WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Tzemach News Service - http://www.tzemach.org/fyi Tzemach News Service ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A weekly update of news and events regarding the nation and the people of Israel Week Ending: 26 August 2000/25 Av 5760 ** NOTE: If you have requested information on the conference, we will be contacting you this week. Please feel free to forward to a friend or colleague "And the multitude of all the nations who wage war against Ariel [Jerusalem], even all who wage war against her and her stronghold, and who distress her, shall be like a dream, a vision of the night" (Isaiah 29.7) HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS WEEK: > PLO: JERUSALEM OR NO DEAL > BARAK -- 'KEEPER OF THE ISLAMIC SHRINES' > YESHA CONSTRUCTION UP 81% > ISRAEL'S 'PEACE' PARTNERS THREATEN WAR > BIN LADEN, ALONG WITH IRAN AND SYRIA, TARGETING ISRAEL > JERUSALEM TALKS CONTINUE > CLERICS STIR RELIGIOUS HATRED AGAINST JEWS > BARAK TAKES AIM AT RELIGIOUS FOES > ISRAEL'S MILITARY FEELING THE ECONOMIC STRAIN > US "MEDDLES" IN ISRAELI MILITARY AFFAIRS ... AGAIN > JEWS KICKED OUT OF ARAB COUNTRIES IN 1948 > THIS WEEK IN JEWISH HISTORY > ** NOTICE ** Redemption In The End-Times Prophecy Conference PLO: JERUSALEM OR NO DEAL: The Palestinian leadership convened in Ram'Allah Monday, and came up with a decision regarding east (Biblical) Jerusalem. No final-status agreement will be reached with Israel, read the decision, until the Jerusalem issue is resolved and until eastern Jerusalem is transferred to Palestinian control. The decision emphasized that the Palestinians negate any form of Israeli sovereignty over eastern Jerusalem. Jordan's King Abdullah II reaffirmed his support for Palestinian sovereignty over east Jerusalem at a meeting Tuesday with Palestinian Authority ("PLO") Chairman Yasser Arafat in Ram'Allah, Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said. Egypt has also issued a statement supporting Palestinian sovereignty over east Jerusalem. During a Friday meeting with Norwegian Foreign Minister Thorbjoern Jagland in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Ehud Barak stated that no prime minister of Israel would agree to turning over sovereignty of Jerusalem's Temple Mount to a foreign nation. Meanwhile, two policemen and two Palestinians were injured Tuesday and four protesters arrested as police dispersed several hundred demonstrators in east Jerusalem who called for a new intifada. Witnesses said 200 to 400 Palestinians took to a police-approved route along Sultan Suleiman Street. Some youths wore T-shirts inscribed with the words "Jerusalem is the capital of the Palestinian state," chanted "We will sacrifice our blood and souls for you, Jerusalem," and waved placards reading, "No peace without Jerusalem." The demonstration was reportedly organized by Orient House, the "unofficial" Palestinian headquarters in Jerusalem. After the protest, police said a firebomb was thrown at an empty bus parked in Pisgat Ze'ev, causing no damage or injuries. Several Palestinians have been arrested in recent days for stoning and torching four Israeli buses that mistakenly entered the Kalandiya refugee camp last month. BARAK -- 'KEEPER OF THE ISLAMIC SHRINES': Barak assured Muslims this week that no harm would ever come to the two major mosques in Jerusalem while the city is under Israeli rule. Israel's top negotiator, acting Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami, has placed the importance of the Old City to Muslims on an equal footing with its holiness to Jews. YESHA CONSTRUCTION UP 81%: The first quarter of 2000 saw a 81 percent increase in construction in the settlements, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). The figures show that in the first three months of this year, work began on 1,000 new buildings, compared to 550 in the last quarter of 1999. The greatest increase came in private construction, which rose by 141 percent (410 units in the first quarter of 2000, compared to 170 the previous quarter). Construction work on public buildings increased by 55 percent (590 new buildings compared to 380 in the previous quarter). The ascending numbers correspond to Ehud Barak's rise to power -- in the months of May and July 1999, construction work began on 720 new buildings in the settlements. Former Housing and Construction Minister Yitzhak Levy (National Religious Party) seems to have helped protect the interest of the settlers. However, construction fell between the months of August and October 1999, with only 550 new buildings. The upward trend however returned with the onset of the new millennium. In contrast to the 1992 elections when prime minister Yitzhak Rabin altered the national priority zones, Barak has left in place those set by his predecessor, Benjamin Netanyahu. Under the current maps, most settlements enjoy the status of 'Priority Zone A' and thus are entitled to considerable housing and construction benefits, of which private contractors reap most of the rewards. ISRAEL'S 'PEACE' PARTNERS THREATEN WAR: So far, it's only words -- but the war continues. PLO Cabinet Secretary Ahmed Abdel Rahman threatened Sunday that the Palestinians "reserve the right to impose a siege on the Jewish settlements" in Judea and Samaria if Israel responds sharply to a unilateral Palestinian declaration of a state. Rahman, speaking on Palestinian Radio, said that the Jewish residents will find themselves in "genuine danger" when the Palestinian army isolates them from each other and from the rest of Israel. "Israel has a presence inside the Palestinian territories and they will become hostages in the hands of the Palestinians," Rahman said. He also said he did not believe Barak was serious about peace, and ruled out any 'bargaining' over Jerusalem and refugees, two of the most intractable issues standing in the way of an agreement. "We are not going to bargain over our land . . . We are not going to bargain over Jerusalem and the refugees right to return," he said. Rahman said that if an agreement is not reached between Israel and the PLO, "we will begin implementing our sovereignty and the conflict will reach a new level." Palestinian car thieves have set their sights on a new target: ambulances. At least ten emergency vehicles have been stolen over the past several weeks. Police feel that the motive is either to bolster the PLO's ambulance stock, or for the purpose of carrying out terrorist attacks. BIN LADEN, ALONG WITH IRAN AND SYRIA, TARGETING ISRAEL: The Israel Security Agency uncovered a terrorist cell in Yesha (Judea, Samaria and Gaza) operated by the Islamic terrorist organization headed by Saudi-born terrorist Osama Bin Laden, HA'ARETZ reported. Members of the cell planned to carry out a series of attacks against Israeli targets, including suicide-bomb attacks inside of Israel and the launching of anti-tank missiles at communities in Yesha. A US congressional report published on Monday, "Terrorism: Near Eastern Groups and State Sponsors, 2000," warned that Bin Laden supporters may be planning attacks in Israel in an attempt to thwart the Middle East peace process and noted that Hamas activists who previously had little to do with Bin Laden may be gravitating toward him because Hamas leaders appear resigned to a peace deal between Israel and the PLO. Bin Laden's cell was discovered following the capture of its leader, Nabil Oukal, from the Jebalya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip (controlled by the PLO). Oukal was arrested at the Rafiah terminal on the Israel-Egypt border in June. He had undergone training at camps sponsored by Bin Laden in Pakistan and Afghanistan and was instructed to establish a network to perpetrate attacks against Israel. Oukal recruited dozens of activists and was in contact with Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the spiritual leader of Hamas. Working together, Israel and the PLO arrested 11 members of the cell and are searching for explosives believed to have been in cell members' possession. The ISA is concerned regarding a recent increase in the number of Palestinians traveling to Pakistan. Although the official purpose listed for their trips is "religious studies," the ISA fears that while in Pakistan, many students are recruited by Islamic international terrorist organizations. Meanwhile, Israel announced on Monday that over the past several weeks 23 suspected terrorists have been arrested. Sources in the defense establishment said that warnings by terrorist groups regarding their intentions to perpetrate large-scale attacks in Israel, and particularly in Jerusalem, remain valid, although there is no concrete information about specific cells poised to actually carry such attacks. The defense establishment is particularly concerned over the Syrian connection to the terrorist groups. A senior official said that "Syria is still a center of terrorism. Headquarters of Hamas and Islamic Jihad are located there, and their personnel continue to initiate terrorist attacks, including very recently. This is not underground activity. It is done openly and Damascus turns a blind eye." GIS [Global Information System] released a report last week concerning the volatility affecting the area of Lebanon, Syria, and Israel. The report on coordinated terror strikes is based on information from well regarded intelligence sources who point out that a new terrorist infrastructure is under consolidation in Lebanon, with the areas jointly under the control of the PLO, the governments of Iran and Syria, and by Islamist militant leader Osama bin Laden -- all preparing for a major confrontation with Israel. The sources point out that this terrorist infrastructure joins diverse elements and organizations that have so far refused in the past to cooperate against the common enemy: Israel. Islamist groups stated in mid-August 2000 their readiness for a "fateful Jihad (holy war)" if the Islamic rights in Jerusalem were betrayed in a US imposed Israel-Palestinian peace process. This planned Jihad accelerated in July 2000 and snowballed in August after Tehran and allied Arab Islamist leadership were convinced the US efforts to revive the peace process were futile and the region was heading toward a major catastrophe. Islamist sources within the movements indicated that they were inspired by Hizb'Allah"s success in south Lebanon, and they believe they can seize control of the regional dynamics. Tehran's strategy is that this goal is obtainable through a major Jihad, beginning with terrorism and then involving Arab and Muslim states in the hostilities. [GIS is a major think-tank and research facility used extensively by world leaders as well as US foreign intelligence organizations, i.e. National Security Administration, Defense Department and State Department.] JERUSALEM TALKS CONTINUE: Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Shlomo Ben-Ami met on Thursday with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa in Alexandria to discuss proposals for narrowing the gap between Israel and the Palestinians on the issue of Jerusalem, HA'ARETZ reported. According to Ben-Ami, several "interesting ideas" came out of the discussions and the Egyptians were "very constructive," as they set forth new ways to resolve the sovereignty issue on the Temple Mount. Prior to meeting with Ben-Ami, Murabak also met with Norwegian Foreign Minister Thorbjoen Jagland on Thursday Jagland told Murabak that "it is necessary for an agreement to be reached this fall so that the Palestinians do not miss another possible opportunity." CLERICS STIR RELIGIOUS HATRED AGAINST JEWS: While negotiations are being held over who should permanently control the Temple Mount and other holy sites in Jerusalem, local Islamic mullahs and Arab Christian clergy continue to fuel popular religious bigotry against Jews. Israeli police scuffled with Palestinians on the Temple Mount on Monday, following a militant Islamic rally to mark the 31st anniversary of the amateur fire-bomb attack on the Al-Aqsa Mosque by a deranged Australian tourist. Meanwhile two weeks ago, local Arab Muslim and Christian clerics met at Orient House to form a committee intended to serve as an official body to oversee holy sites in the Old City and eastern Jerusalem in anticipation it will come under PLO rule. They issued a belligerent document called the "Jerusalem Pledge," also signed by PLO figures Faisal Husseini and Hanan Ashrawi, which condemned both Israeli rule and the Jewish presence in east (Biblical) Jerusalem. BARAK TAKES AIM AT RELIGIOUS FOES: There are signs of desperation in the camp of Barak, as he launched a belated bid to finally address neglected domestic concerns by unveiling ambitious plans for a "social revolution" last week. Barak introduced his version of a draft constitution at a Labor/One Israel caucus. The plan features wholesale changes that could force an eruption along the familiar fault line between the secular and religious communities in Israel. It would eliminate the Religious Affairs Ministry, enact a constitution and allow civil marriages, among other items. ISRAEL'S MILITARY FEELING THE ECONOMIC STRAIN: Israel's military has warned of an impending collapse as the government prepares to agree on a defense budget. The military is warning that accumulated cuts in the defense budget are threatening procurement, research and development as well as emergency stockpiles required for war. They have raised the prospect of abandoning plans to reduce compulsory service unless they receive 1.5 billion shekels [$375 million] for fiscal 2001. Military commanders and senior defense officials said key research and development as well as procurement plans have been hampered or suspended by insufficient budget and a government refusal to allocate billions of dollars to maintain the modernization program of the Israel Defense Forces. Meanwhile, Major General Yitzhaq Ben-Yisra'el, head of IDF's Research and Development Department, when asked how good is our intelligence in comparison with our neighbors, responded and said: "I would say we are in a very good state, several grades above them. When compared with the Western world, in terms of technology and intelligence, Israel is in the top 10%. At the same time, in relation to the threat we are facing, this is not good enough. Today, it is mainly a question of money. If we had more money, we could obtain more quality intelligence. There were times, some 20 years back, when we were limited in money, technology, and manpower. Today, we have little limitations in technology. We have a manpower problem, but is not that severe. Money is our true bottleneck." US "MEDDLES" IN ISRAELI MILITARY AFFAIRS ... AGAIN: The United States opposes an Israeli sale of the Phalcon airborne warning system to India. The American opposition to the deal stems from concerns that the Phalcon could undermine stability in South Asia, altering the fragile balance of power between India and Pakistan, a US official told HA'ARETZ. Last month, Israeli scrapped its planned sale of the Phalcon to China, due to US opposition. Arguing against the China deal, Americans claimed that the sophisticated reconnaissance plane could jeopardize US troops, should there be a US-China military stand-off in the future. The Americans do not consider India's military a threat to their own troops, but they are wary of escalation between India and Pakistan. Israel and India have not yet reached final terms in their talks about a Phalcon sale. Last year, India purchased from Israel a sophisticated land-based radar device that draws upon technology used by the Phalcon airborne system. The United States agreed to Israel's sale of the land-based system to India, on the condition that Israel confer with officials in Washington prior to supplying the radar equipment to India's army. Prime Minister Ehud Barak is leaning toward agreeing to a U.S. request for the establishment of a new apparatus to monitor the export of military technology. Senior officials in Israel's Defense Ministry are known to oppose this. [IMRA Commentary: The American defense industry is keen on putting an end to the Israeli Phalcon as it challenges American control of the market for such technology. Since funding for the development of the next generation of Phalcon was supposed to be via sales of the current generation -- a veto on sales today means permanently decimating the Israeli competition. It is noteworthy that under Prime Minister Barak's leadership Israel now finds itself in the situation that the American veto on Israel weapons sales is rapidly bringing the vital defense industries to a grinding halt. Prime Minister Barak finds himelf in the worst of both worlds -- offering to sacrifice Israel's security to curry favor with a lame duck president who returns the favor by tightening the noose in Israel's defense industry while making massive sales of advanced weapons to the Arabs.] JEWS KICKED OUT OF ARAB COUNTRIES IN 1948: Algeria: During the war for Algerian independence from France in the 1950s and early 1960s, Algerian nationalists carried out violent attacks on Algerian Jews. After the French left, the Algerian authorities issued a variety of anti-Jewish decrees, including the imposition of heavy taxes on the Jewish community. Nearly all of Algeria's 130,000 Jews fled the country. All but one of Algeria's synagogues were seized and turned into mosques. Egypt: The ancient Jewish community of Egypt numbered over 60,000 by the 1940s. Riots by Egyptian nationalists in 1945 claimed many Jewish lives, and synagogues and Jewish buildings were burned down. A new wave of discrimination and violence was unleashed in 1948. Over 250 Jews were killed or injured, Jewish shops were looted, and Jewish assets were frozen. Some 25,000 Jews left Egypt by 1950. Gamal Abdel Nasser, who seized power in 1954, arrested thousands of Jews and confiscated their property. Emigration reduced Egyptian Jewry to just 8,000 by 1957. Iraq: The Jews of Iraq, with roots dating back to ancient Babylonia, numbered about 150,000 in 1947. When Israel was established, Jewish emigration was forbidden, and hundreds of Jews were jailed. Those convicted of "Zionism" --a criminal offense-- were sentenced to internal exile or fines of up to $40,000 each. Tens of thousands of Jews slipped out of the country. Then, in 1950, the government legalized emigration and pressured the Jews to leave; by 1952, only 6,000 remained. Jewish emigrants were permitted to take with them only $140 per adult; all of their remaining assets and property were confiscated by the Iraqi government. Libya: The 2,000 year-old Jewish community of Libya, which numbered almost 40,000 by the 1940s, was the target of mass anti-Jewish violence in November 1945. In Tripoli alone, 120 Jews were massacred, over 500 wounded, 2,000 were made homeless, and synagogues were torched. There were more pogroms in January 1946, with 75 Jews massacred in Zanzur, and more than 100 murdered in other towns. By the early 1950s, more than 30,000 Libyan Jews had emigrated. Morocco: In 1948, there were about 300,000 Jews living in Morocco, a community with ancient roots going back to the time of the destruction of the First Temple (586 BCE). In June 1948, pogromists massacred 39 Jews in the town of Djerada and 4 more in Oujda. Over 30,000 Jews fled Morocco in terror. During the 1950s, there was violence against Jews in Oujda, Rabat, and Casablanca. Most of Moroccan Jewry emigrated during the years to follow. Syria: There were 15,000 Jews in Syria in 1948, a community dating back to biblical times. Anti-Jewish pogroms erupted in the Syrian town of Aleppo in 1947. All of the local synagogues were destroyed, and 6,000 of the town's 10,000 Jews fled in terror. The government then enacted legislation to freeze Jewish bank accounts and confiscate Jewish property. By the 1950s, just 5,000 Jews remained in Syria, subjected to harsh decrees; they were banned from emigrating, selling their property, or working in government offices, and were compelled to carry special cards identifying them as Jews. THIS WEEK IN JEWISH HISTORY: 23-28 August 1903: At the Sixth Zionist Congress, Herzl proposed using territory offered by Britain, specifically Uganda, as a temporary shelter for Jews fleeing Eastern Europe and Russia. The Russian delegates, after a riotous debate, walked out and refused to return for the next congress unless the plan was stopped. 23 August 1917: The Jewish Legion of the British Army was established. It was long championed by Z'ev Jabotinsky, and was based on the Zion Mule Corps. 23 August 1929: Arabs began to riot throughout pre-state Israel after Moslem Friday prayers. The next day, the riots spread to Hebron where over 60 Jews were killed and over 50 injured. During this week (August 23-29) 113 Jews were killed and 339 wounded. As a result, Sir Walter Shaw headed a commission which urged the banning of Jewish immigration and absolved the Arabs and the Mufti of guilt. Another commission led by Sir John Simpson declared that the entire Zionist operation was unsound and undesirable. Both of these commissions were under the auspices of Lord Passfield, the British Colonial Secretary. 25 August 1969: Two Jews were publicly hanged in Iraq after being accused of spying for Israel. The public rejoiced at the execution. This material has been adapted from "Beyond Time and History" by Eli Birnbaum (Sources: ARUTZ-7, REUTERS, AP, HA'ARETZ, ISRAEL LINE, ICEJ, MENL, IMRA) ** NOTICE ** NOTICE ** REDEMPTION IN THE END-TIMES PROPHECY CONFERENCE We at Tzemach News Service believe that these are the "last days" predicted millennia ago by the Hebrew prophets. Therefore, a conference is being convened by the Tzemach Institute and Fellowship Church to explore ways of promoting cooperation in the redemption process between leaders of the faith community of Israel and Christian Zionists in America. Those Israeli and Christian leaders participating in this conference are prepared to discuss, in frank terms, real areas of cooperation that have been tested and proven fruitful over the past several years. We invite you to come and join us with others in this endeavor. We are sure that you will return home truly blessed and with a fresh vision for godly righteousness burning within you. Conference presentations include: * The redemptive process as seen from an Israeli perspective and a Christian perspective. * The importance of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount in the redemption process. * International response to the redemption process. * Spiritual warfare in the midst of the nations. Conference participants include Gershon Salomon, leader of the Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful Movement; Yohanan Ramati, Chairman of the Jerusalem Institute for Western Defense; Ken Garrison, Pastor of Fellowship Church and Director of the Tzemach Institute for Biblical Studies; and a leading rabbi from the settlement movement to be announcement later. The conference will take place January 31 - February 2, 2001 at the Sheraton Orlando North Hotel in Orlando, Florida. Information may be found on our website: http://www.tzemach.org or email us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest." Isaiah 62.1 Tzemach News Service (TNS) is a ministry of Tzemach Institute for Biblical Studies (http://www.tzemach.org) TNS may be reproduced & distributed in any form. Please give proper credit. Lee Underwood *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. 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