his midst on behalf of the
nation's defense - Said the following: "The State of Israel was not
founded for engaging in battle and military conquest. It was not intended
to even guarantee peace and welfare of only its citizens. The State of
Israel was given a very special responsibility, at least in our
generations - without which it has no right to exist: the building of the
country and the ingathering of the
exiles, building communities and large-scale immigration - these are the
primary tasks of our State".
I would be remiss without mentioning the generations of our parents and
grandparents, whose Zionist vision brought them to the homeland. Here
they walked and, with their ten fingers, established a mighty settlement
enterprise. I was born and raised in this settlement, in the Kfar Malal
settlement, and I am an inseparable part of it. It is important to the
State of Israel and personally dear to me. I will make every effort to
preserve and strengthen it.
We shall work toward deepening our special relations with our great
friend, the United States, and we shall endeavor to nurture and strengthen
the ties between the State of Israel and the nations of the world.
The State of Israel is a nation based on law, and this a source of its
strength. By creating a law-based government, and safeguarding the
independence of the judicial system, by guaranteeing the Israeli
democratic system, we must - all the members of the government - endeavor
towards maintaining proper government, public administration that works
for the welfare of its citizens, and making sure that the Government's
activities are always within the boundaries of the law.
While striving for peace, security and stability, the government will
attend to the social and economic needs, and the distress of the weaker
segments and strengthening its social cohesiveness.
I see education as a primary means of reducing the social gaps and
creating a more equitable society.
My government will turn a new page in its relations with the non-Jewish
citizens of Israel, with the purpose of creating a true partnership and a
feeling of equality between all citizens of the state. I would like to
take this opportunity to send my best wishes to Israeli Arabs on the
occasion of the "Id el-Adha" holiday. And I would like to extend my very
best wishes to our friend - Minister Salah Tarif - the first non-Jewish
Minister in the history of the country, who has come from the Druze
minority community.
The closing of the gaps in Israeli society, are dependent on, amongst
other things, our ability to achieve sustained economic prosperity. The
Israeli economy has the forces and the talents, which can guarantee the
prosperity of Israeli society. It is the responsibility of the Government
to allow them to lead Israeli society to economic prosperity. This
prosperity will be obtained only if we manage a responsible state budget.
We will divert resources to investment in infrastructure and education. We
will endeavor to reduce the tax burden placed on the citizens of the
state, and enlarge its base. We will advance privatization and structural
change in the economy. This is how we will establish an open and modern
economy, which can become integrated and compete in the global economy.
For the purpose of obtaining these objectives, I intend to establish an
economic Cabinet.
Members of Knesset,
Every government has its diplomatic, defense, economic and social
programs.=20
But every government, first and foremost, has the utmost responsibility of
safeguarding the eternal assets of the nation, which constitute the
connecting link with our national existence.
Jerusalem is the great dream, for which the Jews yearned for and prayed
for in every generation. If we turn our back to it - to its symbols and
our sacred places - we will put a question mark on our very future and
destiny.
The Late Yigal Alon, the commander of the Palmach and one of the most
brilliant of the War of Independence commanders, said: "A people that does
not respect its past has a barren present and its future is shrouded in
uncertainty".
Jerusalem was and will be the eternal capital of the Jewish people. An
indivisible and united Jerusalem will always stay under Israeli
sovereignty. Regarding this commitment, Israeli Prime Ministers have
always repeated this in their inauguration speeches, including the Late
Yitzhak Rabin. And as the vow says: "If I forget thee of Jerusalem, let
my right hand lose its cunning."
My positions regarding the importance of the Golan Heights, the Jordan
Valley and other security zones, in which Jewish settlements were
established during the various Israeli governments - are well known. At
the same time, I am aware that in the new government there are other
viewpoints, and in the guidelines of the government it is stated that
during the term of the government no new settlements will be established.
And during these moments, we must also remember those who fell in Israel's
wars, and the victims of terror and their families. I would like to take
this occasion to express the government's commitment to doing whatever
possible to bring about the release of the prisoners and the missing in
action, and for all those who worked on behalf of the nation's security
and bringing them all back home.
Mr. Speaker, I would like to now present the Knesset with the composition
the government:
(reads the names of all of the Ministers and their positions).....
Members of Knesset,
The government I just presented before you is the most diverse government,
representing the various sectors of Israeli society. A small and more
homogeneous government would have been easier to run, but I am afraid
that the price we would have to pay for its existence, in many areas,
would have been much heavier.
I know that there will be difficulties and disagreements. I hope that we
find it amongst ourselves the strengths and patience to move towards
agreement and preserving this unity.
And I want to say this in the clearest way possible: We will work as
partners.
If we stand together "As one person with one heart" - we can face all of
the challenges ahead of us.
These are very meaningful moments for me. My life has been dedicated to
serving the nation and its security. I take office with a sacred awe, and
see it as a part of the chain of history of a great people.
Today I once again read the second inauguration speech of the American
President, Abraham Lincoln. These words were, of course, said under
different historical circumstances, on March 4, 1865, and they express to
a great extent my feelings and intentions as I assume the position of
Prime Minister.
"With malice towards none, with charity for all; for firmness in the
right, as God gives to us to see the right, let's drive to finish the work
we have at hand. to do everything which would foster real peace between
ourselves and other nations".
I cannot conclude without recalling my Late wife, Lilly, of blessed
memory, whose birthday is today. Lilly stood by me and supported me at
every moment, the difficult ones and the happy ones, and throughout all of
the struggles. At this moment Lilly is greatly missed by me and my family.
++++
2. Police remain on alert against terror attacks
(BNI-MAR.8) Israel Police throughout the major cities remain on high alert
in the ongoing effort to thwart any planned terror attacks. Many Purim
festivities planned in major cities have already been canceled when
organizers learned most parents are unwilling to send their children to
participate, fearing a terrorist attack.
Senior police commanders have urged the public to exhibit increased
alertness but not to cancel holiday celebrations.=20=20=20=20
++++
3. Victory for Yad L=92Banim on ID cards
(BNI-MAR.8) As one of his last acts in office, former Minister of the
Interior Haim Ramon on Wednesday signed a new law that would eliminate=20
the
practice of removing the name of one=92s children after the age of 18 from
one=92s identity card. The bill, in response to a request from the Yad
L=92Banim organization, would also prevent removing the name of one=92s
deceased children from one=92s identity card.
The identity card would now bear the date of death of one=92s deceased chil=
d
instead of the name being removed completely.=20
=20=20
++++
4. State budget passes first reading in the Knesset
(BNI-MAR.8) The 2001 state budget, prepared by former Finance Minister
Avraham Shohat, passed its first reading in the Knesset on Wednesday. The
NIS 240 billion budget is now sent to the Knesset Finance Committee where
it will be prepared for a second and final reading.=20
With the formation of the national unity government, it is expected that
the budget will pass without significant opposition.=20
++++
5. Knesset abolishes direct election of PM
(BNI-MAR.8) The Knesset on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to eliminate=20
the
direct election of the prime minister, opting to return to the former
method of election. As a result, in the next national election, for the
16th Knesset, voters will cast only one ballot, for a party, and the
leading party will determine who will serve as prime minister. The vote
passed by a 72-37 vote.=20=20
++++
6. PD okays Purim party at Goldstein grave =96 not memorial
(BNI-MAR.8) Kach activists have been granted a permit by Hebron area
police and held a Purim party in the area surrounding the Kiryat Arba
gravesite of Dr. Baruch Goldstein. The activists applied for a permit to
hold a memorial service for Goldstein who on Purim in 1994 killed 27
Islamic worshipers when he opened fire in the Cave of the Patriarchs with
an automatic weapon.
Police officials have indicated they would not permit a memorial service
for the slain Goldstein, only a Purim party and participants had to be at
least 100 meters away from the grave.=20
The Peace Now organization had harsh words for police and stated the
granting of the permit was in poor taste and only served to encourage
future acts of violence and terrorism.=20
++++
7. P=92sagot attacked by PA gunfire
(BNI-MAR.8) The community of P=92sagot in the Benjamin Regional Council
district of Samaria was attacked by PA gunfire on Wednesday night. There
were no reports of casualties. Soldiers stationed in the community
returned fire.
++++
8. IDF forces attacked with explosive north of Ramallah
(BNI-MAR.8) Two military vehicles patrolling in Samaria north of the PA
autonomous city of Ramallah were attacked by an explosive device that was
detonated against their vehicles on Wednesday night. There were no
reported casualties to soldiers that returned fire.
++++
9. No injuries in Trans-Samaria Highway attack
(BNI-MAR.8) There were no reported injuries in a Wednesday night shooting
attack against an Israeli motorist traveling on the Trans-Samaria Highway
between the communities of Ariel and Tapuch.
++++
10. PM to meet in White House in coming weeks
(BNI-MAR.8) Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will on March 20 meet with US
President George W. Bush in the White House US officials reported during
the night.
In their first meeting as leaders, the two will discuss the ongoing PA
warfare in the area and possible ways to reduce the daily attacks and
violence and return to the negotiating table.=20=20
In a related matter, US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Wednesday
stated Jerusalem is the capital of Israel but it has still not been
determined when the US will relocate its embassy from Tel Aviv to
Jerusalem. After taking office, President Bush reiterated that his
administration would implement the decision to move the US Embassy to the
Jewish capital after the move was blocked by former President Bill
Clinton.=20
++++
11. Government receives strong majority
(BNI-MAR.8) In a 72 to 21 vote, the parliament on Wednesday night voted to
accept the new national unity coalition government of Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon.=20
++++
12. PA sources: Ariel residents attacked Arab motorists
(BNI-MAR.8) According to PA sources, residents of Ariel, in Samaria, threw
stones at Arab motorists on Wednesday night. There were no reports of
injuries.=20=20
++++
13. PA sources: Jews assaulted and injured 3 Arabs near Nablus
(BNI-MAR.8) Sources within the PA report that three =93settlers,=94 residen=
ts
of Yesha, on Wednesday night assaulted three Arab motorists near the
village of Marda, in proximity of Ariel. The report indicated on of the
three alleged victims was seriously wounded.
++++
14. No injuries in bomb attack on Minharot road
(BNI-MAR.8) An explosive device detonated on Wednesday night on the
Minharot road, south of Jerusalem, on the road to Har Gilo. There were no
injuries in the attack that resulted in the closing of the main vehicular
artery connecting the capital to the Gush Etzion district of Judea.
++++
15. PA gunfire directed at Maale Levona
(BNI-MAR.8) Gunfire was directed at the Jewish community of Maale Levona,
in the Gush Shilo area of the Benjamin Regional Council district of
Samaria on Wednesday night. No injuries. Roads leading to the community
were closed for a limited time following the attack by the IDF.=20
++++
16. No injuries in shooting attack against commuter bus
(BNI-MAR.8) A commuter bus traveling in Samaria near the community of
Ofra, was fired upon on Wednesday night. There were no reports of
casualties or damages. The incident resulted in the closing of Route 60 in
the area for a limited time.=20=20
++++
17. Man moderately wounded in bus stabbing attack
(BNI-MAR.8) A 20-year-old Kiryat Ata man remains in moderate condition in
Haifa=92s Rambam Medical Center after being stabbed in his chest.
The victim approached youths on the bus, requesting that they tone down
their noise level. They then stabbed him in his chest and fled. Police are
searching for the assailants.=20
---------------------
A look at the mew administration
(BNI-MAR.8) When Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon took the oath of office
on Wednesday night; he became the 11th person to hold the post of prime
minister and head the largest government in the history of the state with
a cabinet of 27 ministers. He also became the fifth prime minister in the
past six years.=20
(The Knesset, Israel=92s parliament has 120 seats but Members of Knesset ar=
e
not necessarily members of the government although in some cases this is
true.=20
The national unity coalition government includes the Likud (19), National
Union-Yisrael Beiteinu (7), New Way (1), One Israel (23), One Nation (2),
Shas (17), UTJ (5), and Yisrael B=92Aliyah (4) parties. Sharon=92s coalitio=
n
will enjoy a majority of 78.=20
Parties that have not joined the coalition but are expected to support the
government on many issues include; National Religious Party (5), Center
(5), Gesher (3), and Herut (1). Total of 14.
Opposition parties =96 Meretz (10), Shinui (6), Arab Parties (10),
Democratic Choice (2). Total of 28. Meretz leader MK Yossi Sarid is now
the leader of the opposition in the parliament.=20
Cabinet appointments as follows:
LIKUD
1. Prime Minister =96 Ariel Sharon
2. Finance & Deputy PM =96 Silvan Shalom=20
3. Internal Security =96 Uzi Landau=20
4. Justice =96 Meir Sheetrit=20
5. Education =96 Limor Livnat=20
6. Environmental Affairs =96 Tzahi Hanegbi
7. Communications =96 Ruby Rivlin=20
8. Without portfolio =96 Danny Naveh (Liaison between gov=92t and Knesset)
9. Without portfolio =96 Tzippi Livni=20
LABOR/ONE ISRAEL
10. Foreign Minister & Deputy PM =96 Shimon Peres=20
11. Defense =96 Binyamin (Fuad) Ben-Eliezer=20
12. Transportation =96 Ephraim Sneh
13. Agriculture =96 Shalom Simhon
14. Industry & Trade =96 Dalai Itzik
15. Science, Culture & Sport =96 Matan Vilnai=20
16. Without portfolio =96 Salah Tarif=20
17. Without portfolio =96 Raanan Cohen
SHAS
18. Interior & Deputy PM =96 Eli Yishai=20
19. Health - Nissim Dahan
20. Labor & Social Affairs - Shlomo Benizri
21. Religious Affairs =96 Asher Ohana
22. Jerusalem Affairs =96 Eli Suissa=20
ONE NATION=20
23. Without portfolio =96 Shmuel Avital (Responsible for social issues)
NATIONAL UNION/YISRAEL BEITEINU
24. Tourism =96 Rechavam Ze=92evi (Security Cabinet member)
25. National Infrastructure =96 Avigdor Lieberman=20
YISRAEL B=92ALIYAH
26. Housing & Construction & Deputy PM =96 Natan Sharansky=20
DEPUTY MINISTERS
1. Immigration & Absorption - Yuli Edelshtein (Yisrael b'Aliyah)
2. Defense =96 Dalia Rabin-Filosof (New Way)=20
3. Education - Meshulam Nahari (Shas)
4. Foreign Affairs =96 Michael Melchior (Meimad)=20
5. Naomi Blumenthal (Likud)=20
6. Avi Yehezkel (Labor)=20
7. Eli Ben-Menachem (Labor)=20
8. United Torah Judaism (UTJ) to receive three deputy posts.
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From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 09:31:03 -0500
"SHUSHAN PURIM"
by Rabbi Shraga Simmons
* * *
The Megillah (Esther 9:20-22) says that the Jews prevailed over their
enemies on the 13th of Adar, and on the 14th they feasted to celebrate the
victory. But in Shushan the capital, the battle lasted another day and the
holiday was not celebrated until the 15th.
When the Sages instituted Purim, they took into account that Shushan
was a walled city, and made the following stipulation: While most cities
celebrate Purim on the 14th of Adar, cities which were walled at the time of
Joshua (Yehoshua Bin Nun) should celebrate a special Purim -- called
"Shushan Purim" -- on the 15th of Adar.
(The Sages originally considered making Shushan Purim conditional on
whether a city was walled from the time of Achashverosh -- because the
victory occurred at that time. However, so as not to honor a Persian city
more than the Land of Israel, which was in ruins at the time of the Purim
miracle, the Sages made Purim on the 15th conditional on cities walled
from the time of Joshua. Shushan was then included on the 15th as an
exception, since the miracle occurred there.)
The only city that was definitely walled at time of Joshua is Jerusalem.
(Jebusites were living there.)
The Megillah is also read on the 15th in a number of other cities in Israel --
such as Jaffa, Akko, and Hebron -- only as a custom based on a doubt
over whether these cities were surrounded by walls at the time of Joshua.
(Tiberias, though it was likely a walled city at the time of Joshua, is
nevertheless of doubtful status because there were really only three walls
plus the sea.) These cities therefore celebrate Purim on the 14th, and the
additional Megillah reading on the 15th is a stringency. Therefore, they do
not recite the blessings when reading on the 15th.
* * *
WHAT DAY TO OBSERVE?
In Jerusalem, suburbs and towns from which the Old City walls can be
seen also observe Shushan Purim. Towns and suburbs less than one
kilometer from the walls also observe Shushan Purim, even though they
may not be able to see the city.
If a resident of Tel Aviv (unwalled) will be in Jerusalem (walled) on the 14th
of Adar, and his intention is to return to Tel Aviv before daybreak on the
15th (or according to the Chazon Ish, at nightfall of the 15th), he reads the
Megillah on the 14th -- even if he was inadvertently delayed in Jerusalem.
If he intended to stay in Jerusalem until the day of the 15th, he reads on
the 15th only.
Similarly, a resident of Jerusalem who will be in Tel Aviv and whose
intention was to return to Jerusalem before daybreak of the 14th, reads on
the 15th -- even if he is detained in Tel Aviv. If his intention was to be in
Tel
Aviv on the 14th, he reads on the 14th. And if he returns to Jerusalem on
the 15th, he reads again on the 15th.
* * *
SHUSHAN PURIM ON SHABBAT
In a case where the 15th of Adar falls on Shabbat, then Shushan Purim is
celebrated over a three-day period (Purim mishulash), with different parts of
the holiday being distributed as follows:
MEGILLAH READING: The Sages prohibited reading the Megillah on
Shabbat, in order that the scroll not be inadvertently carried in the public
domain - which is a violation of Shabbat. The reading of the Megillah is
therefore advanced to Friday. It is not postponed to Sunday, like other
Rabbinical decrees such as the fast of Tisha B'Av, because the Megillah
itself says: "And it shall not pass without being fulfilled, the days of Purim
at their proper time and in their proper way" (Esther 9:27). This means we
are not allowed to have Purim pass without reading the Megillah, but we
are allowed to do so earlier if necessary.
MATANOT LA'EVYONIM: Monetary gifts to the poor are also moved
forward to the 14th (Friday) for three reasons. First, in order that the poor
might enjoy their gifts as early as possible. Second, so that they have
provisions for Shabbat. And third, they are accustomed to receiving such
gifts on the day which the Megillah is read; therefore, when the Megillah is
read early, they receive their gifts early as well.
SHABBAT DAY: On the 15th, which is the actual day of Shushan Purim,
the paragraph of "Al Hanisim" is added to the prayer service and to the
Grace After Meals. Also, a second Torah scroll is included during the
morning Torah reading. The story of the attack of Amalek (Exodus 17:8-
16), which is the Torah reading for Purim, is read in addition to the regular
weekly parsha. The Haftorah is the same as for Parshat Zachor.
MISHLOACH MANOT: On the 16th (Sunday), gifts of food between friends
are exchanged, and the festive Purim meal ("Seudah") is eaten.
Nevertheless, it is customary to send out a few Mishloach Manot gifts on
Friday, while reserving the bulk of them until Sunday. Additionally, many
authorities hold that some Mishloach Manot should be given on Shabbat --
by sending parts of the Shabbat meal to friends.
The festive meal could theoretically be eaten on Shabbat, but it is
postponed until Sunday based on the principle that we do not mix two
celebrations -- in this case, the Shabbat meal and the Purim meal.
However, it is customary to make the Shabbat meal somewhat more
elaborate than usual, in honor of Purim.
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Subject: [bprlist] Muslims React to Falwell: Offensive, Bigoted, and Inaccurate
From: owner-bpr@philologos.org
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 15:22:40 -0000
Muslims React to Falwell: Offensive, Bigoted, and Inaccurate
Muslims leaders call on Jerry Falwell to retract his statement, and
ask president, Christian groups to speak out.
By Rhonda Roumani
http://www.beliefnet.com/
A major American Muslim group on Wednesday demanded an apology from
the Rev. Jerry Falwell for statements he made on Beliefnet suggesting
Muslims be excluded from federal faith-based initiative money
because, Falwell said, the religion is "bigoted."
The Council on American Islamic Relations, a Muslim advocacy group
based in Washington, sent Falwell a letter asking that he apologize
and open a dialogue with Muslims to help prevent future "incidents of
this type." Falwell was unavailable late yesterday and had not yet
seen CAIR's letter, according to his spokeswoman, Laura Swickard.
CAIR--the most outspoken organization for Muslim American civil
rights--is part of a coalition that had endorsed Bush during the
campaign. They also had offered what communications director Ibrahim
Hooper called "cautious support" of the faith-based initiative.
But Hooper said Wednesday that the group will have to re-evaluate its
stance on the issue if Christian leaders fail to speak out against
Falwell and his statements. In the letter, CAIR called Falwell's
statements "offensive" and warned that his "rhetoric could lead to
discrimination and even physical attacks against Muslims in North
America."
In defining who should receive faith-based funding, Falwell told
Beliefnet that Muslims should be disqualified from receiving the
money because their faith teaches "hate."
"I think that when persons are clearly bigoted towards other persons
in the human family, they should be disqualified from funds. For that
reason, Islam should be out the door before they knock," Falwell
continued.
With much fanfare, President Bush fulfilled a campaign promise last
month when he created the White House Office of Faith-Based and
Community Initiatives. Under the initiative, faith-based charities
would be allowed to compete for government funds, as long as they can
prove effective in fighting social problems. But already, the plan is
devolving into a catfight between religious groups anxious over
various issues.
The two main concerns of conservative Christians: that the money
would come with strings attached, and that such a program would have
to offer money to religions outside the mainstream--out of both
fairness and the need to pass constitutional muster. The comments by
Falwell and others, including Pat Robertson, critical of the
initiative, show what a minefield Bush has entered, and raise serious
questions about the political viability of the plan as crafted.
Muslim leaders on Monday said they are worried about the effect that
Christian conservatives will have on shaping the faith-based plan.
Others challenged Bush to disassociate himself from Falwell and
Robertson--both of whom have said they do not want minority faiths
such as Hare Krishnas and Scientologists to be eligible for the money.
"He is such a prominent figure in the Christian community that it
makes it all the more disturbing," said Hooper, of CAIR. "We'll wait
and see if other Christian leaders repudiate these remarks. If there
is silence, we'll have to interpret that as an agreement."
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Subject: [bprlist] Fwd: Purim
From: "Patt A."
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 08:12:14 -0800 (PST)
Hebron <hebron@hebron.org.il> wrote:
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 14:40:12 +0200
To: hebron_today@hebron.org.il
From: Hebron
Subject: Purim
The Jewish Community of Hebron / The Hebron Fund
wish all of our friends and supporters a very happy Purim
May we all be witness the miracles of "v'na'afoch hu" (everything turned
around)
as in the days of Mordechai and Esther
Chag Purim Sameach!!
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Subject: [bprlist] TED TURNER'S REP IS IN ASHES
From: Shophar_Sho_Good
Date: 8 Mar 2001 11:42:26 EST
TURNER'S REP IS IN ASHES
Thursday,March 8,2001
By ANDY GELLER
http://www.nypostonline.com/news/nationalnews/23934.htm
TED TURNER
Outraged leaders of Christian groups labeled Ted Turner a bigot yesterday
after the Mouth from the South called staffers who wore ashes on their
foreheads for Ash Wednesday "Jesus freaks."
The CNN honcho, who once proclaimed that Christianity is "for losers," made
the insulting remark in the network's Washington newsroom last Wednesday at a
staff meeting that preceded a retirement party for anchor Bernard Shaw.
About 300 people were present and three or four staffers had ashes on their
foreheads to mark Ash Wednesday.
Sources said Turner stared at one of the staffers and said, "I was looking
at this woman and I was trying to figure out what was on her forehead. At
first I thought you were in the earthquake" in Seattle that day.
As puzzled staffers furrowed their brows, the cable tycoon unleashed this
zinger:
"I realized you're just Jesus freaks. Shouldn't you guys be working for
Fox?"
Turner laughed, and there were a few titters in the audience, but most of
the 300 people greeted the remarks with stony silence.
"It was just such an ignorant statement to make," said one source.
Turner spokeswoman Ronnie Gunnerson had nothing to say about her boss's
latest outburst, first reported by Brit Hume Tuesday night on his "Special
Report" program on Fox.
Shaw said he didn't know anything about the incident.
But leaders of Christian groups were quick to attack Turner as a bigot - and
to suggest he could benefit from sensitivity training.
William Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Human Rights, noted
Turner had previously called pro-life Christians "Bozos," insulted the pope
and accused Christianity of being "very intolerant."
"Ted Turner is a recidivist. He's a repeat offender. The man has an
anti-Christian bias that runs deep in his bones," Donohue said.
"He may be just as dumb as John Rocker, but, unlike the Atlanta pitcher, he
occupies a position of significant influence in our culture. That is why we
look to his superiors at AOL Time Warner to denounce Turner for his
relentless attacks on Christians. Indeed, they might want to take a page
from professional baseball and ship Turner off for some sensitivity
training."
"Amazing," agreed Gary Bauer, an activist for the Christian right and former
presidential candidate.
"Once again, Ted Turner has demonstrated his ignorance and his hostility to
the religious beliefs of millions of Americans. I'm not surprised, given his
past history, which has repeatedly displayed evidence of religious bigotry,"
Bauer said.
"Oh my word," said Jan LaRue, a lawyer for the conservative Family Research
Council.
"CNN is getting beaten to death by Fox in the ratings wars. If Turner thinks
Christianity is for losers, he is wrong to say that 'Jesus freaks' belong at
Fox. It sounds like Christianity is for winners," she said.
"Ted's comments also sound like there might be religious discrimination in
employment at CNN. Are 'Jesus freaks' not welcome there?" she added.
Turner commented that Christianity is for losers a decade ago - and quickly
apologized for it. But just last August, he accused Christianity of being
"very intolerant."
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Subject: [bprlist] Commentary: Lent -- 40 somber days
From: Shophar_Sho_Good
Date: 8 Mar 2001 11:55:17 EST
Put down the stones, easy...easy...there isn't that better? Provided as a
contrasting viewpoint as well as displaying errors that abound,
Shophar_Sho_Good
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Commentary: Lent -- 40 somber days
Wednesday, 7 March 2001 12:24 (ET)
http://www.vny.com/cf/News/upidetail.cfm?QID=165832
Commentary: Lent -- 40 somber days
By UWE SIEMON-NETTO, UPI religion correspondent
WASHINGTON, March 7 (UPI) -- To Christians around the world, Lent
represents the most somber season of the year.
In liturgical churches, altars as well as statues of saints are covered in
violet fabric. Priests and pastors wear stoles and chasubles in the same
color representing penance. The most joyous elements of Mass are dropped.
Cheerful hymns such as "Glory to God in the highest," are excluded, as is
the "Alleluia."
This is Lent -- 40 days of doleful remembrance of Christ's passion.
Actually, Lent lasts 46 days this year -- from Ash Wednesday until Easter
Sunday.
In the days of the early Church, the six Sundays didn't count, and some
centuries ago, in Eastern Orthodoxy, even Saturdays were not included.
So why the magical number 40? Well, in most cultures around the world four
is a sacred number, as are any of its multiples. There are, after all, four
points of the compass: north, south, east and west. There are four guardians
around God's throne.
The Book of Genesis speaks of four rivers in Paradise (Genesis 2:10); four
chariots patrol the earth (Zechariah 6:1-8).
Forty is equally important. By age 40, a man is considered to be mature by
both the Bible and the Koran.
Scripture counts 40 years as a generation. Forty days are considered the
appropriate length of time for a fast. Moses fasted for 40 days, as did the
prophet Elijah, and of course, Jesus Christ.
In Biblical days Israelites who were sentenced to corporal punishment
received no more than 40 lashes.
Curiously, Lent is observed more intensively in the United States today
than before. Every year the number of faithful who have their foreheads
marked with a black cross on Ash Wednesday keeps increasing, especially in
New York City, a supposedly secular metropolis.
And increasingly, this ritual is no longer exclusively reserved to Roman
Catholics. Members of other liturgical churches, chiefly Episcopalians and
Lutherans, have returned to this tradition going back perhaps as much as
1,700 years -- when Lent was first observed in Jerusalem.
What's less sure is whether pure piety prompts people to fast during this
time of passion. Chances are, vanity may also be at play here. What is it,
then, that they "give up for Lent?" Meat?
It often seems fashionable to make do without victuals enlarging your
girth, liquor, for example, bread, ice cream and potatoes. Of course, on Ash
Wednesday, many Catholics as well as other practicing Christians abstain
from eating pork, beef or poultry.
But in some places, such as Germany, some people may cheat a little. On
the last day of Carnival, revelers in the cities of Cologne, Duesseldorf and
Mainz fight their hangovers and stilled their hunger with a jam-filled
pastry called Berliners. Those are a kind of donut without holes. Suffice to
say these delicacies are baked in pork fat.
This is a far cry from the Middle Ages, when ordinary folk were not
allowed meat, fish, eggs or dairy products, unless of course they were
pregnant or sick, in which case most dietary barriers were removed.
The faithful of the Eastern Church, however, tend to be more observant
fasters during Lent.
This somber season reaches its pinnacle on Good Friday -- April 13 this
year -- when in the late afternoon, approximately the time of Christ's death
on the cross, Catholics, Lutherans and Anglicans strip their altars,
removing all decorations. In many sanctuaries, worshipers quietly kneel
around a crucifix that may have been placed into the center of the nave.
Some will remain there throughout Saturday night, keeping vigil, praying
and chanting in hushed voices, until the first day of the Jewish work week,
Sunday, which for Christians has replaced the Jewish Sabbath.
It was on a Sunday morning nearly 2,000 years ago, that something
occurred, which more than anything else defines the Christian faith. It was
still dark, when Mary Magdalene came to Christ's tomb. She found that the
stone was removed, called Peter and John and cried, "They have taken the
Lord out" (John 20:2).
Together, they entered the tomb and found it empty, except for the linen
cloths that had wrapped Christ's body.
This is what Christians celebrate when after midnight, on Easter morning,
the celebrant cries: "Christ is risen," and the congregants jubilantly
respond, "He is risen, indeed."
They redecorate the altars, and the celebrant vested in white and gold,
the colors of joy and triumph -- and of the risen Christ -- celebrate Easter
in joy. This day is the most glorious moment in the church year.
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Subject: [bprlist] Another Thought
From: Pam
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 13:04:09 -0500
Dear Ronnie:
After sending the bit about the 2 sticks I read something on the
internet news that sparked my interest. The result is the following and
may be of interest to you. God Bless you. Charlie Baker.
In a news brief on the internet today, Mar 8, 2001, I read the following
report from Israel: "Israeli authorities are wrestling again with the
"Jewishness" of immigrants under the Law of Return, while a group of new
immigrant soldiers are asking to use the New Testament instead of just
the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh, during their induction as IDF soldiers." I
think we are very, very close to the ‘catching away´ and it could well
be the soldiers will be part of the 144,000, 12,000 from each tribe, who
will be sealed in their forehead by God before the four winds, of Rev.
7:1, begin to blow. These winds, I think, will begin to blow at the
start of Daniel´s 70th week. Praise the Lord!
Luke 21:28 "And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up,
and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh."
Note: ‘Redemption´, not ‘Resurrection´. ‘Resurrection´, I think, refers
to the raising of the dead and ‘Redemption´ to the ‘catching up´ of "we
who are alive and remain".(I Thess. 4:16-17) I think Luke 21:28 applies
to us, today, let us look up! - and lift up our heads! Praise the
Lord!
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FALWELL CONFIDENTIAL
A weekly briefing for America's pastors and Christian leaders who
may use this publication without attribution. This publication is
made available, without charge, to the evangelical pastors who are
part of the "Friends of Jerry Falwell Support Circle."
________________________________________________________________
DATE: MARCH 8, 2001
FROM: JERRY FALWELL
CHINA V. AMERICA: Most Americans are completely unenlightened in
terms of the growing threat of conflict between the United States
and China. In February, when U.S. and British warplanes bombarded
Iraqi air defenses, Chinese officials refused to address questions
about whether Chinese military or civilian technicians were in Iraq
for the purpose of installing a fiber optic network for Iraq's air
defense system. China has long been a strong supporter of Sadam
Hussein, providing him with diplomatic and humanitarian assistance
since the Gulf War and routinely condemning U.S. actions in Iraq.
This is just one of many concerns our nation has in terms of China,
in addition to its aggressive espionage campaigns, increasing
military threats, illicit arms sales to our enemies and the former
Clinton administration's blatant disregard in respect to China's
aggressive actions. In addition, China has maintained its brutal
oppression against many of our Christian brothers and sisters - many
of whom are pastors and missionaries. Many saints have been
tortured and slaughtered while many others continue to be tormented
to this day. This is the nation that Bill Clinton embraced as a
friend and ally. This is the nation with which President George W.
Bush must deal in the same way Ronald Reagan dealt with the Soviet
Union - with a pledge of peace through strength.
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) said last year: "With the wealth of
technology that Bill Clinton and the corporate power brokers are
transferring, China is steadily building a state-of-the-art army,
navy, air force and strategic missile force. This is a power that
will threaten anyone who gets in their way. And we are financing
it. We are subsidizing it. We are facilitating it. And the
Clinton administration is celebrating it. And when the party is
over, our military personnel will be in grave danger and our country
vulnerable to nuclear attack and high-tech warfare attack. All of
this from the nonsensical policy (of the Clinton administration)."
We learned just how gullible Mr. Clinton was in terms of China when
he said last year, "One of the great questions is how will Russia
and China - the two great former communist powers - define their
greatness in the next century." Mr. Clinton was apparently not even
aware that China continues to be first and foremost a communist
nation with a prototypical communist agenda for world domination. I
guess he got so much political cash from China that he was
conveniently blinded against recognizing their true agenda. This
gullibility led to the serious compromise of our military secrets at
Los Alamos.
Bill Gertz, Washington Times defense and national security reporter,
appearing on my "Listen America" broadcast in February, said, "This
is going to be the legacy of the Clinton administration. The damage
to our national security as it relates to China, in my view, is
strategic damage. Chinese missiles today are more reliable because
of the policies of Bill Clinton. The administration loosened export
controls and as a result of that loosening, strategic missile
technology was transferred illegally to China."
Mr. Gertz, who has authored the astonishing new book, "The China
Threat: How the People's Republic Targets America," continued:
"Nuclear warhead secrets - which had been leaking earlier than his
administration - accelerated under the Clinton administration.
There was literally an assault on our nuclear weapons labs. Nothing
was done to improve the security. Everything was done to try and
treat China as a normal nation and not as the communist dictatorship
that it is."
Indeed, political priorities were given precedence over halting the
losses of vital technological secrets to the communist Chinese. For
eight long years, the Clinton administration attempted in virtually
every way possible to undermine America's foreign policy and
military preparedness. With reckless and appalling disregard toward
our nation's quest for peace through strength, the Clinton
administration pursued a policy of engagement which, when
implemented, fell nothing short of outright appeasement. Meanwhile,
China became much stronger and more ambitious under the fumbling
missteps by the Clinton administration.
Remember that this is the nation that has declared the certainty of
war with the United States. Just last year - apparently while Mr.
Clinton was planning his next sexual conquest or considering his
presidential pardons - Gen. Chi Haotian, vice chairman of the
Chinese Communist Party, said, "War (with the U.S.) is inevitable.
We must be prepared to fight for one year, two years, three years,
or even longer." Just this week, China's finance minister said the
government would boost military spending by 17.7 percent this year -
the 12th straight year of double-digit increases for the People's
Liberation Army.
"There's no question the Chinese had a plan to manipulate U.S.
policy toward China in ways favorable to Beijing," Mr. Gertz told
me. "They invested money in the form of contributions and campaign
donations to the Democratic Party and, by any measure, it was a
success. The U.S. looked the other way on China's selling of
weapons of mass destruction and missiles to terrorist states and
rogue states. They looked the other way on China's human-rights
abuses. And the situation has gotten much worse as a result.
Communist governments, we have learned, do not respond well to
concessions - they only understand strength. And that is just the
opposite of what the Clinton administration offered."
Enter the Bush administration and a hope that an American president
can lead the United States back to a position of honor in terms of
international security. Mr. Gertz believes Mr. Bush's first test in
regard to China will come with the situation now brewing in Taiwan.
"Taiwan has been under a virtual moratorium by the Clinton
administration," he said. "There was a tremendous shift in emphasis
to Beijing and away from Taiwan. And the situation there is
extremely dangerous. You have the Chinese building up their short-
range missile forces opposite Taiwan - possibly 200 or 300 of them.
These are battlefield weapons that can be used with little-to-no
warning."
While the Bush administration is in the early stages of building
their team of foreign advisers and policy experts, it is clear that
the president has a potential hotspot on the horizon in Taiwan.
Beijing is going to great lengths to prevent new U.S. arms sales to
the island that it claims as a wayward province. However, it is a
moral imperative that we remain faithful to Taiwan.
Let us pray that Mr. Bush will be able to lead in a Reaganesque
manner that will strengthen our nation, reinforce our bonds of
friendship with Taiwan and reestablish America as a respected world
leader even to the Chinese. He certainly needs our prayers because
this situation could heat up very quickly.
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Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 12:37:54 -0000
ARCHAEOLOGICAL NEWS/ Did Ancient Jews Worship Helios?
March 9, 2001
http://www.raidersnewsupdate.com/helios.htm
Ancient Israel, the Zodiac, and the Sun God
The latest edition of Biblical Archaeology Review asks an interesting
question: Did some ancient Jews observe the Zodiac and worship
Helios, the Greek sun god? Raiders News Update believes 2 Kings 23:
11 and similar verses prove this to be true--but what does this mean?
Archaeologist Zeev Weiss describes a mosaic recently uncovered in an
ancient Jewish synagogue in Sepphoris in which a zodiac surrounds a
striking portrayal of the Greek sun god Helios. Evidently similar
artwork has been discovered in synagogues at Tiberias, Khirbet
Susiya, Na'aran, Husifa, Yafia, Beit Alpha and Sephoris.
Lucille Roussin, writing for the March-April edition of BAR believes
she knows why the mosaics were made, and her explanation might bother
some people.
"The Babylonian Talmud (Shabbat 156b) records a debate about the
validity of astrology for Jews," she says. "Rabbi Hanina, a
Babylonian who came to Palestine to study with the great Judah ha
Nasi, compiler of the Mishna, said, 'The planetary influence gives
wisdom, the planetary influence gives wealth and Israel stands under
planetary influence.' In contrast, Rabbi Yohanan, who lived in about
250 C.E., declared, 'There are no constellations for Israel.'"
According to Roussin the rest of Shabbat 156b "is devoted to
arguments in support of Rabbi Yohanan's position against planetary
influence." Roussin points out that this very argument proves that
some Jews did indeed believe "that Israel stood under planetary
influence" and that Helios was probably a related minor deity to whom
they offered prayer.
Either way, Roussin cannot help but ask, "What in the world is a
Greek god doing in a synagogue?" The same questions provided fodder
in the RNU book, The Gods Who Walk Among Us.
While Roussin's assumptions are correct in that "Synagogue mosaics
from the late Roman and early Byzantine periods in Palestine offer
evidence that Jews did indeed believe that Israel stood under
planetary influence," she fails to address the bigger issues of 1)
where did the ancient Hebrews derive such a notion; 2) did similar
religious concepts exist in divergent cultures simultaneously around
the world; and 3) does this weaken or support the fundamentalist
biblical view of a single Creator.
"What in the world is a Greek god doing in a synagogue?"
Can zodiacs and dedications to a Greek god in an ancient Jewish
synagogue actually provide support for the notion that Yahweh is the
one true God and Creator? Probably, and the somewhat unorthodox
conclusion begins with a simple idea called Original Revelation.
The basic premise is that a perfect revelation existed between God
and man "in the beginning." The first man Adam was one with God and
perceived divine knowledge from the mind of God. The human was "in
tune" with the mental processes of God, and understood, therefore,
what God knew about science, astronomy, cosmology, eschatology, and
so on.
After the fall, Adam was "detached" from the mind of God, but
retained an imperfect memory of the Original Revelation including a
knowledge of God's plan of redemption. This point of view seems
reasonable when one considers that the earliest historical and
archeological records from civilizations around the world
consistently point back to and repeat portions of a similar Creation
story.
Two things began to occur in the decades after the Fall: 1)
information from the original revelation became distant and distorted
as it was dispersed among the nations and as it was passed from
generation to generation; and 2) (for those who believe in a real
Devil) the realm of Satan seized upon this opportunity to receive
worship, and to turn people away from Yahweh, by distorting and
counterfeiting the original revelation with pagan ideas and "gods".
Instead of viewing the galaxy and stars as a heavenly map laid out by
God, men began celebrating the stars and worshiping the 'deities'
believed represented by them. "Profesessing themselves to be wise,
they became fools, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God..."
(Rom. 1:22-23).
In his book, The Real Meaning Of The Zodiac, Dr. James Kennedy echoes
such ideas, pointing out that the ancient signs of the Zodiac record
a singular and original revelation-a kind of Gospel in the stars-and
that the message of the stars, although converted into astrology
after the fall of man, originally recorded the Gospel of God. He
writes:
There exists in the writings of virtually all civilized nations a
description of the major stars in the heavens-something which might
be called their "Constellations of the Zodiac" or the "Signs of the
Zodiac," of which there are twelve. If you go back in time to Rome,
or beyond that to Greece, or before that to Egypt, Persia, Assyria,
or Babylonia-regardless of how far back you go, there is a remarkable
phenomenon: Nearly all nations had the same twelve signs,
representing the same twelve things, placed in the same order....The
book of Job, which is thought by many to be the oldest book of the
Bible, goes back to approximately 2150 B.C., which is 650 years
before Moses came upon the scene to write the Pentateuch; over 1,100
years before Homer wrote the Odyssey and the Illiad; and 1,500 years
before Thales, the first of the philosophers, was born. In chapter
38, God finally breaks in and speaks to Job and to his false
comforters. As He is questioning Job, showing him and his companions
their ignorance, God says to them: "Canst thou bind the sweet
influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring
forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his
sons?" (Job 38:31,32).
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Subject: [bprlist] Foot and Mouth - The Management of a Pseudo-Crisis
From: owner-bpr@philologos.org
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 13:26:32 -0000
[BPRnote: Although the site where this article is located is
questionable in terms of its content and overall beliefs or
philosophies where we are concerned, this particular news article is
very noteworthy I feel. -- Ronni]
March 9 , 2001
Foot and Mouth - The Management of a Pseudo-Crisis
By Steven Ransom, Credence Publications<steve1@onetel.net.uk>
http://www.earthchangestv.com/breaking/March2001/0309pseudo_crisis.htm
Over this last week, international television and radio news
bulletins have brought world audiences graphic reports of an
encroaching pestilence. The dreaded and highly infectious livestock
disease known as 'foot and mouth' or FMD has returned to British
shores. The globe is being treated to round the clock reports on 'the
extent of the FMD nightmare'. Mounds of destroyed cattle, gruesome
pyres burning through the night, ashen-faced reporters delivering the
latest outbreak statistics, people being warned to stay away from the
countryside. "As well as being airborne, the foot and mouth virus can
adhere to car tyres. Do not venture into the countryside, unless
absolutely necessary." warned the BBC Monday 27th Feb 10 o'clock
evening news. The same feature included reports of international
rugby matches being cancelled, a meat shortage crisis pending, pan
shots of once-thriving but now empty cattle markets, lots of hype,
lots of emotion, lots of TV batten-down specials...but, as we shall
soon discover, no actual facts.
In truth, if the events of this last week have taught us anything, it
is just how much we are at the mercy of today's media. As a result of
this barrage of emotive, inaccurate hype, there are now members of
the public who consider it genuinely irresponsible to hang out a
strip of bacon for their garden birds, or to go for a walk in the
country until this crisis is over. Despite the much-trusted BBC, ITV,
CH4 pronouncements, the facts surrounding this 'crisis' are very
different to what we have so far been told.
Abigail Wood is a vet and researcher into the history of FMD, based
at the University of Manchester in the UK. She remains very down to
earth over these latest 'rampaging vicious virus' reports. Credence
Publications contacted her as a result of her recent UK Times article
(1) which began thus: "Foot and mouth is as serious to animals as a
bad cold is to human beings. So why the concern?" Wood's research, in
conjunction with research carried out by Credence Publications makes
it quite clear that FMD is not the vicious gremlin we have been led
to believe.
So what is FMD? The current wisdom which we shall be examining a
little later, theorises that FMD is viral in nature. Symptoms of FMD
in livestock begin usually with a temperature, followed within 24
hours by the appearance of blisters and ulcerations on places such as
the tongue, lips, gums, dental pad, interdigital skin of the feet,
bulbs of the heels and milk teats. Occasionally, ulcerations appear
inside the nostrils or on the muzzle or vulva. Visually, these
ulcerations are the equivalent of large cold sores. The resultant
illness and lameness causes decreased appetite, a drop in milk yield,
a drop in productivity, and of course, increased care costs.
Afflicted animals almost always recover, usually within a week or
two. Death occurs in only 5 percent of cases. (2) And the meat is fit
to eat. (3)
For much of the 19th century, FMD was common right the way across the
UK.
In fact, it was endemic. But it did not destroy farming. We lived
with it. Our cattle became ill..and then they recovered. Life
continued on as normal. So why today's scenes of mass destruction?
Quite simply, it is because we are continuing to adhere to some
woefully errant farming policy instituted nearly 50 years ago. Says
Wood: "The instant destruction policy was implemented in the 1950's
by the UK governing bodies, as a result of growing pressure over the
years from pedigree herd owners, (rather than the more common meat
and milk producers) who wished to see the eradication of FMD.
Continued promotion of the slaughter policy by the UK authorities as
the most effective way of dealing with foot and mouth, eventually
persuaded the continent and then the rest of the world to follow
suit. We instituted the policy, and now we have to live with the
results of that policy."
In those early years, FMD was as much a part of British farming as
bad weather, poor harvests and other afflictions affecting
livelihood. But in today's intensive farming climate, production and
global reputation is everything. Because of the UK's continued and,
as we shall see, unfounded insistence that FMD is highly infectious,
and must be eradicated at all costs, one whiff on the global food
markets that UK herds have FMD leads quite naturally to today's
totally disproportionate scenes. If we are in a pit, then it is a pit
of our own making. And if this latest 'outbreak' is to be referred to
as a nightmare, then it is a nightmare brought about by our own
political and economic policies. The early zeal for the perfect
pedigree - a disease-free herd - is this same ideal not mirrored in
today's genome quest for a disease-free human race? It seems that the
FMD 'instant destruction' policy has its roots fair and square in the
mistaken belief that all illness and disease, even those considered
minor and/or harmless, can eventually be eradicated.
The cows, pigs and sheep dying today are not doing so as a result of
any illness. They are dying entirely at the hands of man. The
preliminary report on this latest FMD 'outbreak' submitted by Dr J.M.
Scudamore, UK Chief Veterinary Officer, to the OIE (Office
International des Epizooties) tells of 35 cases on three farms, no
deaths occurring anywhere from the actual disease, but 577 animals on
those farms nevertheless instantly destroyed. (4) Should we line up
our children because they are coughing?
With the facts to hand regarding FMD, should we not begin to ask some
fundamental questions? Why can't our vital farming community, and the
public at large be given the necessary facts, and then more
importantly, the opportunity to question this instant destruction
policy? But therein lies the difficulty folks. "It would be very
difficult to change it now." Wood told us. "That would be to question
the perceived wisdom of the last 100 years." It is entrenched
scientific error, and intractable pride on behalf of the UK
agricultural and governmental bodies, that is the killer in our
midst. A spokesperson from the diagnostic department of Animal Health
Trust who wished not to be named, stated "The hype is all out of
proportion. If the authorities just left the animals alone to recover
from FMD, this would make them healthy, and immune the next time
around."
Moving on from 'foot and mouth as common cold', what's all this about
FMD being viral in nature, being airborne, and sticking to car tyres
and Wellington boots? Apparently, the FMD virus is quite choosy,
being breathed out by pigs, but not breathed in by cats ordogs. It
can be hosted by horses, but to no ill-effect, and humans too can
contract the virus, suffering mild skin irritations. But is this
pattern of disease grounded in reality? Does it conform to a sensible
pattern of disease? Or are we once again just trusting the wisdom of
the day? In attempting to discover how these agencies arrive at a
positive diagnosis of FMD, and to try and get an explanation for the
seemingly illogical nature of FMD proliferation, some
conventional 'dodging' techniques began to surface. And especially
when questioned over the possibility of mis-diagnosis.
The blood test used to determine the presence of the FMD virus is
known as the ELISA test or enzyme linked immuno-absorbent assay test.
The test delivers the positive reading by detecting proteins and
antibodies in the blood, proteins and antibodies which are presumed
to be there as a result the presence of the virus. At no time is a
virus itself ever detected. No actual photograph exists anywhere of
the FMD virus. Like so many other viruses in the $multi-billion virus
industry, we have only innumerable artists' impressions to go by. As
far as actual proof is concerned, there isn't any. We accept the
virus model for FMD (and BSE for that matter) because that's what
we're told. But there are good grounds indeed for questioning the
validity of this whole approach to disease detection. For ELISA comes
to us with a very chequered history.
In the realm of human medicine, ELISA is used extensively to detect
certain diseases, particularly HIV. And this same test is now
acknowledged to be responsible for delivering A VERY HIGH NUMBER
OF 'FALSE' POSITIVE HIV DIAGNOSES. Conventional medical literature
lists some 60 different conditions, unrelated to HIV that can elicit
an HIV positive response, including flu! IT IS CONFLICT OF INTERESTS,
HUGE PHARMACEUTICAL LOSSES, ENTRENCHED ERROR AND THE THREAT OF
MASSIVE LITIGATION THAT HAS SO FAR STOPPED THIS DISASTROUS STORY FROM
BECOMING WIDELY KNOWN.
Back to the farmyard, and we discover the animal kingdom is equally
susceptible to foreign proteins in the blood and heightened levels of
antibody activity. The stress of confinement alone can produce an
immune response in an animal. Kelly Sapsford, Operations Manager at
Harlan Sera Labs, a serum and antibody manufacturing company told
us "Antibodies are not necessarily specific to one disease. Picture a
key that fits a certain lock. The key to that lock is not necessarily
unique. There may well be other locks out there that the key will
fit.." What minor illnesses are there in the animal kingdom that
might elicit the same immune response to FMD? And with all these
farms being visited at such lightning speed, what are the protocols
being adhered to? Are they being adhered to? Surely, we are allowed
to know these things.
The officials at Pirbright Animal Health Laboratory responsible for
managing this latest 'crisis', however think otherwise. No awkward
questions are entertained. Under specific instruction from
management, a Dr Tom Barrett at Pirbright told us that staff were not
allowed to answer any questions, except through the Medical Director.
Numerous telephone calls to MAFF (Ministry of Agriculture, Food and
Fisheries) produced the same negative response, pointing us only to
their website. Repeated attempts to speak to somebody in authority at
Pirbright finally located the Head of Diagnostics, John Anderson. He
informed us that whilst the ELISA tests were manufactured 'in-
house' "..of course, they were accurate." This same pat answer is
what was being delivered by the relevant authorities as the accounts
of HIV misdiagnosis began to surface.
Anderson then listed the other tests which are used in conjunction
with ELISA to supposedly confirm the presence of the virus.
Unfortunately, the confirmatory tests he mentioned are all equally
susceptible to error. And the fact that the Pirbright FMD tests are
manufactured in-house excludes them from that valuable check and
balance system known as peer review. When pressed on these points, Mr
Anderson would not enter into discussion. But then extracting
qualifying information from governmental bodies is never
straightforward. Colin King, a spokesman from an independent
veterinary diagnostics company, stated; "The protocol information and
detail you seek will be almost impossible to come by. In peace time
as well as in war, these government agencies won't really tell you
anything."
In summarising the current FMD 'crisis', this simple extract from
Abigail Wood's account of the 1920's Cheshire FMD outbreak is most
revealing.
Trawled from Cheshire local newspapers available at the Cheshire
Records
Office we read "Ministry teams were so far behind in their
slaughtering that on many farms the cows had recovered before the
slaughterers had arrived. Farmers looked at their now-normal cows in
bewilderment and asked "Was that it? Was that trivial illness what
all the fuss was about?" (6)
Until MAFF and other responsible agencies begin to answer these
questions, and until we, the general public cease to worship so
unremittingly at the altar of conventional medical science, this
crisis (as with numerous other iatrogenic, or doctor induced crises)
will remain out of control and on the rampage. For it is in
researching this situation more carefully, that we realise the only
identifiable entities out of control and on the rampage are our own
ignorance of the facts and those official bodies conducting the
current slaughter. The fact that the latest news bulletins are
reporting that 'expert' intervention may now have contained the
crisis, must not lull us into a false sense of security over their
expertise. There was nothing to worry about in the first place. The
whole thing has been an absolute disgrace.
For what it's worth, I see no risk at all in going out for a walk in
the country. And were I to hold the post of 'minister for birdfeed',
I would not hesitate in giving permission to all chaffinch lovers to
hang out those strips of bacon... if bacon is their preference of
course!
Website: http://www.credence.org
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Subject: [bprlist] UFOnet: Million dollars to DISPROVE life after death!
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 08:35:43 -0500
Subject: UFOnet: Million dollars to DISPROVE life after death!
From: visions, visions@ntlworld.com
Here's something to counter Randi's famous million dollar 'prove the
paranormal' offer! Victor Zammit is a lawyer who runs a website
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~vwzammit/ presenting evidence for the
afterlife.
He has been sponsored for this amount by a law firm that looked into the
evidence for life after death he presented and agreed to guarantee one
million dollars to anyone who could 'rebut the evidence to show that the
afterlife does not and cannot exist.'
He says the the lawyers agreed with him that it would be utterly
impossible to rebut the evidence. Zammit says "In fact they stated you
could raise the reward up to ten million and ten times that amount - no
one on earth will ever be able to rebut the evidence for the afterlife
and to show that the afterlife cannot exist!"
Because of strict ethics, the legal firm do not want to be involved with
any publicity and want to remain anonymous.
Zammit is booked to go on the US, Sharina Psychic Encounters radio
program on Sunday 11th March and launch the challenge to any skeptic in
the world who will take up the challenge.
Zammit says "I am getting this wonderful feeling that we now are winning
the war with the skeptics. It is like telling the skeptics: put up or
shut up!"
Lawyer Offers $1,000,000
$1m is offered to any skeptic or anybody else who can:
i) rebut the evidence for the afterlife and ii) prove that the afterlife
does not or cannot exist.
1. For far too long, those who do not believe in the existence of the
afterlife- including the hardcore skeptics, humanists, some rationalists,
those sitting on the fence and the agnostics- have been unfairly but
dogmatically telling us that there is nothing after death, that we do not
survive physical death.
2. The closed minded skeptic in fact is saying: there is no 'life' after
physical death. But the closed minded skeptic is not in a position to
prove his/her assertion that the afterlife does not exist. Never. Our
considerable experience dealing with the anti-survivalists, some of them
academic psychologists and others, shows that the common imputed
argument
against survival is that there is a worldwide conspiracy by those who
actually experienced communication with the afterlife to fool the rest of
the world!
3. Whilst there have been and there are many scientists who have produced
EVIDENCE amounting to proof for the afterlife, there has NEVER been one
scientist ever in history - biologist, physicist, astronomer, engineer,
psychiatrist, mathematician, or any other scientist who ever produced
evidence that the afterlife does NOT exist.
4. Opposition to psychic phenomena of the afterlife has come from those
who have a great deal to lose: eg University psychologists. The
acceptance of the existence of the afterlife will inevitably lead to the
virtual collapse of psychology as we know it to-day.
5. Subjective scepticism itself is technically a belief NOT supported by
hardcore science and like religion, belongs to a 'belief system'. Beliefs
in a 'belief system' such as scepticism and traditional religion are
inevitably subject to fundamental errors, even subject to complete
invalidation.
6. Psychic scientists and researchers duplicated objective experiences
conducted overseas in at least six countries. The results are
overwhelming - see the SCOLE EXPERIMENTS.
7. For the genuine searcher, the objective scientific evidence for the
afterlife is available. Questions being asked about the afterlife: will
there be bliss? Will there be pain? Is life eternal? These are vitally
crucial questions which scientific communication with the otherside has
already answered for you! The evidence for the afterlife has NEVER been
rebutted. The implications are enormous!
Any applicant who wishes to prove beyond possible doubt that the
afterlife does not exist will consent to three fundamental conditions:
that the applicant will rebut the evidence for the afterlife, secondly to
show how the afterlife does not and cannot exist. Thirdly, if any
applicant fails to meet the challenge, the applicant will accept to pay
all costs of expert witnesses and other litigation costs associated with
the challenge.
For all enquiries: ph/fax 9453-5119 0412-562-677
Victor Zammit B.A.(Psych.),M.A.(Hist.),LL.B(Univ.NSW), Ph.D
retired SOLICITOR & ATTORNEY OF THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW
SOUTH WALES and
the High Court of Australia author of A Lawyer Presents the Case for the
Afterlife - irrefutable objective evidence.
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